[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: downtown jobs, Galleria Mall, neighbourhoods, TTC

[rfmcdonald]

• Jeff Gray at The Globe and Mail reports on the "hyperconcentration" of jobs in downtown Toronto, something that may decidedly unbalance the wider metropolis.


• Toronto Life shares some of the photos taken by Shari Kasman of the Galleria Mall for her new book about this neighbourhood institution.


• Christopher Hume at the Toronto Star notes how Toronto's low density speaks of this city's difficulty in mastering good change.


• This ongoing fight in Cabbagetown regarding zoning for a daycare highlights many of the weaknesses of Toronto's civic culture. The Toronto Star reports.


• Happily, there will be no more shutdowns on Line 1 of the TTC subway system for the rest of December. The Toronto Star reports.


• Transit Toronto notes that the new automatic train control station has been installed north of Dupont Station.