[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Sidewalk Labs, Bentway, density, real estate, photos, PsiPhon

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• David Rider reports on the promise of the head of Google's Sidewalk Labs to make Toronto the "first truly 21st century city", and what that means, over at the Toronto Star.


• Richard Longley at NOW Toronto praises the Bentway for its subtly transformative nature.


• MacLean's reports at length on the Fraser Institute report suggesting Toronto and Vancouver do have plenty of room in which to become more dense.


• The extent to which foreign capital plays a role in real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver may well not be fully covered by current statistics, one argues at The Globe and Mail.


• Toronto Life shares some Instagram photos from prominent Torontonians who have been off vacationing in warmer climes.


• The Jewish Defense League is now becoming active in Toronto, apparently, and organizing against Muslims. Grand. NOW Toronto warns.


• The app PsiPhon, designed in Toronto, is being used by Iranians seeking to avoid censorship at home. The Toronto Star reports.