[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 1908, first apartments, 1930s photos, TTC stereotypes, Scarborough

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• Jamie Bradburn took a look back at one weekend in 1908, as revealed in the pages of the Toronto World.


• blogTO looks at the surprising controversy surrounding the creation of the first apartment towers in Toronto, on College Street near the University of Toronto.


• blogTO shares a collection of photos examining the dynamic, suffering Toronto of the 1930s.


• Vice shares an amusing feature listing just some of the passenger stereotypes the average TTC user might encounter on the subway.


• Aparita Bhandani at The Discourse takes a look at how residents of Scarborough feel about the often unflattering stereotypes directed at their part of Toronto.