[URBAN NOTE\ Six Toronto links: graves, distracted walking, Little China, UNESCO, Kipling, Quayside

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• Torontoist takes a look at why William Lyon Mackenzie King thought he needed to revamp his grandfather's grave.


• Dylan Reid at Spacing argues against distracted walking laws, on the grounds they excuse drivers of vehicles.


• Jennifer Yang notes the transformation of Little China in Scarborough from a Hong Kong enclave to a blue-collar mainland Chinese one.


• Global News notes that Toronto has been named a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, one of ten worldwide.


• Plans are afoot to make Kipling Station, westernmost TTC station, much more of a regional transit hub.


• John Lorinc takes a closer look at what, exactly, Google's Sidewalk Labs hopes to do with Quayside.