[PHOTO] Looking east on King Street at Queen, Charlottetown

[PHOTO] Four photos of Ivan Forrest Gardens, in the Beaches

The Ivan Forrest Gardens, its southern boundary delimited by Queen Street East, is a lovely little garden made out of the southern end of the Glen Stewart Ravine. The pond with waterfall is a nice touch.

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes how data mining of stellar surveys led to the discovery of a new star type, the BLAP.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly tells about her enjoyable recent stay at Fire Island.


• Centauri Dreams notes the latest maneuvers of asteroid probe OSIRIS-REx.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper considering oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres as a biomarker.


• Joe. My. God. notes how racist Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is upset at being called a racist.


• Language Log notes how China censored images of the Tibetan-language tattoo of MMA fighter Dan Hardy.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how deportees to Mexico are beset by that country's crime syndicates.


• Marginal Revolution links to a paper considering how many sellers a market needs to be competitive.


• The New APPS Blog considers the racism of Donald Trump in the light of Agamben's concept of the homo sacer.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw considers the issue of monuments in Australia in the context of Aborigines' sufferings by the subjects memorialized.


• The Planetary Society Blog shows the Jupiter approach videos taken by the Voyager probes.


• Towleroad explains why Diana, with her embrace of (among other things) fashion and AIDS victims, is a gay icon.


• Arnold Zwicky notes the official registration in Scotland of a tartan for LGBT people.

[URBAN NOTE] Five notes about mass transit and development: Toronto, New York, Sydney

• At Torontoist, a Scarborough transit group notes locals don't know of the negative implications of the one-stop subway extension.


• Did Metrolinx succumb to political pressure in deciding to locate two new GO stations? The Toronto Star reports.


• CBC describes how Bombardier lost a contract with New York City to sell cars on the basis of its terrible performance in Toronto.


• The New York Times describes how legislators in New York State outside of New York City control the metropolis' mass transit system, evoking for me Ontario and Metrolinx.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw notes how light rail development in Greater Sydney is driving a property boom.

[URBAN NOTE] Five notes on real estate in a changing Toronto

• blogTO notes that the former location of Pages on Queen Street West finally has a new tenant, a housewares store.


• Margaret Atwood's opposition to a Davenport Road condo development made headlines.
  
• Christopher Hume in the Toronto Star makes the point that Toronto needs more midrise housing.


• Global News reports the sad news that Toronto chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat has resigned.


• Toronto Life describes how a lucky young couple in their 20s found an affordable apartment downtown, on Yonge, even!

[ISL] Map of Prince Edward Island, with directions

This map of Prince Edward Island was posted yesterday at The PEI Potato. The directions it provides are quite right.