This year the annual Kensington Market Winter Solstice Parade will be live streamed from Red Pepper Spectacle Arts’ studio space. The virtual broadcast will launch on Monday December 21, 2020, from 7:00 pm. to 10:00 pm. Continue reading
Category Archives: Neighbourhoods
Bilton Laneway Revisited
We first encountered and wrote about this tiny strip of public space three years ago and we’ve been following its transformation ever since. It is a casual and informal spot conceived and initiated by Suzanne Long, a tenant whose apartment overlooks the laneway. It is now well on its way to becoming a true community garden. Continue reading
Build It and They Will Come
The renovated building on St. Clair West is bringing new life to a tired corner. A co-working space, a café and the offices of an award-winning architecture firm will create a fresh community hub. Continue reading
Community bench invites neighbours
What do you do when a tree on your property has to come down? Use the wood to create a resting and chatting place for passers-by. Continue reading
Common Ground: revitalizing Oakwood Collegiate’s landscape
A historic Toronto high school is being revitalized with the help of a local community group. Here is the plan for a new recreational and green space for students and neighbours. You’re invited to help and celebrate! Continue reading
Trinity-Bellwoods: reshaping an urban landscape
Trinity-Bellwoods Park is a hub of urban activity in downtown Toronto. It was not always so. It used to be a 50-acre field with a small river famous for its salmon fishing. Our resident historian Robert Fisher traces the history of the park from its bucolic days to its bohemian times to its current artists’ oasis. Continue reading
RONCESVALLES: The Food Tour
Bria Weaver is nothing if not passionate about her Roncesvalles food tour venture: Food Nook Tours. We caught up with her a few weeks ago for a private food tasting tour of five purveyors in her west end Toronto neighbourhood. Continue reading
Art in the Lunchbox
Artists abound along St. Clair W and local café Stella’s Lunchbox is fast becoming a new art hub. Continue reading
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