#cathedraltown

City quashes injunction to prevent removal of Cathedral Town Cow

The owner of Charity – the cow shaped sculpture that sits raised up high in the middle of Cathedral Town, Markham – has agreed to take her back. The City of Markham agreed to remove the cow after an outcry by local residents following its installation along Charity Cres. July 2017.

Helen Roman-Barber initially launched a $4 million dollar lawsuit ($3m for property damages and $1m for general…

[URBANNOTE] Five Toronto links, from the $15 wage to parking lots, cow statues, and Jamaican patois

Torontoist takes on Galen Weston and the $15 minimum wage and poverty in Toronto (and Loblaw’s contribution to said).

At the Toronto Star, Shawn Micallef describes how high property values in Toronto discourage open-air parking lots.

Noor Javed looks, in Toronto Star, at the question of who authorized the cathedral elevated cow statue in Cathedraltown, in Markham.

The Star‘s Fatima Syed sharessom…

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links, from strange disappearances to the Toronto Islands to odd suburbs

James Dubro highlights at Torontoist the disappearing queer men of Toronto. Is a serial killer at work?

At the Toronto Star, Paul Hunter reports on how the Toronto Islands have been reopened starting today.

John Lorinc’s investigation of high-rise safety in Toronto is alarming, and ends here and here.

Scott Wheeler looks at the controversial mounted cow sculpture of Cathedraltown, in Markham.

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