[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: democracy, developers, Unilever, Vegandale vs Parkdale, Scarborough

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• Shawn Micallef is quite right to note that the fight for local democracy is not just worth it, but that it can be won. The Toronto Star has it.


• Christopher Hume notes the leading role now played by developers in creating new neighbourhoods in Toronto, over at the Toronto Star.


• Dylan Reid at Spacing takes a look at the question of how the Unilever lands, the Unilever Precinct, need to be developed.


• Vice reports on the very recent meeting between Vegandale proponents and Parkdale residents. I have to say that many of the Vegandale types come off incredibly badly.


• Author Catherine Hernandez writes about CBC Arts about her Scarborough, a collection of restaurants and performance spaces and more.