‘TOMORROW SHOULD BE OURS’ is the final work produced by London artist, MARK TITCHNER, during his residency at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Yorkville banner was created after group sessions with Oasis Skateboard Factory – http://oasisskateboardfactory.blogspot.co.uk – a remarkable alternative school design program at TORONTO’s Scadding Court Community Centre. Group and artist worked together to produce texts relating to issues of urban change and gentrification, arriving at the final text ‘Tomorrow should be ours.’ It was erected in November/2012, and appears to be in perfect condition.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
YONGE STREET GOES UP IN THE WORLD WITH 10+ NEW HIGH-RISES WITHIN 20 BLOCKS
There are big changes coming to TORONTO’s main street. Skyscraper construction on – or just behind – our city’s main drag is booming at multiple Yonge Street intersections – Bloor, St. Mary, St. Joseph, Grenville, Gerrard, Gould, Queen, Adelaide and Front. In most cases the Victorian-era structures remain in the foreground, with taller buildings behind.
Canderel, a Montreal-based developer, is finishing work on AURA (78 storeys), and is now promoting another condo at Yonge and Grenville. It’s rumoured that this company has also purchased property on the east side of Yonge at Gerrard Street. Other large buildings under construction – KARMA at 21 Grenville Street (50 storeys); 1BLOOR EAST (75 storeys) by Great Gulf Homes; the L TOWER at Yonge and Front Streets (57 storeys); and the east office tower of the BAY/ADELAIDE CENTRE on Adelaide Street (44 storeys).
TORONTO SYMPHONY’S GUIDE TO “PROPER CONCERT GOING ETIQUETTE”. B-R-A-V-O!
“Please be courteous to others by refraining from quiet conversations, whispers, talking, singing, coughing, humming, tapping to the music, turning pages, leaning forward in your seat, and unwrapping cellophane-wrapped candies. We share the air, go scent-free. Please turn off your cell phones, Blackberrys, iPhones or other smart phones, pages and watch alarms. Please refrain from referring to them during the concert. We regret that we cannot allow children under 2 years of age into any Toronto Symphony Orchestra concerts.”
In other words, sit still, stop talking, and watch the show!
‘Golden’ Team Canada beats USA on Friday (1-0), wipes out Sweden on Sunday (3-0)
It’s all over as Canada takes the gold in Men’s Ice Hockey/2014! The nation can breathe again.
Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood celebrates winter at “Icefest” – February 22, 23/2014
Bloor-Yorkville Icefest, ice sculptures, DJ, maple-syrup, a ‘heatwave’ section, various locations, subway stop – Bay, http://www.bloor-yorkville.com
APOLOGIES – ITEM REMOVED – I NEED MORE SPACE
“There are more neighbourhoods in TORONTO than countries in the world” – Matt Shaw
CHARLES PACHTER’s “Night Ride”/1972 is on the cover of a new anthology of TORONTO stories published by Exile Editions. “The Stories That Are Great Within Us” celebrates the multitude of neighbourhoods that make up this city, and the writers who understand them. The collection is edited by BARRY CALLAGHAN, son of the late MORLEY CALLAGHAN, a Canadian literary icon. Writer MATT SHAW: “For inhabitants, these named and unnamed slivers, rectangles and oblong plots evoke a sense of place or shared identity. For outsiders, they are hazy as mirages. Some are preceded by reputations. Others are evocative of cultures, landmarks, histories or flavours. The rest are known mostly to those who live there.” Corktown, Leaside, Parkdale, Don Mills, Yorkville, Forest Hill, Little India, Malvern and Regent Park are all part of the patchwork that makes up Canada’s largest metropolis.
CHARLES PACHTER is a Canadian contemporary artist, a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian and lecturer. He lives and works in downtown TORONTO.
WILLIWOOD TWEAKS HOLLYWOOD’S NOSE WITH ITS OWN FAMOUS SIGN
Who hasn’t seen or heard of the Hollywood Sign, an iconic landmark in Southern California – 45-foot white letters, 350 feet long, protected by the Hollywood Sign Trust, a non-profit organization, presiding over Tinsel Town.
But have you seen the Williwood Sign? It’s perched on the side of a barren, brush-strewn mound 15 miles outside WILEMSTAD, the capital of Curacao. The name for the town was adopted in November 2011, and since then it has put this sleepy burg on the map. You don’t have to be big to be famous. . . . . . http://www.uncommoncaribbean.com
60 Richmond St. E. is designed for residents in the restaurant & hospitality industry
Teeple Architects’ award-winning 60 Richmond Street East provides innovative, affordable housing just east of TORONTO’s Financial District. An infill project, the building uses reclaimed materials and energy-saving strategies to keep maintenance costs down. It also features a resident-owned and operated restaurant and training kitchen on the ground floor.
Vegetables, fruit and herbs grown on the sixth floor terrace help supply the restaurant with food. The cut-in facade adds spark to a rather bland neighbourhood.
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