By David Topping

Torontoist is one of thirteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list that is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-a-Verse.

• Gothamist covered the three B’s this week: a new Banksy-commissioned mural in Soho, new bike rack prototypes, and (Mayor) Bloomberg’s controversial decision to seek a third term.
• Seattlest, recovering from ESPN’s ranking of Seahawks fans, asked “what makes a real Seattleite?”
• Chicagoist checked out a new gourmet food event, talked to CBS News’ Bob Schieffer, and checked out a nude painting of Sarah Palin.
• Bostonist played Sarah Palin Bingo.
• LAist was shocked to see a video of a grown man punching a teen girl multiple times after he budged her relatives at a McDonalds.
• Shanghaiist covered the world’s longest journey by skateboard ever made by a New Zealander, which started in Switzerland and ended in Shanghai.
• Londonist spied hundreds of people in gorilla suits descending upon the streets of London for the annual Great Gorilla Run.
• SFist not only blushed at NSFW shots from last week’s sex-fetish extravaganza, the Folsom Street Fair, but also marveled at Sarah Palin’s own perverse journalistic orgy of excess.

Photo by Jake Dobkin.