Allan Gardens Easter Show Allan Gardens is a Floral Treasure The Gardens are plunk downtown at Carleton and Sherbourne just a stonesthrow east of the old Maple Leaf Gardens. The great thing about Allan Gardens is that they are open for free 365 days of the year, rain or shine, holiday or weekend. The …
Don’t get me started about the displeasures of Toronto. Don Valley Parkway and the Commute in General, High Prices for Housing, Food, Car Insurance, Maple Leaf Tickets etc, etc. No none of that negativity in this story. Rather here is praise for the network of Community Centres in Toronto. Specifically I would like to cite …
I work at CSI Annex which just put to bed and closed the doors on a Toronto Marketing Monument – Honest Eds located … no, no – really spread out Westbound over the south side block at Bathurst and Bloor in the heart of Toronto’s ethnic communities. For me, despite the heartfelt send off, Honest …
The Skyline is Shaking and Burning We have already seen what the Nighttime Nuit Blanche scene does for the HarbourFront. So look what happens to the Toronto Skyline when Nuit Blanche takes hold. The Scrapers and Skyline clash – it all stutters and jives, swaying in great lightning shifts. The Buildings glow with haunted lights. …
Harbourfront is a perfect natural for Toronto’s Nuit Blanche arts festivities the picture taking at night is full of so many possibilities. Vessels sailing in and out of the harbor lit up with dramatic lighting. Airplanes taking off at the Billy Bishop Island airport leaving light trails into the night sky. And docked vessels with often …
Toronto’s Outdoor Art Exhibition at Cty Hall signals the official start to Art season in Southern Ontario. And its quite a pllgrimage of artists and crafts people with all the trappings of a Haj including the cluster of white tents that fill the square in front of City Hall: And this summer day the combination of …
One of the delights of mid Spring in Toronto are the Jane’s Walks. These are walks occurring not only in Toronto but across Canada and major cities in the World. What makes them relevant to Toronto is that Jane Jacobs lived, worked, formulated and taught much of her urban and social thinking in Toronto. Janes Walks …
Bike Polo In Toronto 2016 About 20 years ago my brother Greg introduced me to a sport, Ultimate, that was one of the neatest I had seen or played in a long time. I know the Summer and Winter X-Games feature all sorts of great new sports but Ultimate [or Frisbee …
In 2016 all around Toronto snow has been dumping on Buffalo, New England, Northeast US, the Maritimes , Northern Ontario, Quebec. But for the Queen City only light sprinklings have occurred. And even Southwestern Ontario has gotten off easy.But this week the 5-8 inches of light snow arrived after a very cold weekend. Perhaps that is the reason …
Toronto has seen a resurgence of murals and wall portraits. There has been an active graffiti scene on side walls all around town. But the back walls, in various areas of the city [not just downtown] are actively decorated and redecorated every year. Some real spray painters/artists extra-ordinaire are at work here. What has changed …
Santa Claus came to Toronto Sunday last week. and a lot of people had a great good time. Sign of the times – in 2013 the Toronto Police requested that the parade be expanded to accommodate more attendees estimated at half a million people. And this year the weather was mild and the holiday ingredients were right …
Our sister website, Pix of Toronto has been huffing and puffing about Fall Colors in TO Town. Humber Meets Patricia Flower Patches in the City Early Fall Colours in Etobicoke And one has to admit the Fall Colours have been pretty dramatic for the Maple, Ginko and Honey Locust trees. But the Ash …
