[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, Detroit, New York City, Mumbai, Stratford

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• La Presse interviews one owner of a calèche, an iconic horse-and-carriage from Montréal, who claims that an impending ban will be devastating.


• blogTO notes the possibility, in the early 2020s, of a new passenger rail route connecting Toronto to Detroit.


• CityLab takes a look at The Shed, the performing arts centre in the controversial Manhattan development of Hudson Yards.


• Bloomberg makes the argument for India to create a purpose-built financial centre for Mumbai.


• Stu Neatby at The Guardian looks at the shortage of rental housing in the growing Charlottetown PE suburb of Stratford.