[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, New York City, Brussels, Baghdad, Hiroshima

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• The National Observer notes that Montréal authorities have warned against people going to flooded areas to take selfies.


• CityLab notes the plans of Columbia University in Manhattan to become a new much denser neighbourhood, and the concerns of non-university neighbours.


• Feargus O'Sullivan notes at CityLab how congested Brussels is gradually becoming car-free.


• Ozy llooks at the underground nightclubs and music halls of the young people of Baghdad.


• Sean Marshall, reporting from his recent trip to Japan, explores post-war the streetcar system of Hiroshima with photos of his own.