WHAT: As the new Toronto South Detention Centre (or "superjail" as it's sometimes known) nears completion, the complex it's being built…
Vandalist: Take What You Need
Vandalist: Yours for the Taking
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Unknown
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Coxwell and Danforth
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Krygene
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It's nice to imagine fulfillment as being as simple as pulling a tab off a poster. Obviously it's not that easy, but perhaps the small, proactive…
MEC Advertising Ghost Bikes—No, Not <em>Those</em> Ghost Bikes
MEC Advertising Ghost Bikes—No, Not Those Gho…
A few eyebrows shot up in Toronto recently, when passersby noticed the above ad at Mountain Equipment Co-op's King Street location. It's not, as you might think at first glance,…
The Curious Case of 129 St. Clair Avenue West
The Curious Case of 129 St. Clair Avenue West
Preserving Toronto’s past is complicated business. Current example: the planned conversion of a historic church into a condominium, which raises issues about heritage preservation, adaptive reuse, and community intervention. Preserve…
Dance Comes to Regent Park
A Shot of Culture for a Redeveloping Communit…
The intersection of Dundas and Parliament has come a long way in the past few years. Situated at the base of Regent Park, the neighbourhood has evolved from one of…
A few eyebrows shot up in Toronto recently, when passersby noticed the above ad at Mountain Equipment Co-op’s King Street location. It’s not, as you might think at first glance, a public awareness campaign about the perils of cycling, a way of picking up on the theme of the memorial ghost bike installations that appear in Toronto from time to time. This, instead, is an ad for a brand of bikes called Ghost—and the confusion is causing consternation among some cyclists. Read More…
Two workers on a scaffold at Bay and Adelaide stared down, nonplussed, at the parade as it passed below: a long, lively procession of dancers, decked out in neon workout gear and toting dozens of boom boxes all blaring the same tune.
This spectacle, of course, was the 38th instance of the Decentralized Dance Party (DDP, for short), held in Toronto last night for just the second time. The DDP is a migratory outdoor dance, the music for which is sent via a portable FM transmitter to boom boxes in the hands of those who attend. It’s the invention of friends and Vancouver residents Tom Kuzma and Gary Lachance. Read More…
Preserving Toronto’s past is complicated business. Current example: the planned conversion of a historic church into a condominium, which raises issues about heritage preservation, adaptive reuse, and community intervention. Preserve the full building? Adapt it, with pieces missing? And how much say should neighbours get? Such questions surround the development proposed for 129 St. Clair Avenue West, which was on the agenda of Tuesday’s Toronto and East York Community Council (TEYCC) meeting.
Toronto architects Hariri Pontarini are to restore the cinema's once-proud facade.
Cinephile alert: the Bloor Cinema, currently shut for renovations, is set to reopen in a month. The much-loved rep cinema was acquired by Hot Docs and Blue Ice Film last summer and, as we learned back then, screenings will be focused on documentary films. This is good news for Hot Docs—which has long used the Bloor as a base for its annual festival—though perhaps bad news for fans of the cult films the cinema used to show every week.
Programming at the Bloor kicks off on March 12 and 13, with free open-house screenings of the documentary Waste Land. March 14 and 15 will see invite-only industry events, and then the schedule of public screenings starts officially on Friday, March 16 (with Being Elmo).
The intersection of Dundas and Parliament has come a long way in the past few years. Situated at the base of Regent Park, the neighbourhood has evolved from one of the highest crime areas in Toronto to the site of a massive urban redesign. The corner is now home to pricey condos, a sparkling Sobey’s, and, as of today, The Citadel—a brand new public dance studio and community yoga space. Read More…
ALL CLEAR: The delay both ways at College station has now cleared and full service has resumed on the Yonge University Spadina line. #TTC | 9:48 AM Feb 22
Trains are holding both ways at College Stn due to a power off situation. Response personnel on scene. Expected to clear in 10 mins. #TTC | 9:37 AM Feb 22
ALL CLEAR: The delay eastbound on Dundas at Sherbourne has now cleared and full service has resumed on the 505 Dundas Streetcar line. #TTC | 10:43 PM Feb 21
