This fall has seen a few changes in Toronto’s west end Junction neighborhood (of New York Times fame):
Bronto Burger is now Jocelyn’s Place (2982 Dundas St. West, just west of Pacific Ave.), with a new owner but same menu/price and deco (at least for now). The food and service continue to be as good.
The [...]
The Junction Arts Festival is back on Sept 9 to 13, 2009 of its 17th occasion in Toronto’s west end on Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue. The festival presents visual, musical, performance, new media and site-specific works to over 150,000 people transforming Dundas Street West into a pedestrian-only, urban cultural destination.
September [...]
My jaw literally did drop when I realized that my home neighbourhood, west end Toronto’s Junction City, was the topic of a article in the NYT’s travel section in Skid Row to Hip in Toronto , not just as part of a 36 Hours in Toronto but on its own! (we are not yet [...]
With the arrival the fall Equinox, the summer (such as it was) is over. It also marks the start of our tradtion of talking walks thur the neighbourhood and down to the the Humber River and Etienne Brule park (thanks to the Hurricane Hazel of 1954).
facing South
and North.
I also means checking our raspberry [...]
Toronto Ukrainian Festival had a successful return to Bloor West Village last weekend (September 12 – 14, 2008), the weather during the day behaved itself, and the crowds where out to enjoy.
Winnipeger Randy Bachman (of Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (or BTO) fame, currently hosting on CBC’s Vinyl Tap) was the 2008 Festival Parade Marshal.
This was [...]
The 16th annual Junction Arts Festival has been a big success as the area ( Junction City in Toronto’s west end) celebrates the Junction’s Centennial of becoming a city in 1908, but on a big and crowded festival.
minor update : Junction Art Festival main page and the Junction Art Fest blog linked back! (and with [...]
The West Toronto Junction Historical Society, celebrating the Junction’s Centennial of becoming a city in 1908, has a serires of (well 2 so far) YouTube video’s of Historical Walking Tour in the Junction.
Junction Mayor G.W. Clendenan (Gib Goodfellow) and journalist A.B. Rice (Neil Ross) come back to life to share fascinating tidbits from the Junction’s [...]
This weekend starting on Friday (May 30) at 6-9pm, then Saturday 11am-5pm until Sunday (June 1) from 11am-5pm, it will be time to enjoy the 11th Eleventh Annual BLOOR WEST VILLAGE ART TOUR SHOW & SALE some of the best art in Toronto’s West End, at 19 locations from Swansea to The Junction.
The http://www.arttour.info/website has [...]
New to Toronto’s Juction Junction area is SMASH (http://www.smash.to, 2880 Dundas Street West,Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1Y8 , Phone 416-762-3113) a gallery of Art, Photography, Architecture and Residential / Industrial Salvaged Objects, and visual inspiration. It also includes a satellite location for design and architecture bookstore Function 13.
Currently in per opening mode, to take advantage of [...]
Lou’s Coffee Bar (as in Cindy Lou) @ (514 Annette :north east side side of Annette and Runnymede Road, in the west end of Toronto i.e. Bloor West Village, High Park, Malta Village, and The Junction ) is the friendly neighborhood bean shop (and my preferred “Third Place”). Friendly to dogs [...]
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