[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Hamilton, Ottawa, Montréal, New York City, Athens

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• The Hamilton Spectator reports that landlord applications for above-guideline increases in rent have been growing sharply in number, driven by growing demand and by the aging of the housing stock.


• CBC Ottawa shares seven maps of Ottawa and its area which trace the city's development over the previous century and a half and look towards the future.


• The Sun Life Building of Montréal recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Global News reports.


• VICE shares photos taken by Jacob Fuglsang MIkkelsen in the early 1990s of the contemporary New York City nightclub scene.


• Guardian Cities reports on how the Greek capital of Athens is conducting a survey of its populations of ring-necked parakeets, to see how many of this newly-arrived species are present.