I love walking down St. Joseph Street in downtown Toronto. The street consists mostly of 1940s-era Art Deco and/or brownstone apartments. Much of the original architecture is still in place and, thankfully, the street has not been totally overrun with towering condos. Yes, there are some condos on this street, but they have been kept […]
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A few shots from a walk up Strachan Avenue
Created in April 2019, Stackt Market is designed entirely out of shipping containers. The marketplace features a mix of shops, eateries, a microbrewery, great city views, plus lots of art and ongoing community programming. Located at 28 Bathurst Street, Toronto.
St. Mary’s is located in Portugal Square at the corner of Adelaide Street West and Bathurst Street. The parish was established by Irish immigrants in 1852. The Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Joseph Connolly and completed in 1889, with the tower finished in 1905.
600 Parliament Street in St. James Town is a visual reminder of resistance to the area’s development in the 1960s. Sitting on Parliament Street near Wellesley Street East, I have passed this building hundreds of times; every time I pass by it strikes me as incongruous to the rest of the neighbourhood. The family of […]
Set in Nathan Phillips Square, Cavalcade of Lights is an annual free event that transforms City Hall and and the Square into a dazzling wonderland. This year there is lots of lights, art installations and, of course, free skating: Skaters at Nathan Phillips Square: MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!
This season the tradition of the Christmas Flower Show continues at the Palm House in the Allan Gardens Conservatory. The entire conservatory is decorated and filled with thousands of flowering plants, over 30 varieties of poinsettia and seasonal topiary masterpieces made entirely of plant material. In previous years the Conservatory had an event called “Christmas […]
Although the Hudson’s Bay store is now long gone from what was their flagship store at Yonge and Queen, the Christmas windows have been resuscitated. Yes! “The Bay Christmas windows” are back for 2025, courtesy of Cadillac Fairview, and I (along with many, many others) am very happy about this! Background On a frigid Sunday […]
The Fairmont Royal York’s hotel lobby has taken on what hotel staff label a winter wonderland appearance, decorated with reminders of reindeer and other items synonymous with Christmas.
I did not even know this place existed!