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.

Rendering from the U.S. Fine Arts Commission, via the Georgetown Metropolitan.

• DCist couldn’t believe the Old Georgetown Board rejected the design for the District’s first Apple Store for a fourth time.
• Gothamist thought it was Twilight Zone week, since it started out with Mayor Bloomberg getting bit by a groundhog (the mayor suggested the groundhog was trained by Al Qaeda) and closed with Bloomberg saying that the mysterious maple syrup smell was from NJ.
• Bostonist had a Shepard Fairey week, mapping his art, attending his talk, announcing his (fifteenth) arrest, and dancing the night away without him.
• Shanghaiist took a look at the controversy that erupted over Miley Cyrus’s “Chinkeye” pose.
• Phillyist noticed that snow makes douchebags come out to play.
• Chicagoist looked at whether or not former governor Rod Blagojevich would get unemployment benefits and then watched his appearance on David Letterman.
• Londonist marvelled at the effect that a bit of snow could have on the city.
• Seattlest first dispensed with their citrus-or-sustainability guilt before posting a recipe for blood orange punch.
• SFist saw a smattering of Mission District residents rejoice after the American Apparel-on-Valencia Street controversy ended in their favour.
• LAist looked into the Associated Press’s lawsuit against local artist Shepard Fairey and his iconic Obama “HOPE” poster; the AP says copyright infringement, but Fairey says fair use.