Spacing Toronto's Chris Bateman looks at the history of South Parkdale, a part of the neighbourhood of the same name that got obliterated in the mid-20th century by the construction of the Gardiner.

No Toronto neighbourhood paid for the Gardiner Expressway quite like Parkdale ( Read more... )

blogTO's Amy Grief looks at the speculation in Koreatown as to what will happen to this Bloor West neighbourhood after Honest Ed's and Mirvish Village are gone.

Mirvish Village is vacant and Honest Ed's had its big goodbye party this past weekend. The end is nigh for the southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst as the wrecking ball slowly swoops in ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Alex Bozikovic really quite likes the proposed redevelopment of the area of Honest Ed's and Mirvish Village.

Mirvish Village is dead. Long live Mirvish Village. In the area near Honest Ed’s this week, workers had put up fences around a string of Victorian houses on Markham Street, preparing to gut them, while creatives ( Read more... )

In the Toronto Star, Shawn Micallef wonders whether North York and Scarborough will be able to break through and emerge from suburbia into "downtownness", or if politics will prevent this.

The Scarborough Subway comes with a lot of promise ( Read more... )

David Rider in the Toronto Star describes how budget shenanigans may hurt a plan to make a large part of Yonge Street in North York, far north of the downtown, more usable for non-vehicular traffic.

City council’s sometimes chaotic 15-hour budget meeting included dozens of choices that won’t generate headlines but can shape Toronto neighbourhoods ( Read more... )

blogTO's Ed Conroy reintroduces readers to the origins of Wayne's World in Mike Myers' suburban upbringing in Scarborough.

After a long-ish period of dormancy, it seems Scarborough native Mike Myers is everywhere these days. He published a book last year - Canada - which chronicles his early years growing up in Scarborough, and the affect that ( Read more... )

Torontoist's Erin Sylvester tells the story of downtown Toronto's Draper Street.

The future site of Draper Street, which runs one way from Front Street West to Wellington Street West, first appears on a map in 1833. It didn’t yet have a name or building lots, but it was the start of what has become a carefully preserved district to reflect what ( Read more... )

In her article for the Bloor West Villager, "Justin Trudeau marks 100th day in office with surprise visit to Dovercourt Boys and Girls Club", Lisa Rainford describes the circumstances behind Justin Trudeau's visit to my neighbourhood last week.

The prime minister of Canada paid a visit to the Dovercourt Boys and Girls Club Friday morning, much to ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes an upcoming group photo of prominent Toronto musicians.
• Centauri Dreams speculates about the sort of starship a Kardashev II civilization would build.
• The Dragon's Gaze has a couple of papers noting the interactions between hot Jupiters and their parent suns.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on Russian nuclear submarine advances.
• Joe. My. God. ( Read more... )

In a recent links roundup at Torontoist, Hamutal Dotan linked to a column by Metro Canada columnist Matt Elliott, one that took a look at Torontonian demographics. Inspired by the comments last month of Toronto’s deputy mayor Doug Holyday that children shouldn’t live in downtown Toronto, Elliott decided to take a look at the latest findings from ( Read more... )