Curiosities
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A guide to recognizing Toronto’s five saints
Old Toronto was a city of saints. Their names were stitched into the fabric of the community by the first settlers from the British Isles, starting in the...
By Chris Bateman -
BOOK REVIEW: Unruly Places
I have to be favourably inclined towards a book whose Canadian edition preface opens with a shout-out to Toronto urban explorer Ninjalicious and his zine...
By Dylan Reid -
Meet Bertie the Brain, the world’s first arcade game, built in Toronto
Almost two decades before the first video game found its way into an arcade, the Canadian National Exhibition hosted a strange electronic device with an...
By Chris Bateman -
What happened to all the public washrooms in Toronto?
When nature calls in Toronto, it’s usually an obliging bar or cafe that answers. Outside of city parks and public buildings, public washrooms are...
By Chris Bateman -
EVENT — free screening Saturday of new doc “A Shift in the Landscape” exploring Richard Serra’s King City sculpture
WHAT: Screening of A Shift in the Landscape WHEN: Saturday June 28 at 6PM WHERE: Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St West COST: Free Shift, the “secret”...
By Shawn Micallef -
Door Open Weekend — ghosts, [murmur], maps, & Redesigning Toronto Pecha Kutcha-style
It’s Doors Open weekend in Toronto, the first city to do this and now the largest event like this in North America. This year the them is...
By Shawn Micallef -
On loving Toronto — memories of the Annex and discovering Scarborough
EDITORS NOTE: We’re pleased to publish this meditation on being from Toronto by Christina Wong. Christina recently got her PhD in Music...
By Spacing -
The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto?
While exploring the neighbourhoods along Broadview north of the Danforth last week, I stumbled upon what may be the most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
Toronto’s Art Deco district? Take a walk along Eglinton Avenue West
On a recent walk along Eglinton just east of Bathurst, I noticed that several blocks are lined with beautiful Art Deco apartment buildings. The apartments...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
EVENT — The Andrew Project book launch Saturday Oct 23
You may recall seeing posters around town of a hand drawn gentleman with the name “Andrew” underneath a few years ago. I took a photo one of...
By Shawn Micallef -
Event: City of the Mind — a musical journey through the beauty and madness of cities Oct 29 & 30
WHAT: Music & readings inspired by the city WHO: The Talisker Players WHEN: Tuesday, October 29 & Wednesday, October 30 – 8pm— Pre-concert...
By Spacing -
Is this the oldest catch basin grate in the city?
Down at Fort York, amongst the War of 1812 buildings and the construction site of the new visitors centre, lies a grate for a catch basin that may be the...
By Matthew Blackett