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Nuit Blanche — Hidden Toronto: Curious Walking Tours

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Some walking tours on Saturday night that may or may not be like the usual walking tours. Fanny packs allowed, but not encouraged.

Have you ever wondered what happens in the nooks, crannies and alleyways of Toronto? Are you curious about what lies beneath the typical tourist faà§ade? Uncover Toronto’s secrets through specialized walking tours that will enrich both locals and visitors. Knowledgeable tour guides will educate and inform you about this fabulous city.

ZONE A Tours

Walking Yorkville: The World’s Most Interesting Town
–Tour Guide: Shawn Micallef Tour Time: 8:00pm

Turning community into conflict: the life and vision of local real estate magnate Shlomo Rosenbaum
–Tour Guide: Yarika Rose Tour Time: 9:36pm

ZONE B Tours

You Will Have Questions. And We Will Have The Answers. Violent Bowling in late 1990s Toronto
–Tour Guide: Nathaniel G. Moore Tour Time: 7:00pm

Toronto’s Urban Wildlife: An exploration into the shadowy world of Toronto’s rats
–Tour Guide: Amos Latteier Tour Time: 11:00pm

Manifestations of Manifestations: Like a cabinet of curiosities, this tour will show you the secrets and wonders hidden in the nooks and crannies of our fair city
–Tour Guides: Brenda Goldstein and Anthea Foyer Tour Time: 2:00am

ZONE C Tours

A tour of tours. Miniature replicas of spaces of imagination, dreams and musings
–Tour Guide: Rose Bianchini Tour Time: 12:00am

Learn DIY blight fighting techniques to help loosen the strong hold that the Concrete Cartel has over the City of Toronto
–Tour Guide: City Beautification Ensemble Tour Time: 4:30am

An upfront, personal and interactive tour of outstanding front lawns
–Tour Guide: Laura Nanni Tour Time: 6:00am

Tours begin at the “hub” for each zone — we are not sure what the hub-thing will actually look like, but usually you know a hub when you see it:

A=Yorkville Park
B=Butterfield Park (the one under OCAD)
C=Trinty Bellwoods

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