[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Amazon, Skyscraper, inclusionary zoning, waterfront, underground

[rfmcdonald]

• Andray Domise at MacLean's takes Amazon Prime Day to note the way in which the tech company and others are undermining successful cities.


• CityLab is unimpressed by the new movie Skyscraper, not least for the opportunities it fails to recognize in the architecture of super-tall buildings.


• CityLab takes a look at the idea of "inclusionary zoning", here.


• Guardian Cities notes that Toronto is not alone in making the mistake of building highways separating city from waterfront.


• The Guardian Cities takes a fascinating extended look at the questions of mapping and property ownership of the space beneath cities.