[URBAN NOTE] Ten Toronto links
- blogTO looks at the Toronto of the 1950s, when Highway 2–Lake Shore and Kingston Road–was the way into the city.
- Jamie Bradburn takes a look at a 1950 tourist guide to Ontario, specifically focusing on its descriptions of Toronto.
- Jamie Bradburn looks at how, in the post-war era, dining at the Coxwell Kresge in-house restaurant was a thing.
- blogTO notes how many in Leslieville are unhappy with the idea of the Ontario Line being built above-ground.
- Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto notes that there is going to be a Pride rally outside of Palmerston library where Meghan Murphy will be speaking.
- Spacing looks at the connections between Nuit Blanche and the Toronto Biennial, for Toronto as an artistic city.
- NOW Toronto shares some photos of Honest Ed’s in its dying days.
- Toronto Life tells the story of Peperonata Lane, a west-end laneway that took its name from a popular neighbourhood pepper-roasting event.
- blogTO notes a new movie being filmed in Regent Park, here.
- blogTO shares photos of the new Garrison Crossing pedestrian bridge, here.
Written by Randy McDonald
October 26, 2019 at 10:15 pm
Posted in History, Photo, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
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