This is the third and last instalment of a 3-part post focusing on some of the murals and artwork in the Wilson Heights area of the city. Here, we visit some community artwork just outside of Yorkdale Mall. These murals… Read More »Wilson Heights, Part 3: Yorkdale Murals
This is the second instalment of a 3-part post focusing on some of the murals and artwork in the Wilson Heights area of the city. There is a newly developed area on the south side of Wilson Avenue called –… Read More »Wilson Heights, Part 2: Wilson Station South Exit
This is a 3-part post focusing on some of the murals and artwork in the Wilson Heights area of the city. First up are the Wilson subway station murals. These murals are located on Wilson Avenue under the Allen Road… Read More »Wilson Heights, Part 1: Wilson Station Exit to Wilson Avenue
On August 19 and 20 the Toronto Chinatown Business Improvement Area hosted its 23rd annual Toronto Chinatown Festival on Spadina Avenue, running from Sullivan Street to College Street. This year the Festival’s theme was Flaming Phoenix: Rebirth & Uprising, signifying… Read More »Toronto Chinatown Festival 2023
This post is sort of a companion piece to my last post on Craigleigh Gardens. The quiet and scenic urban trail known as Milkman’s Lane is located off South Drive in Rosedale, next to Craigleigh Gardens. Though short and steep,… Read More »Milkman’s Lane
For this TOcityscape we’ll head to the west of the city and take a look at Islington Village and the beautiful, historic murals there. The Islington Village murals run along Dundas Street West from Islington Avenue to Kipling Avenue: In… Read More »Village of Islington Murals
It was a sunny day for my Leslieville photowalk. I started my ramblings on the corner of Dundas Street East and Broadview Avenue, then slowly worked my way further east, then south, to Queen Street East. I called it a… Read More »A Walk Through Leslieville
On my way to photograph Victoria Memorial Square (stay tuned for a future post on that) I passed through the Portland Street and Wellington Street West area. Here’s a bit of what I encountered: I found this graffiti and artwork… Read More »In & Around Portland Street
At 50 Pottery Road, across the street from the Todmorden Mills complex, is a banquet hall and event centre called Fantasy Farm. The location is surrounded by greenery and parkland and – except for the traffic on Pottery Road –… Read More »Fantasy Farm
I’ve been working on this post for months, off and on. Originally I had entitled it Jarvis Street Mansions and thought I’d focus exclusively on the remaining mansions from Jarvis Street’s so-called golden era. As I walked up and down… Read More »Jarvis Street Heritage
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