With the 2012 International Design Festival now underway, venues all over Toronto are in full swing with design exhibitions, artist talks, installations and more. We've already highlighted some of the not-to-be missed events at this year's festival, but leading into the biggest design weekend of the year, it makes sense...
Toronto is finally getting separated bike lanes, and now we have a pretty good idea of what they're going to look like. Unveiled at an open house yesterday, the plans for separated cycling infrastructure on Sherbourne Street should be realized by fall 2012 — at which time, you know, Jarvis...
After 35 years in service, the Hawker-Siddely H4 subway car made its last trip along the Bloor-Danforth subway line this morning before it heads to the scrap yard. Although perhaps not the most significant event, a host of transit fanatics and photographers were on board for last rites. Commuters, on...
Nothing gets the top men at City Hall shaking quite like a disruption to library service, so surely there was some trembling at 100 Queen Street West this morning. In a press conference with CUPE 416 president Mark Ferguson earlier today, Maureen O'Reilly, head of CUPE local 4948, announced that...
It's no secret that words like "reclaimed," "upcycled," and "vintage" are the buzzwords of late when it comes to interior design, but when they're used on the mega-design-platform that is the annual Interior Design Show in Toronto, these words are suddenly given a new notch of credibility....
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike lanewith all due respect, don't you think that'll just increase the traffic problem and you'll still be waiting in your car for an extra 20 minutes, maybe longer? while...
The Best Sandwiches in TorontoBahn Mi Boys is incredible. Pork belly on a baguette with spicy happy things? Yes please.
Also for the east-enders, the Merryberry Cafe on Parliament, just north of Carleton,...
CUPE accuses City of "union-busting" tacticsAttacking unions has always been class warfare.
When you have a monopoly service, there are only two ways to pay-out the profit: into every employees' salary or into bonuses...
A lesson in heritage restoration at Queen & BathurstFrom a parents perspective...I used to drop my daughter off there, I used to cringe, didn't know if the building would callapse and with the state of the building not...
These Glory Holes are what creams are made ofNow it makes sense....http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/videos/183406
That's who names a donut place after a seedy, disguting and illegal perversion.
I am so glad (relieved) it isn't a cheery, sweet person behind a disgusting name...
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike laneNow there's intelligence.... I guess you're right, We'll just Start strapping everyone in Toronto down onto bikes including those with disabilities then the problems solved right?
The Spadina Subway Line turns 34 years oldAs a born-Montrealer now living in Toronto, I'm glad to see the Montreal metro gave an example of how better looking subway stations could be, giving some kind of an...
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike laneThe loss of left-turn lanes will always be the number one pain-in-the-ass result of bike lanes. Traffic that once moved relatively smoothly now jams up all the damn time....
Behind the Mic: Larry Green at Jazz FMI looked to see if you would be on Google. You have done well by the comments. You might remember Charlotte from Penticton and Vancouver from 45 years...
Ford sticks to his guns on underground transit plansIt seems that Mr Ford is showing his true incompetence on the transit file when he commmented recently that Toronto has ran subways for 100 years. Excuse me! The first...
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike laneWith the opening of the new George Brown Lakeshore Campus, there will be a large increase in all traffic along this corridor. With any luck (*ahem Mayor Ford) there will...
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike laneSeparated lanes on a narrow street with a major bus route, subway station, with sidewalks and the entire road with dire need for better maintenance, and on-street parking? This is...
Outdoor ice skating in TorontoI've never heard of anyone being denied taking photos in a public park (Unless it's posted). If you're in a public place and not on private property, there should be...
Ford sticks to his guns on underground transit plansIn addition to contacting your local councillor, TTC commissioners, Premier of Ontario, and you local MPP, we should also contact Metrolinx starting at their contact page at http://www.metrolinx.com/en/contactus/
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike laneThe Roncesvalles lanes always looked a bit awkward, but I haven't biked over there since they've been put in. Any Roncesvalles bikers want to share their experiences?
City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike laneRaising the cyclists to sidewalk level (as shown in the Roncesvalles transit stop) is a really bad idea. Currently pedestrians think it is an extension of the sidewalk as...
Ford sticks to his guns on underground transit plansMost of Chicago's lines were built almost a century ago (stuff cost less) by private companies (interested in making the fastest, cheapest profit, and not accountable to the public), and...
CUPE accuses City of "union-busting" tacticsAll CUPE 416ers posting here great work I hope all these postings were put up while you were on the clock. You guys astroturf like no one's business now get...
BruDa is the latest incarnation of the former Negroni — and short lived Carpano — space on College at the eastern edge of Little Italy. Unlike the previous tenants, BruDa...
Ginga Fitness, the world's first Ginga studio has opened in Toronto, nestled between a tire store and a spa just North of the city. Classes are run by fitness guru...
The Burger's Priest has, without any irony, developed a pretty ardent cult following. Opened in the summer of 2010, Shant Mardirosian's local paean to flat top franchise In-N-Out has conquered...
The best sandwiches in Toronto have a way of bringing people together. While few vegans care to weigh in on the issue of the best sauce-soaked ribs in the city--and, likewise, meat-eaters on the whole care not for sesame tempeh...
The 2012 Toronto International Design Festival gets underway in earnest tomorrow, and there are plenty of exhibits and activities for both the tradeshow-averse and their more tolerant counterparts. The festival seduces some of the best designers and craftspeople from around...
