[URBAN NOTE] Four Toronto links: McMichael, Reblink at the AGO, shelters, amalgamation

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• This CBC article describing the goals of the new head of the McMichael gallery, north of Toronto, is intriguing. I have to get up there!


• The ReBlink exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario, using smartphone technology to reimagine select painings, is an interesting idea. I'm not sure about the execution, but props for the idea. CBC reports.


• The City of Toronto's efforts at opening shelters against the cold for the homeless of the city have been less than impressive. Torontoist features a critique.


• At Torontoist, Michael Lapointe takes a look at the city of Toronto twenty years after amalgamation. Was it worth it? Can the city handle its challenges?