{"id":1495,"date":"2007-01-29T15:26:54","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T19:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2007-01-29T23:42:58","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T03:42:58","slug":"where-in-the-gta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/01\/29\/where-in-the-gta\/","title":{"rendered":"Where in the GTA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/gta-downtown.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In its march of progress, Toronto and the GTA have consumed many small Ontario towns and knitted them together in one big sprawling quilt. There are still some pedestrian oriented small-town centres &#8212; oasis&#8217;s of tiny urbanism &#8212; found throughout that haven&#8217;t been bulldozed for a big box yet.<\/p>\n<p>The photo above was taken yesterday during a exploratory romp on various <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingshighway.ca\/\">King&#8217;s highways<\/a> and lesser arterials, hithertofore known only as mysterious names read aloud by traffic reporters. This town centre must look cozy and quintessential at Christmastime.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect longtime Toronto-ish residents will know it. Even after six years here, I&#8217;ve still got a lot of exploring to do before I have a fully fleshed out mental map of Toronto&#8217;s peripherals and near-hinterland, so I have no idea if this is hard or easy. <strong>Do you recognize this place?<\/strong> I smudged out the street name lest it give anybody a google-able advantage. We&#8217;ll withhold approval of comments until later this evening and let people guess, then approve them all at once and see how many folks know-their-GTA-slash-Toronto by sight alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDIT><\/strong> Main Street revealed! See comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its march of progress, Toronto and the GTA have consumed many small Ontario towns and knitted them together in one big sprawling quilt. There are still some pedestrian oriented small-town centres &#8212; oasis&#8217;s of tiny urbanism &#8212; found throughout that haven&#8217;t been bulldozed for a big box yet. 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