[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: HQ2, Geary Avenue, Yonge and Eglinton, Port Lands, Pickering subway

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• Ben Fox Rubin at CNET reports on the perhaps surprisingly successful bid of Toronto to host Amazon's HQ2.


• blogTO reports on how Geary Avenue, just one street away from me, is becoming one of the most interesting streets in Toronto for nightclubbing and more.


• Many residents of Yonge and Eglinton are unhappy with the pace of condo construction in the neighbourhood. Local resources--like utilities, and local schools--are coming under pressure. blogTO reports.


• Part of Lake Ontario in the Port Lands, off Cherry Street, is being filled in for condo development. CityNews reports.


• John Lorinc at Spacing looks at the many ways in which Premier Doug Ford's proposal of extending the subway to Pickering simply does not work.