The annual Jane’s Walk weekend is coming up, where anyone anywhere can lead a walk on any topic, and anyone can join the walk for free. Since Toronto was the home to Jane Jacobs, the inspiration for these walks, you have a lot of choices, including in our part of town. Here are some local Jane’s Walks you can join. […]
In the years we’ve written this blog, one thing is constant: change. There were a lot of changes on the street this year, with plenty of new restaurants, retailers and services opening on Ossington and […]
Jane’s Walks are happening all over the world this weekend, and you should definitely check one out, especially since there are a few walks in the local area. […]
On Jun 21st this year the Ontario Bread Factory stopped producing, putting an end to the production of bread from this inner city bakery. A couple locals put together this video as a tribute to the people who ran this factory for many years. […]
If you live in this neighbourhood or visit her often one of the great annual events that brings together the entire Portuguese community to the area is the Portugal Day Parade. It happened this morning and for over two hours groups of patriot Portuguese streamed along Dundas full of national pride, many dressed in traditional clothes. Many of the major Portuguese owned companies sponsored elaborate floats, some of which even included live animals. […]
Free Jane’s Walks are happening all over the world this upcoming weekend, including in Toronto and our neighborhood. […]
Yesterday we led a Jane’s Walk, “An Insider’s View of Ossington.” Approximately 50 people joined us as we strolled down Ossington on the west side, and back up the east side, between Queen and Dundas. […]
As part of Jane’s Walk 2012, we decided to lead our own walk, and we are not alone. There are lots of walks to join in our neighborhood the weekend of May 5-6, 2012. […]
This year there are over 170 free walking tours as part of Jane’s Walk planned for the GTA, and we are exploring those within walking distance of us. The titles alone demonstrate the diversity of the topics and should spark your interest! […]
One of our readers connected us with a local blogger who collects and compares pictures of old Toronto. The Blog, called Lost Toronto, today posted a whole series of photos of Ossington from the past. We thought these pictures were so cool we wanted to re-post on our site also. […]
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