[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: #topoli, OldTO, Quayside, coffee shops, real estate

[rfmcdonald]

• Edward Keenan makes the point that, as the city prepares for elections, quotidian politics are starting to be neglected, over at the Toronto Star.


• blogTO highlights OldTO (#oldto), a open-source and open-data version of Google Maps that maps tens of thousands of old photos to different locations across the city.


• In a recent public meeting, Google tried to address the privacy and other concerns of others with the Sidewalk Labs involvement in the Quayside development. The Toronto Star reports.


• This Toronto Star take on how different coffee shops deal with customers who, after buying a single coffee, proceed to take up valuable seating for extended periods is interesting. (I try to be a good customer. When is there ever too much coffee, after all?)


• Over the year to the end of this February, real estate prices in Toronto have fallen by more than 12%. The Toronto Star reports.

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