Michael Schwartz – Public consultation on the proposed mixed-use development on Wellesley St. W. drew local residents into a meeting on June 19 at the Grosvenor St. YMCA. The project in its present form comprises 1,304 dwellings in two towers ...

Dennis Hanagan – Gino Berti of Cabbagetown danced in CATS at Massey Hall 25 years ago—and now he’s choreographer of that same musical showing at the Panasonic Theatre. Berti turned out in fit form on a sunny June afternoon on ...

Josh Bailie – A new-look party, funding for parks, arguments over bike lanes—summer is officially here in Corktown. Approximately two dozen people attended the Corktown Residents and Business Association’s (CRBA) monthly meeting on June 4. Arts and recreation were seasonably ...

My neighbour mentioned his son who attended Winchester Public School, now attends a private school. He  told me his child was not doing well in his class: he sat in a corner in the classroom and was allowed to do ...

Consider this contrast: (1) Through persistent tax cuts and fat profits, the private sector today has amassed and is now sitting on an immense $500 billion (half a trillion) pile of what the just departed head of the Bank of ...

George Milbrandt – The St. Lawrence Market has been a Toronto tradition for over 200 years. It is an important destination for residents from across the city and is a leading tourist destination. Last year, National Geographic named this as the Number One food market in ...

The question that is unanswered by city hall’s dismissal of our North Market redevelopment as now too expensive is: How do you know it’s run over budget? The city hall dwellers, elected and otherwise, who blithely decided the price-tag is ...

Eric Morse – The Cabbagetown Residents’ Association (CRA) held its annual meeting at a pub on June 13. A new board was elected to serve from 2013 to 2015. Lindsay Whitfield, Trish Finkelstein, and Lynn Dionne will continue as directors, ...

This past spring I made a first time visit to Venice, partly with the hope of finding some of Toronto’s lost architectural heritage. After years of reading and writing about how the Venetians of 500 years ago influenced some of ...

Michael Schwartz – Here is a warning for anyone thinking about demolishing historic buildings in Toronto—it could cost you a million bucks and you might end up in prison. The penalties for demolishing or even altering an historic residence without ...