Queen Street West Goes (Mostly) Carfree

Articles posted 24.09.09
: On Tuesday's World Carfree Day, a parade is gathering in Trinity Bellwoods park. The day is—according to the event's hand-drawn poster—"celebrated by 100 million people across the world." The contribution from this parade currently stands at around fifty people, mainly on bicycles.

TTC beefs up design chops for new Sheppard West and York University stations

Articles posted 22.09.09
: This Thursday, the Toronto Transit Commission will sit down to approve conceptual layouts for York University and Sheppard West, two of the new stations on the future Spadina subway extension.

George Brown sinks teeth Into Waterfront

Articles posted 17.09.09
: Down on the waterfront at Queen's Quay, between Lower Sherbourne and Lower Jarvis, lies the site of George Brown College's new $175 million dentistry and healthcare campus.

Llamas now calmer in High Park Zoo

Articles posted 02.09.09
: One week after four llamas, a yak, and a wallaby escaped from High Park Zoo, Torontoist is pleased to report that all animals are absolutely fine following their midnight jaunt.

Owl see you at the Museum of Inuit Art

Articles posted 27.08.09
: When you step into the Museum of Inuit Art, which is hidden at the back of the Queen's Quay Terminal on the Harbourfront, you'll probably recognize the first picture you see. This is the "Enchanted Owl." According to the museum's curator, Ingo Hessel, it is "a true icon...probably the most famous image in Inuit art if not Canadian art."

Lose yourself in the Humber Arboretum

Articles posted 19.08.09
: If you're hankering after some urban greenery but you're tired of High Park, then you could do worse than a visit to the Humber Arboretum. It's free, it's quiet, and best of all, there are surprisingly few wasps.

Instant llama’s gonna get you

Blog posted 17.08.09
This is Ladybug the alpaca, one of the residents at the Blood Moon Alpaca Farm, near Erin, Ontario. The farm held an open day on Sunday and we went along to have a curious snuffle.

Old streetcars don’t die; they just retire to a forest

Articles posted 13.08.09
: What might become of our current streetcars when they're replaced by shiny new ones over the next few years? No one knows yet, but they might well dream of seeing out the rest of their days at the Halton County Radial Railway.

Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening

Blog posted 12.08.09
Toronto isn't the first city I've lived in on this continent. About nine years ago, I spent a summer in New York City on Bunac, working for minimum wage in a bookstore and surviving on fruit juice.

The literal Toronto TTC subway map

Blog posted 29.07.09
The Points of Interest London Underground map, by Dan Zambonini, replaces the stop names by what people might find if they disembark. For instance, Earl's Court is 'Antipodeans' and Vauxhall is 'MI6'. I don't want Toronto to be left out of the potential fun to be had, so I've had a go at making one for the TTC.

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