[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, New York City, Seattle, Amsterdam, Istanbul

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• A statue of Queen Victoria has been vandalized in Montréal, the act claimed by an anti-colonialist coalition. Global News reports.


• Guardian Cities profiled an Instagram account, thedoorsofnyc, concentrating on the unique doors of New York City.


• Billionaire urbanism is identified by this article at The Stranger as the downfall of the waterfront of Seattle.


• CityLab notes that the government of Amsterdam is now requiring owners of new homes to live in their property, limiting the ability to rent them out.


• The Atlantic notes the criticisms of many urbanists in Istanbul that restorations of the city's ancient heritage are actually destroying them, at least as survivals from the past.