[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Hamilton, Montréal, Queens, Berlin, Vancouver

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• CBC Hamilton recently reported on a new Facebook group intended to help Torontonians find their footing in neighbouring Hamilton.


• Will the new designs of the Montreal Alouettes be enough to reverse the CFL team's dwindling fanbase? Global News considers.


• CityLab points to the overlooked architectural heritage of Queens, in New York City.


• Guardian Cities reports on plans to rehabilitate roadside grandstands in Berlin abandoned for nearly a century.


• Georgia Straight reports on a proposal for supposedly affordable rental housing in Vancouver that is no such thing. Below-market rates are not enough when prices are so high already.