By Torontoist

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.

Photo by Edna Zhou/Shanghaiist.

• Shanghaiist climbed to the top of a local bridge, called the Lupu Qiao, and liked the view.
• SFist came across this rather lovely note stuck to a contributor’s windshield.
• Chicagoist saw controversy erupt when a youth-painted pro-immigration mural was defaced with racist graffiti.
• Houstonist was surprised at President Obama’s selection for the “beer summit” and suggested that the president stock the White House fridge with Texas beer.
• Bostonist marveled over an X-Men Mural in Allston.
• Gothamist found out that if you’re a deputy press aide to an elected official, calling President Obama “O-Dumb-a,” saying Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a racist, and defending racial profiling isn’t the way to job security.
• LAist assembled a map of all the Downtown LA locations that starred in the season’s sleeper hit film (500) Days of Summer.
• Londonist enjoyed sunset views of the city from a temporary bar on top of a Peckham multi-storey car park.
• Phillyist encouraged its readers to save their local libraries.
• Seattlest posted all through the incredible heat wave the likes of which no one in the world has experienced before, with an all-time high of 103 effin’ degrees.