TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
A final plan to preserve Yonge St.’s character and heritage buildings between College/Carlton and Bloor is expected to go to the Toronto Preservation Board on Dec. 15. About 50 people at an October community meeting at the Central YMCA on ...
Read More »It’s fun ‘to throw really sharp stuff at wood’
Go around back of 33 Villiers St, an old Port Lands warehouse now converted to general studio space, and you enter what at first sight and sound is a cross between the Battle of Five Armies and a loudly genial ...
Read More »Dogs, parks remain top priorities in city core
There’s no doubt that Toronto’s Downtown is growing and has been for decades. In fact, the Downtown population has doubled since the last comprehensive urban planning framework initiative took place in the 1970s—which is where TOCore, a new urban planning ...
Read More »Locals invent an app that might help parents find childcare spots
Given the demand for daycare spaces in the Downtown core, finding a spot for your child is a challenge, to say nothing finding a spot in a nearby daycare with the right programming. Grange residents Regnard and Liza Raquedan don’t ...
Read More »This full-contact sport not a ‘real thing’? Quidditch is real magic
Athleticism isn’t often the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about the Harry Potter book series, but Quidditch Canada defied expectations and thrilled a small crowd by kicking off the recent Fan Expo weekend at the Downtown ...
Read More »‘Don’t call me a wheelchair,’ says TTC accessibility participant
Faced on the one hand with an obsolete infrastructure and a civic government that has spent far too many years neglecting needed investment, and on the other with a requirement legislated by the province (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) ...
Read More »Corktowners were well prepped for the election
The Corktown Residents and Business Association (CRBA) got their federal MP candidates’ stances on Bill C-51, the Fair Elections Act and income inequality while preparing for the Queen River Secondary Plan’s upcoming preliminary Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing at their ...
Read More »First Gulf at CRBA Nov. 3
The next meeting of the Corktown Residents & Business Association will be held on Nov. 3 at the Little Trinity Church Annex, 403 King St. E., from 7 to 9 p.m. Representatives from First Gulf developments will share an update ...
Read More »Church St. meeting on development
A community meeting will be held on Nov. 16 to collect feedback on a development application submitted to the city for a 45-storey condo building at 411 Church St. This will be the first opportunity for community members to meet ...
Read More »St. Lawrence wins Marathon cheering section prize (Video)
The Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon dashed through our neighbourhood on the way to a finish line much farther down the way. As it does every year, the marathon awards a prize to the neighbourhood team that launches the most impressive cheering ...
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