This morning I hopped on a Go Train with my friend Stagg, and we headed for Exhibition Station and the Caribana Parade. What a great time! Enjoy today’s vlog, and if you like my videos, please like and subscribe.
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Cherry St. and the Port Lands
The re-development of the Port Lands in Toronto is a big deal. There is a lot of prime downtown land opening up, and work on the infrastructure which will support new neighbourhoods is well under way. I drove to Cherry Beach the other day. It… Read More
Necropolis
In today’s vlog, I take a leisurely stroll through Toronto’s historic Necropolis Cemetery, located in Cabbagetown, on the west side of the Don River Valley. It is a beautiful and serene place, with monuments to many Torontonians going back to the 1850s.
A Big Yellow Parade
I was walking east on Bloor from Bathurst, shooting video, when a parade appeared, featuring many people dressed in yellow and many people banging drums.
Buy a Fabulous Toronto Landmark
Today I trundled on over to the east side of town to have a look at what has become a Toronto Landmark, the Leslieville Doll House. I love the obsessive creative spirit the folks who have lived there long-term possessed. Now they are moving on… Read More
Toronto’s Industrial Hub – and a Pollinator Garden
In today’s vlog we poke around New Toronto. This area was designed as an industrial hub with a subdivision to house workers. Early companies that set up shop in the area included Menzies’ Wallpaper Factory, the Interior Wood Decorating Company, Ritchie and Ramsay, which made… Read More
A hot July night in a Yonge St pub with an artist named Stagg
It was very hot. We were walking and shooting video and sweating a lot, when we chanced upon a Firkin pub on Yonge St. We popped in for a cool beer and some fried calamari. If you are enjoying my Rediscovering my Toronto videos, please… Read More
The Portable Painter
In Today’s vlog, Stagg sets up his paintings for sale in front of an empty storefront in Kensington Market, here in Toronto.
My First Night Video
College Station to Massey Hall. Today’s vlog passes through the newly dubbed Sankofa Square. With all the fuss about the name, I had thought that the space had changed since I was last there and had become a city focal point with a variety of… Read More
Who is this guy? An intro for Rediscovering my Toronto
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