[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: #650Parliament, Leslieville, Bathurst, Sheppard, Scarborough

[rfmcdonald]

• That the owners of 650 Parliament Street are charging displaced tenants rent, while they are away from their homes, is unconscionable. The Toronto Star reports.


• This CBC Toronto story about light pollution leaking over from a commercial building in Leslieville to nearby condos highlights a new problem for mixed-use districts.


• Urban Toronto takes a look at the latest version of a proposal for a mixed-used property at Lake Shore and Bathurst.


• blogTO notes that at least some politicians want to extend the underused Sheppard line of the TTC east to Kennedy station.


• Aparita Bhandavi at The Discourse notes how the recent elections confirmed the underrepresentation of non-white males in politics in Scarborough.