[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Paris, Montréal, Ottawa, Berthierville, Chicago, Berlin, Saint-Louis

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• The terrible destruction of Notre-Dame-de-Paris makes me very sad. I hope restoration is possible. The Daily Beast reports.


• CBC Montreal celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Expos game.


• Anti-poverty activists claim Ottawa claim Airbnb is hurting local housing markets. Global News reports.


• La Presse notes how people in the small Québec town of Berthierville are trying to keep their old monastery.


• CityLab reports on the artistic and architectural contributions of Theaster Gates to a divided Chicago.


• Guardian Cities notes the radicalism of rental activists in Berlin.


• CityLab notes how sea level rise is already hurting people in the Senegal coastal city of Saint-Louis.