Neighbourhoods

LORINC: Let’s talk about Sidewalk Labs’ $50 million investment

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In May, when Waterfront Toronto (WT) issued the RFP for Quayside that culminated in last month’s agreement with Sidewalk Labs, the... Read More

LORINC: We need to Google some questions about Sidewalk Labs

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In just about every way, last week’s reveal of Sidewalk Lab’s vision for Quayside, a 4.9-hectare swath of the eastern waterfront near... Read More

A million Canadian post-war homes

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The Camisso family never expected a parade when they bought their first house, a little suburban bungalow in the new Wishing Well... Read More

WATCH: Amazing archival videos of Toronto Pride 1988-1995

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Between 1988 and 1995 (save for 1991 when he did not have a camera) Toronto editor and filmmaker James Leahy documented Toronto Pride... Read More

THE WARD MUSICAL: Songs and Sounds of a Lost Toronto Neighbourhood

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If you try to imagine your way back into the early 20th century streets and laneways of The Ward — the dense immigrant enclave razed... Read More

The lost streets of South Parkdale

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No Toronto neighbourhood paid for the Gardiner Expressway quite like Parkdale. Before construction of the lakefront highway in 1958... Read More

401 Richmond is already at its highest and best use

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I loved 401 Richmond before I even knew what it was. It was 9 years ago and I was in Toronto, visiting from Vancouver. My friend... Read More

The space age Parkway Plaza, Toronto’s first heritage supermarket

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It was only a shopping mall, but when the Parkway Plaza opened at Ellesmere Road and Victoria Park Avenue in 1958, it signalled the... Read More