[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: New York City, Vancouver, Ribe, Hiroshima, Hong Kong

[rfmcdonald]

• CityLab links to a documentary about the quest of a man to walk every street in each of the five boroughs of New York City.


• The National Observer notes that the federal government is funding an affordable housing project in Vancouver, with rents for a studio apartment starting at $C 1150.


• Guardian Cities takes a look at archeological excavations in Denmark revealing the complexity of the Vikings' urban life in the trading centre of Ribe.


• CityLab tells the story of how the Carps, the baseball team of Hiroshima, took off after the Second World War, and how this rise inspired the city's people.


• Guardian Cities shares the works of a photographer concentrating on the images of the skyscrapers of Hong Kong wrapped in bamboo.

Comments

[dewline]

1. Matt Green strikes me as someone who counts as one of the working homeless, and that work is likely to be more productive than a lot of us might be willing to believe. If anything, he could end up a one-person tourism promotion bureau for NYC.

2. C$ 1150/month is considered "affordable housing" rent these days? In Vancouver?

Count me among the frightened, then.