[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Jennifer Keesmaat, rent, Parkdale, TTC, public art

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• Chris Selley at the National Post writes about the transformation of Jennifer Keesmaat from city planner to politician. (Vote for her today!)


• blogTO notes that Toronto is now the most expensive city in Canada for renters.


• Liam Barrington-Bush at NOW Toronto notes how, in the absence of any effective city leadership, people in Parkdale are taking it upon themselves to keep their neighbourhood affordable despite gentrification pressures.


• Steve Munro explores the question of why TTC ridership has stagnated, if not fallen, in the past few years.


• Sarah Ratzlaff has posted a stirring manifesto at Spacing calling for more public art in the City of Toronto.