[URBAN NOTE] Six cities links: New York City, Philadelphia, Ottawa, Montréal, Halifax, regionalism

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• The Empire State Building is looking for tenants for fifty thousand square feet of retail space. Bloomberg reports.


• This Jim Saksa article at Slate suggests a win by the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl could really help the mood of that newly up-and-coming metropolis.


• The stability of the Ottawa economy, along with higher prices in Toronto and Vancouver, is helping that city's real estate market thrive. The Globe and Mail reports.


• The thriving tech sector in Montréal is drawing talent to that city internationally, at a time of record low unemployment rates, too. CTV reports.


• The infamous statue of Edward Cornwallis, founder of Halifax and famous anti-Mi'kmaq racist, has been removed from its central location in a downtown park. CBC reports.
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• Henry Grabar suggests at Slate that the United States' division into thriving metropoli and struggling smaller cities should not simply be accepted. People, and governments, can choose to make things better.