[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Scarborough subway, Jimmy's Coffee, Fairland Funhouse, and more

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• The final cost of the Scarborough subway remains unknown, on account of the many design changes. The Toronto Star reports.


• Steve Benjamins reports on Toronto's Jimmy's Coffee.


• The old Fairland Grocery in Kensington Market on Augusta Avenue is being made over into a funhouse. (Tickets still available at print time.) NOW Toronto reports.


• The Malta Bake Shop in the Junction is trying to resist gentrification as best as it can. The National Post reports.


• The New York Times reports on a remarkably multilingual kindergarten in Thorncliffe Park.