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.
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Help save Toronto’s oldest and biggest red oak
Toronto’s oldest (250 years) and biggest (24.5 metres or 80 feet) red oak lives beside a bungalow in the backyard at 76 Coral Gable Drive in North York. The City of Toronto has agreed to purchase the property, tear down the house and create a… Read More
101
For a number of years, I was a tenant at 101 Niagara St. Some of you may have read a few things I wrote about those times. It was known back then, and I suppose it still is, as the coffin factory or the casket… Read More
Development
I read in the Etobicoke Guardian that the Casa Mendoza is being demolished to make way for condos. It was among the last of a strip of Motels along the Lakeshore west of the Humber River. The Beach and the Shore Breeze are still standing… Read More