[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Detroit, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Rome

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Ford Motors is redeveloping the abandoned Detroit Central Station to house workers' offices. Global News reports.

• JSTOR Daily takes a look at how Washington D.C. evolved over generations into a major tourist destination.


• Wired suggests that Los Angeles is doing quite a good job of managing its limited water resources.


• Restaurants in San Francisco are adapting to the high costs of labour in that city, with its expensive housing, by starting a shift to self-service models. The New York Times reports.


• The city of Rome makes compelling backgrounds for the films of Italian Michelangelo Antonioni. Spacing has it.