[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Old City Hall, Icebreakers, King Street, accents, Shermans

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• Alex Bozikovic argues that Old City Hall is perfectly placed to be a museum of the history of the city of Toronto, over at The Globe and Mail.


• blogTO U>celebrates the start of Icebreakers, the public art event on the waterfront. I will be there--I just hope there will be enough snow for these works.


• John Rieti at CBC takes issue with the misinformation associated with the King Street businesses' campaign against the streetcar pilot project there.


• CBC investigates the harm inflicted on newcomers by how they are treated for their non-standard accents.


• Following the mysterious murder of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman, their family has chosen to commit to a very expensive private investigation. CBC reports.