Located in the shadow of the Ashbridges Bay wastewater treatment plant lies a decrepit, listing chain-link fence along the foot of Leslie Street. The entire area is industrial and isn't too pretty to look at, but behind the rusted gates of the ramshackle barrier lie 240 little squares of bright green, with splashes of purple, red and yellow. The Leslie Street Allotment Gardens are one of 20 municipally-run public facilities, which apparently total more......

Each weekday morning, we pick a recent image from the Torontoist Flickr Pool and feature it here on the site. It's our way to give the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve! In case you hadn't noticed, there's a lot of winter outside your window. For some of us, this means hibernating inside and living vicariously through the internet. Torontoist Flickr group member syncros (Frank) decided instead to grab his camera......