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Scene: Roncy Remembers Tony

WHERE: Roncesvalles Avenue WHEN: Evening of October 18 WHAT: A memorial for Tony Clemens, who passed away on Roncesvalles on October 18 following a recent surgery and a fight with lung cancer, among other health problems. Clemens was a recognizable neighbourhood figure and a source of news and gossip about the street’s tight-knit community through [...]

Streetcar Service Returning to Roncesvalles

TTC Good news for west end residents: their long, arduous saga with Roncesvalles roadwork is coming to its final end. The TTC has just advised that construction work has been completed "ahead of schedule"—though since that schedule includes a delay after last year's work took longer than expected, that language might be debatable—and streetcar service will resume between Queen Street West and Dundas West Station beginning at 4:30 a.m. tomorrow. The 504 replacement buses will continue to run on Roncesvalles between the Queensway and Sunnyside Loop until July 30.

Spotted: Possum Family on Roncesvalles

SPOTTED BY: Kate and Madhava Enros WHERE: The front step of a Roncesvalles restaurant. WHEN: Saturday, May 28 in the afternoon. WHAT: Looking a little scared by all the attention, this family of possums (check out the close-up to see the baby possum noses) caught passersby by surprise this weekend. Wildlife sightings aren’t infrequent in [...]

Scene: Polish Plane Crash, One Year Later

WHERE: Roncesvalles, between St. Casimir’s Roman Catholic Church and King Street WHEN: 12:30–1 p.m. Sunday WHAT: Toronto’s Polish community gathered today to mark the one year anniversary of the devastating plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and many legislative and military leaders. The delegation in the plane had been attempting to land at Smolensk, [...]

Short Film Fest Brings Zombies Back From Dead

Jim Taylor (far right), seen here at last week’s Zombie Walk, organizer of the Zombie Short Film Festival. Photo by Brian Towie/Torontoist. Toronto’s undead community is set to rise up for the second time in less than seven days. If Saturday’s Zombie Walk wasn’t enough for zombie-philes, they can sate their hunger for human-masticating fun [...]

Roncy Redesign Ratification

At the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC) meeting this morning, councillors debated the Roncesvalles revitalization project that has been under discussion in that community for the last while. (By some counts, the conversation has lasted at least five years.) The proposal calls for curb bump-outs and transit platforms, in the form of sidewalk extensions, [...]

Roncy Redesign Review

Photo by Metrix X from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. If you’re ever having one of those blah days, the kind where your life seems decidedly lacking in excitement and you find yourself in need of an emotional jolt, might we suggest that you attend a community meeting as an antidote? Perhaps one devoted to an [...]

The Daily Photoist: January 23, 2009

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve. In the midst… BY A_MANDOLIN

Portrait Project: Bob’s Baba

Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we’ll feature one of those portraits here. Suggestions for subjects welcome. If you don’t have a Nana, Baba, or Bubby, you can always visit a friend’s grandma. Meet Baba, who came to Toronto from Ukraine [...]

John Waters’ Smutty Sleigh Ride At The Phoenix

Toronto seems to get its annual dose of legendary outsider filmmaker John Waters around this time. A couple of years back he was hosting the TIFF gala of his latest film, A Dirty Shame, then in late 2006, he could be found gallivanting around Roncesvalles overseeing the transformation—for good or ill—of his 1988 comedy, Hairspray, [...]

Reel Toronto: Toronto Sings!

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Mississauga scores a little slice of cinema history in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. From lame futuristic thrillers to Oscar-nominated period...