Neighbourhoods
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To Suburbia
Today’s National Post Toronto Magazine has a series of 5 articles on evolving neighbourhoods in the city, including the Oakwood neighbourhood north...
By Shawn Micallef -
Friday’s mid-afternoon links to run out the day
Kensington Market declared national historic site [National Post]: Kensington Market, that neighbourhood that has survived for 80 years as a good place to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Eye’s on the street
While NOW’s Mike Smith was spending the week thinking about Scarborough (see post below), Eye Weekly’s Chris Bilton took Mayor David...
By Dale Duncan -
Scarborough in the NOW
NOW city hall reporter (and Spacing contributor) Mike Smith looks at the issues facing the former municipality of Scarborough over the next four years...
By Dale Duncan -
Dovercourt tree tour and community bonfire
This Saturday, December 2 at 1:00p.m., arborist about town and Spacing contributor Todd Irvine of LEAF and local tree advocate Andrea Dawber of GreenHere...
By Dale Duncan -
Carlton Canyon
The walk west on Carlton has changed over the past year and become quite a nice and cozy canyon. The addition of the new glass condo just east of Yonge...
By Shawn Micallef -
Wednesday’s links
Suburbs focus hard on Miller [Toronto Star]: Toronto Mayor David Miller earned a strong mandate from the former city suburbs in last week’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Soccer fields in the Port Lands — the continuing debate
A view from what will one day be called Lake Ontario Park. Thursday night, I went to the Port Lands Action Committee meeting to learn more about the...
By Dale Duncan -
Cariboo Avenue
(Crossposted with Spacing Votes — a tour of Cariboo Avenue) In a recent thread here on Spacing Votes, Danny Nardelli (the motorist responsible for...
By Shawn Micallef -
Last Pedestrian Sunday of 2006 in Kensington this weekend
This Sunday marks the final Final Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market of 2006. Here are some of the details: • Sunday October 29th – Rain or...
By Matthew Blackett -
Gentrify this
There’s been a lot of discussion in recent years in Toronto about the gentrification of formerly “ethnic” and low-income neighbourhoods...
By Dylan Reid -
Yes, In My Back Yard!
It seems neighbourhood groups are constantly fighting bad reps. Dispelling stereotypes isn’t always easy. Take the experience of Active 18, for...
By Dale Duncan