[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Detroit, Québec City, Boston, Queens, Colonia del Sacramento

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• CityLab shares newly unearthed photos of the destroyed Detroit neighbourhood of Black Bottom.


• The National Post reports that apparently the latest iteration of the Winter Carnival in Québec City has not met with popular approval.


• CityLab explored for Valentine's Day the notable history of Boston as a centre for the manufacture of candy.


• CityLab notes how the nascent condo boom in Queens' Long Island City, set to capitalize on the Amazon HQ2 there, has been undermined abruptly by Amazon's withdrawal.


• Ozy looks at the historic Uruguay town of Colonia del Sacramento.