[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: "Crane Girl", stores, rent, King street, Eglinton, Etobicoke, more

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• The story of Toronto's "Crane Girl", photographed stuck on a crane high above Wellesley Street, has come to an end with an absolute discharge. The National Post reports.


• Alternative Thinking is unique among the stores once sheltered around Honest Ed's in continuing to hang on. The Toronto Star reports.


• Toronto has desperate need of affordable rental housing for the masses. Torontoist takes a look at the NIMBYs opposing one much-needed project.


• Steve Munro at Torontoist takes an extended look at the data from the King Street pilot streetcar project. Some metrics seem encouraging, but more data--and a longer period of testing--is needed.


• I look forward to seeing the various public art projects which will be decorating the stations of the Eglinton Crosstown line. The Toronto Star reports.


• The suggestion of Peter Apswoude at NOW Toronto that Etobicoke is trending towards more denser development, including an actual downtown, is encouraging for the evolution of that Toronto area.


• CBC's Matthew Braga takes a look at the implications of the involvement of Sidewalk Labs, of Google, in the development of Quayside for privacy rights. How much data will be given up, exactly?