Gerrard Street just east of Carlaw is a poor part of town that can get a bit scrappy. But it sports the only mall for blocks in every direction, Gerrard Square, which was for years know as "the Scare." Now the Scare has gone upmarket, bringing in the usual cast of box stores and big franchises with more to come. The GS website claims, "Riverdale is changing and at its heart is Gerrard Square, a... [continue]

The Big Carrot, the Danforth's upscale natural food market and the raison d'être of Carrot Common, is nearing the end of its renovations. In business since 1983 and still a workers' cooperative, TBC will be almost half again as large, bringing way more of that organic goodness into our lives and making us feel fully half again as guilty for not always getting the good stuff instead of those chemically aided calories. They're aiming... [continue]

CopyCamp is an "unconference" (hateful term) coming to Toronto September 28, 29, 30, at Ryerson Student Campus Centre. It's very much a planned do-it-yourself-you-participants affair, so there's no agenda (yet) and the wiki doesn't go up until a couple of weeks prior. From their site:CopyCamp is a place to meet people making art and making waves, an opportunity to discover how the Internet can work for artists and fans, and a chance to debate... [continue]

This week on the people's perpendicular press no word but the official word. By order of the Chief.... [continue]

Within minutes of the opening gun, Taste of the Danforth is full up. Two dollar corn and four dollar souvlaki, buck a bottle for the stuff that comes out of the tap, a sprinkling of calamari and treats like pulled pork and funnel cakes that somehow get on to the menu as if they were local fare... and down the middle of the street the business stands that hope to suck you into a... [continue]

They're coming, theyr'e coming! Upwards of a million of Torontoist's fellow human beings will present themselves within 12 blocks of a single street this weekend (Broadview to Jones)... to have fun. Taste of the Danforth begins today at 6pm and ends Sunday at midnight. (The Danforth will be closed to traffic as of 11am today.) For locals this can mean chaos and disruption. Visitors drive here and, finding no place to park, abandon their cars... [continue]

A reshuffling of stores in the Carrot Common on the Danforth has given Book City an extra room, adding a third as much space again as they had, already filled to overflowing with booky goodness. Now there are two entrances into the best bookstore in this part of town [map / 348 Danforth Ave Tel: 416-469-9997, one minute walk from Chester Subway Station] Torontoist rejoices.... [continue]

Free food, Prizes PEACE PROJECT SHOWCASE Date: August 18, 2006 Time: 4pm - 8pm Where: Eastview Community Centre KEEP THE PEACE NOT THE HEAT For more information call The Students Commission at 416.597.8297 PEACE Public Education And Crime Eradication Free food, Prizes This is layered. The P.E.A.C.E. Project is an initiative of the Toronto Police Service and is supported by funding from the provincial government. From the Peace Project website: This comprehensive initiative targets gun... [continue]

Torontoist danforthensis often takes the long shortcut to the high street that runs up a nearby laneway. Like a lot of the downtown residential areas that were originally for working people who couldn't afford the land for a driveway beside the house, the Danforth is blessed with alleys. Graeme Parry's great Laneing site sports a map that shows you where the lanes are for a number of neighbourhoods, none of which is the one Torontoist... [continue]

Shakespeare in the Rough's production of Antony & Cleopatra (directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones) is taking place in Withrow Park from Saturday August 5 to Labour Day, Monday, September 4. But if you can't wait for your dose of the Bard, you can catch a preview tormorrow and Friday evenings at 7pm. Shows run Wednesdays through Saturday at 7pm and on Sundays and holiday Mondays at 2pm. Admission is pay what you can, with a... [continue]

...and save. The city is pushing its toilet replacement program "Flush With Savings" with ads on litter bins. It's hard not to go on punning, but instead Torontoist will take a look at some of the 100 or so city-approved replacement models on the downloadable list [pdf]. Toilet selection is not a snap. First of all there's Lpf -- or liters per flush, for the incognoscenti. Your regular toilet probably dispenses 13 or more Lpf,... [continue]

Torontoist will take a look each week at what's being said on the people's perpendicular press on and around the Danforth. Given the absence of wooden poles and the city's policy of scrape, scrape, scrape, vox pop isn't as loud as it used to be. Pity. 1. Attention all residents "Ward 30"Don't forget summer is a time of year to be extra careful at parks and pools in all communities. *children are priceless *pets are... [continue]

Torontoist loves the library. It's a total wonder: We request books online and when it's our turn they ship it to our local branch,a robot librarian calls me to say that there's stuff waiting for me ("Hello! The Toronto Public Library has one or more items for the customer whose initials are S! ...R! ...F! ...and whose library card ends in the digits..."), and we bop on down the block and a half to get... [continue]

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