Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'pier'
February 3, 2008
Each week, Torontoist shows off the most interesting, creative, and cool submissions to our Torontoist Flickr Pool. We're especially partial to photos that show our city in a new light, highlight a recent event, and remind us why we live here. Join the Flickr pool and show us what you've got. ConstructBY COLOUR VOID HeartBY KARLOFUN UntitledBY EXMOHAX Structural IntegrityBY JONATHAN PONCE foodBY MATTHEW.STEARNS Flight over TorontoBY INSIGHT IMAGING Yonge & Dundas SquareBY FIGHTOFFYOURDEMONS-- Some......
Continue Reading "Torontoist Weekly Photo Roundup, Issue #82"November 4, 2007
Each week, Torontoist shows off the most interesting, creative, and cool submissions to our Torontoist Flickr Pool. We're especially partial to photos that show our city in a new light, highlight a recent event, and remind us why we live here. Join the Flickr pool and show us what you've got. After school specialBY INVENTOR_77 Rusted Faith 2BY RIDE MY PONY TD CentreBY ARCTICLAMB Dead DollsBY RIDE MY PONY WalktoworkBY RYAN COLEMAN The Broken Pier......
Continue Reading "Torontoist Weekly Photo Roundup, Issue #69"February 12, 2007
Last Thursday's 20th Anniversary bash for Artscape was a who's-who of Toronto arts philanthropy: the guest list boasted big names from around the city like Councillors Joe Mihevc and Gord Perks, Toronto Arts Council Executive Director Claire Hopkinson, Poet Laureate Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, and more. It was an evening of being seen, sampling a whirlwind of savoury hors d'oeuvres and trading congratulatory speeches with some of Toronto's most influential arts personalities. Artscape can......
Continue Reading "Artscape: 20 Years In The Creative City"January 30, 2007
At 9:30 PM last night, Pearson Airport's drab but functional Terminal 2 saw its final departure take off for the United States. In April the process of tearing down the building will begin, first with its concrete crushed to be used as the sub-base for a strip of new tarmac. The closing of Terminal 2 and it's Mayan temple-like parking garage marks the end of Pearson Airport's lengthy and expensive Airport Development Plan (or......
Continue Reading "Goodbye Terminal 2, Hello Pier F"January 10, 2007
If ACTRA's quasi-strike isn't enough of a blow to Canada's dwindling film industry, another one recently hit that will also give American productions another reason not to shoot in Toronto. Which is great, because no one likes money -- especially American money. Word on the street is that TEDCO and Mayor David Miller recently mandated the imminent closure of the Pier 28 Cinespace Studios. The lot is 140,000 sq feet which is big enough......
Continue Reading "Best Year For The Film Industry Since SARS!"September 17, 2006
The last 10 days have been a great time to be a film nut, but now Christmas comes early for book nerds as over the next few weeks two of the biggest events of the year take place, starting with next Sunday’s Word on the Street, which will be followed by the start of the International Festival of Authors in mid-October. A few events taking place today. Poet Lorette C. Luzajic launches her first book,......
Continue Reading "Torontoist Reads: Literary Events This Week"May 26, 2006
Hey Toronto! Today is the launch event for the first ever Humanitas Festival, "A festival of what was, is and could be Toronto". Starting at 6pm at the Cooler By The Lake Tent at the foot of Yonge Street, at the water’s edge, you can come on down and Join Mayor David Miller, City of Toronto Poet Laureate Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, NOW Magazine’s Alice Klein and CBC Radio One 99.1 host Garvia Bailey......
Continue Reading "Toronto: The True Story Of What Was. And Is. And Could Be."