Neighbourhoods
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EVENT: A Walk With “Born to Walk” author Dan Rubinstein
Walk Toronto is hosting a walk with journalist and author Dan Rubinstein, who is about to publish his new book Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a...
By Dylan Reid -
The transformer next door
The lights are on but there’s no-one home at 640 Millwood Rd. The two-storey suburban home near Bayview and Eglinton doesn’t exactly stand out among its...
By Chris Bateman -
Exploring “downtown” Centreville in the winter: A ghost town in more ways than one
At the peak of it’s population in the 1950s, homes, cottages, and mansions lined the entirety of Toronto Island from Ward’s Island in the east...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
BURALE: We need to reframe how we talk about our city
Toronto Life this month is running a cover profile about the inner suburbs. The article sought to expose the divisions within our city, but it ended up...
By Idil Burale -
The horror of the Rupert Hotel fire still lingers
The fire had been burning out of control at the Rupert Hotel for 17 minutes before someone called 911. As flames and acrid smoke filled the corridors of...
By Chris Bateman -
Storymobile is telling Canada’s Main Street stories from Mimico to the Maritimes
If you’ve travelled through Mimico – a waterfront neighbourhood in Toronto’s west end – during the last few months, you may have noticed...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
The slow and deadly evolution of Toronto’s crosswalks
Crossing the street in Toronto has been a potentially deadly challenge for almost a century. Until the 1950s, when the number of automobiles dramatically...
By Chris Bateman -
Exploring the busy basements & makeshift markets of Regent Park with Civic Salon
Basements are often unsung heroes of great cities. In new and old Regent Park the unseen basement hides both bottom-up and top-down initiatives to...
By Robert Ruggiero -
Toronto’s mayoral election in four maps
Over the past three decades, Toronto has become an increasingly divided city, economically and racially. And those divisions were starkly apparent in...
By David Hulchanski -
10 NO BRAINERS: Provide Permits for Pop-Ups
10 No Brainers to Make Toronto More Awesome! is a project of the Centre for City Ecology that highlights small, achievable actions at the City-level that...
By Claire Nelischer -
10 NO BRAINERS: Safe, Simple Street Festivals
10 No Brainers to Make Toronto More Awesome! is a project of the Centre for City Ecology that highlights small, achievable actions at the City-level that...
By Claire Nelischer -
Photo exhibit opens Thursday on Toronto’s tower neighbourhoods
WHAT: Radiant City , a solo exhibition by Jesse Colin Jackson WHEN: September 18 to November 1; Opening reception, September 18, 6-8PM WHERE: Pari Nadimi...
By Matthew Blackett