[URBAN NOTE} Five Toronto links: Honest Ed's, 411 Church, cormorants, Scarborough cycling, swimming

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• Urban Toronto looks at Honest Ed's one year ago and at the site now.


• Urban Toronto looks at how the exterior of 411 Church, at Church and Carlton, is fast approaching completion.


• A highly contagious disease called Newcastle disease is killing cormorants along the Toronto waterfront. CBC reports.


• Tammy Thorne at NOW Toronto looks at the factors behind the spread of cycling in Scarborough, here.


• Jamie Bradburn shares some old articles offering advice to the Water Nymphs women's swimming club of the 1920s.