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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'financialdistrict'

May 9, 2008

Toronto health officials tied an outbreak of measles to the financial district yesterday, and more specifically to the TD Waterhouse and the Scotia Tower, thus confirming what we have known for many years: bankers and stockbrokers are dirty, filthy people. A government report condemned the Toronto Catholic District School Board for spending more money on itself than any other board in Ontario, at an average of a hundred thousand dollars per member. John Tory......

Continue Reading "We Got Measles, We Got Cancer, We Got A Mediocre Baseball Team"

February 22, 2008

For some men, a suit feels like an unnatural and constricting male uniform; a way of burying individuality in the conventional business attire of dark suit, white shirt, and tie. There are certainly a fair share of businessmen, bankers and lawyers wandering through the PATH corridors beneath the Financial District who carry themselves in exactly this fashion. For those attuned to the subtle details of masculine appearance, however, the suit offers a perfect canvas for......

Continue Reading "Making The Clothes that Make The Man"

December 31, 2007

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 that they deserve. From A Certain Distance #2 (Financial District) BY LEPAGEJP......

Continue Reading "The Daily Photoist: December 31, 2007"

October 5, 2007

For the next four months, twenty of Toronto's garbage bins throughout the Financial District will be given a reprieve from displaying ads to instead serve as big, beautiful, magenta frames for some rather lovely photography. The redesigned bins––which sport photos on the front and back and an artist bio on the sides––are part of the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward exhibit, in conjunction with the bins' owner, EcoMedia Direct Inc. (Incidentally, EcoMedia also has 3,580......

Continue Reading "Trashed"

September 28, 2006

Blaring horns, bicycle bells, glowing necklaces, screeching tires, and hundreds of Torontonians sprinting through the Financial District yelling, "Incoming!" These are the sights and sounds one can expect from Newmindspace's latest installation of everybody's favourite childhood game, Capture the Flag. The game has been liberated from its grassy prison and placed squarely in the "business ghetto" grid. Participants will use five subway stations, two streetcar lines, a bus, the PATH network, bicycles, longboards, scooters......

Continue Reading "Tomorrow Night: The Return of Capture the Flag"

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