[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 200 Wellesley Street East, real estate, coops, Sidewalk Labs

[rfmcdonald]

• This thread at Reddit's unresolvedmysteries forum takes a look at a mysterious string of deaths at 200 Wellesley Street East. Like much of the best true crime writing out there, the discussion drills down into an examination of the forces leading to these tragedies. Recommended reading, this.


• CBC reports on the exceptional difficulties facing prospective renters in the city of Toronto in finding housing.


• blogTO notes that the housing crunch in Toronto is such that many Torontonians are doing their best to stay in place.


• Diane Peters, writing at TVO, suggests Toronto may be poised for a boom in housing co-operatives.


• Mariana Valverde writes at the CFE blog about how Toronto seems apparently unprepared at the official level for the Sidewalk Labs revenue grab.