Always nice to see Toronto. I look at it and think yup that’s a proper city. The Great Lakes Region may not have a NYC but we do have Toronto and Chicago a fair trade off if I do say so myself.
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I ended up doing the Alexandra Park area south of the Market between Dundas and Queen yesterday (Tuesday). Less for the tourist than Kensington, it has a lot of public and cooperative housing (including the Atkinson Coop which is being redeveloped) and a shipping container market:
Always nice to see Toronto. I look at it and think yup that’s a proper city. The Great Lakes Region may not have a NYC but we do have Toronto and Chicago a fair trade off if I do say so myself.
Thanks. I'm really trying to capture the "on the ground" experience - housing, parks, street life etc. Also hoping to visit the city's ravines.
Went to Toronto Island last evening where I spent about two hours. Began at Ward's Island, where a small residential cottage community still exists and made my over to Gibraltar Point which includes one of the oldest lighthouses on the Great Lakes and artists residents. I didn't spend as much time on Centre Island which has more "touristy" stuff. No cars are allowed on the Island.
Old Town Toronto on a Sunday afternoon/evening, including Berczy Park (with the dog fountain), St. Lawrence Market and St. Lawrence Hall, St. James Catherdal and surrounding park, and older bank and office buildings. Centered around Yonge-Church, King-Front, you can see the city of the 1850s surrounded by the modern downtown.
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