{"id":3965,"date":"2009-01-21T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/01\/21\/help-uncover-torontos-hidden-gems\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:15:06","slug":"help-uncover-torontos-hidden-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/01\/21\/help-uncover-torontos-hidden-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Help uncover Toronto&#8217;s hidden gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3119\/3216647948_cf1608505a.jpg\" height=\"347\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As many of you already know, Spacing runs a regular feature in our magazine called &#8220;Hidden Gems.&#8221; The articles in each issue usually focuses on a public space like a parkette, alley, pond, or roundabout. The idea is to highlight a space in the city that is usually overlooked but has a specific charm to it. We&#8217;ve written about modernist washrooms along the Humber River, small streets in Corktown, and memorial benches in the Annex.<\/p>\n<p>A good example &#8212; but never featured in the magazine &#8212; is Trenton Place, a small set of one-floor, cottage-style houses just off of Cowan Avenue in the Jameson and Lake Shore area of Parkdale (photo above). There are eight units on this property that normally fits just two semi-detatched homes. A pedestrian-only walkway in front of the homes, which used to be an alley, has flowing gardens and charming wooden benches. There is a special feeling when you stumble upon it for the first time. And there a loads of these type of places scattered all over Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>We are trying to gather a decent size list so that we can begin to feature Hidden Gems on our blog and web sites as well as the magazine. <strong>We want you to nominate a place or space anywhere within Toronto&#8217;s boundaries<\/strong> that we should feature. 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