Battle over Ossington heats up, Carmageddon descends at Queen and Spadina, Toronto struggles to find a chief planner and a unique take on Astral's 'info' pillars - here are your headlines for Monday July 9th, 2012.

Communities clash with developers over mid-rise condo projects in the city (National Post)

Parkbus wants to help Torontonians get out of the city (National Post)

A sign of independence from Toronto’s Republic of Rathnelly (National Post)

Toronto street closure ushers in ‘Carmageddon TO’ (Globe and Mail)

Hume: Steve Nash only the latest to refuse Toronto (Toronto Star)

Tackling the income gap in Canadian cities (Toronto Star)

High Park’s Jamie Bell Adventure Playground rises from the ashes (Toronto Star)

Guerrilla art group hacks dozens of Astral info pillars (BlogTO)