[URBAN NOTE] Four Toronto links: rent control, Toronto Islands, 401 Richmond, amalgamation

[rfmcdonald]

• The Ontario government is not backing down on rent control despite impending conversions of real estate to condos.


• blogTO notes this last heat wave has made the Toronto Islands superb, at last. I visited Sunday--visit while you can.


• The 401 Richmond arts centre is getting tax relief, letting it function as a home for culture in a booming downtown.


• Christopher Hume argues amalgamation, by undermining old power structures, made progress in Toronto impossible.