[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: DuEast, Main Square, Sherway Gardens, Pam McConnell, rare books

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• blogTO notes the new name of Toronto's Regent Park, "DuEast", after Dundas Street East.


• In the Toronto Star, Shawn Micallef argues a recent festival shows the potential of east-end high-rise neighbourhood Main Square.


• Also in the Star, Francine Kopun looks at the half-billion dollars put into renovating Sherway Gardens.


• Ainslie Cruickshank reports on how the many who care for late councilor Pam McConnell are mourning her.


• In The Globe and Mail, Miriam Katawazi reports on finds from remarkable, long-delayed inventory of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.