TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
By Frank Touby – I really hate to write this. But it’s just so egregiously manifest that things are converging to create havoc Downtown if remedies aren’t put in place quickly. If the city’s much-envied successful experiment in modern urban ...
Read More »Buses over parkland?
By Braz Menezes – Parkland is precious in Downtown Toronto—especially to groups like the York Quay Neighbourhood Association (YQNA), which is preparing to defend some of its turf. The YQNA predicted that the city-owned park inside the circular ramp at ...
Read More »WDLC readies for Pan Am planning challenges
By Anthony Marcusa – There is no excuse for Downtown residents not to be aware of what will descend in the West Don Lands in the summer of 2015 during the Pan-Am Games. At the same time, there will be ...
Read More »Scadding Court planning major site makeover
By Dennis Hanagan – A mid-March architect’s report will suggest ways to improve Scadding Court Community Centre, the Sanderson library next door, and perhaps boost the neighbourhood economy at the same time. “We want to make this an exciting place ...
Read More »No small talk required at film maker’s silent dating fundraiser
By Kimberly Spice – Independent writer and director, Tricia Lee, in need of money for a new feature film, will try a new form of fundraising on March 5 when she launches her nonverbal speed dating event. Lee, the Toronto-born ...
Read More »Bathurst Quay heritage site to be removed
By Kimberly Spice – After waiting for more than a decade, residents living near Bathurst and Lake Shore will finally get a neighbourhood Loblaws grocery store—in 2014. More than 100 residents spilled out of a meeting room and into the ...
Read More »First Parliament, Pan Am Village top Old Town planning peeves
By Duncan McAllister – The First Parliament site, transit, and planning—especially planning for the future of the Pan Am athletes’ village—remain top of mind with the Toronto Centre residents who attended a community round table hosted by Glen Murray and ...
Read More »East end charity joins century club: anniversary events planned
By Eric Morse – Central Neighbourhood House in South Cabbagetown is 100 years old this year. Founded in an era when social support for poor people was either faith-based or non-existent, CNH was envisioned as a true social centre, where ...
Read More »Woodlot
By Annabelle Goodman – Woodlot 293 Palmerston Ave ( at College St) 647 342 6307 I tried three times to get a reservation at this hot spectacular spot. On my third effort I was told that there is a communal ...
Read More »Peter Pan Bistro
By Annabelle Goodman – Peter Pan Bistro 373 Queen St West 416 593 0917 I have been a patron at Peter Pan for over 30 years. I remember it as one of the first converted old diners in Toronto. The ...
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