ON A DIM, COOL AUTUMN AFTERNOON WHEN THERE ARE MORE LEAVES ON THE GROUND THAN ON THE TREES it’s hard to believe that the polite creek flowing underneath this bridge can be a raging torrent. But it’s true – flowing …
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A Cemetery Tour through the Toronto of the Dead
PEOPLE DIE ALL THE TIME IN TORONTO. For much of the city’s earliest history, cemeteries were the closest thing we had to public parks. Victoria Square, the city’s first cemetery, is still a public park, and most people walking their …
Hometown Lockdown: Walking through the heart of Toronto up the dirty Don River
THERE’S A TRADITION IN TORONTO TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE DON RIVER. The Don is the most important of the three rivers that run through Toronto, and as a result it’s the most abused – a waterway that was declared …
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Hometown Lockdown: The awesome face of change at the Scarborough Bluffs
IF TORONTO WAS NEW YORK CITY Scarborough would be the Bronx: vast and distinct and with a chip on its shoulder, it stands apart from the downtown, separated by a river and possessing its own unique geography. And the geological …
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Hometown Lockdown: From wasteland to wilderness on the Leslie Street Spit
CITIES ARE MANMADE LANDSCAPES. It would be hard to find even a few square feet in any city that hasn’t been shaped or created by human activity, so they’re not the sort of places you expect to find wilderness. You …
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