[URBAN NOTE] Ten Toronto links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO reports that Presto machines on TTC vehicles are regularly falling out of service because they need to be emptied of coins, here.


• CBC reports that Ontario Place might well accumulate a spa under Ford government auspices, here.


• NOW Toronto argues that new Ford changes to social housing, including zero-tolerance on fighting, will worsen the plight of residents.


• ACORN is leading a protest in Weston by tenants against allegedly neglectful landlords. CBC reports.


• Residents of a Roncesvalles apartment block are contesting their landlord's reclassification of their complex as a tourist-oriented property. The Toronto Star reports.


• What will become of the Ontario Science Centre, 50 years old? The Toronto Star reports.


• That average monthly rents for a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto are now hitting $C 2500 is terrifying. The Toronto Star reports.


• Users of the Scarborough RT may find themselves riding buses instead of the RT (or a subway) for a good long while. The Toronto Star reports.


• Toronto is doing its best to preserve its biodiversity, particularly in its ravines. The Toronto Star reports.


• Transit Toronto notes that, in exchange for Toronto accepting the Ontario Line, Ontario will not try to upload the TTC.