Results tagged “istoronto”

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.

We don't normally post ridiculously open-ended questions on Torontoist, but the discussion about the Sam the Record Man sign and the excitement over a new column about Bad Buildings in the city got us thinking about that whole "Toronto aesthetic" thing that keeps coming up time and time again in our city. Not about defining that aesthetic, though (there isn't an over-arching one—if anything, the lack of an aesthetic is our aesthetic), and more about trying to actually evaluate the way that our city looks.

This article is a response to a series of comments you can find on Spacing Wire, in which someone compares Toronto to a "crossroads" or "meeting place." The poster claims this label makes sense because the word Toronto originates from an aboriginal word meaning "meeting place." There was no post contradicting the definition, probably because we have all heard this claim before and most of us accept it. Upon further investigation of the matter, one finds the definition of Toronto as "meeting place" to be rather controversial.

Rappers Royce Da 5' 9" and Choclair have recently been "jacked" in Toronto, according to a report last Friday.

Is Toronto doomed to replace Montreal as the sports world's least desirable location? With the exception of the Bible-minded Blue Jay Cory Koskie, would the ultra religious sports community consider a city that allows same-sex marriage on par with the Miami's and L.A.'s? And what of those taxes!