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This is a 30-minute video tour of Toronto including: CN Tower, Ontario Place, Toronto City Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Kensington Market, Metro Toronto Zoo, Harbourfront, Ontario Science Centre, Yorkville, Fort York, Casa Loma, The Eaton Center, Queens Park, High Park, and more!… More >>
Posts Tagged ‘Toronto’
This Is Toronto: A Video Tour
Friday, September 3rd, 2010A Toronto Album: Glimpses of the City That Was
Monday, August 30th, 2010Product Description
Mike Filey’s collection of pictures of Toronto from the earliest days of photography has gained a reputation as one of the most interesting visual archives of the city’s history. This classic look at old Toronto portrays scenes of public life from 1860 to 1950, illustrating how dramatically the urban fabric and environment have changed. There are photographs of the beaches and the islands, of mud streets and gas lamps, of steam engines and trolley cars, amusement pa… More >>
Toronto Travel: Air Show Cyling through Little India
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
This video clip was taken on September 1, 2007 during my cycling trip to see the Canadian International Airshow which is always held on Labour Day weekend. I started in Toronto’s east end, cycled in on Gerrard Street through the colourful neighbourhoods of Little India and Toronto’s eastern Chinatown, both of which feature ethnic cuisine, vegetable, fruit and retail stores. Then I crossed the Don Valley Parkway and cycled by Regent Park, a public housing development from the 1950s and 1960s which has experienced significant social problems in the last few decades. A portion of Regent Park has been demolished to make way for a brand-new mixed housing development that will include low-income housing as well as middle-income housing. Right across the street from Regent Park is Cabbagetown, a neighbourhood that was originally settled by Irish immigrants that started to be settled as early as the late 1840s after a wave of poor immigrants left Ireland due to the Irish potato famine. These poor residents grew cabbage in their front yards, hence the name Cabbagetown. In the last few decades Cabbagetown has become increasingly popular and has seen extensive gentrification. I cycled through the relatively poor downtown east side to the intersection of Gerrard and Yonge; Yonge Street is the east-west dividing line in Toronto and used to be the longest street in the world. I then continued west on College Street, past Queen’s Park and the University of Toronto to the intersection of …
The Man Who Ate Toronto: Memoirs of a Food Critic
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Best mode to travel from San Francisco, USA to Toronto, Canada?
Friday, August 13th, 2010Dear friends, I am traveling to San Francisco, USA for a month and planning trips to Toronto for a week. What is the best (fun and cheap) way to travel to and from afar? “I like to travel by train. There is a train between San Francisco, USA and Toronto? Otherwise, if the air is only average, about how to circumvent the cheapest ticket in return? Regards, Neutya
Toronto Travel: Taste of Danforth – Beach Volleyball & Balloon Making
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Summer is a great time for festivals in Toronto, and one of the most popular is the Taste of the Danforth. It is held every year in early August and I visited on August 9, 2009 to check out the action. The festival was started in 1994 and today draws more than one million people. Danforth Avenue, one of Torontos major east-west thoroughfares, is blocked for traffic all the way from Broadview Avenue to Jones Avenue and several kilometers of road become a pedestrian zone. The Danforth area is traditionally known as Torontos Greektown and is one of the citys main entertainment and shopping areas. Dozens of restaurants, many of them Greek and equipped with patios, provide food and entertainment until late at night in an atmosphere that is indeed reminiscent of the Mediterranean. This area boasts one of the largest restaurant concentrations in the world. During the festival the street is full of booths owned by local restaurants who sell delicious foods including traditional Greek dishes such as souvlaki, gyros and baklava. Other cuisines such as Thai and Chinese are represented as well including roasted corn and delicious sweet crepes, one of my personal favourites. The 2009 Taste of the Danforth featured the Wine Garden, a temporary restaurant located in the middle of the street, and several beer gardens. Three stages showcased music of all different kinds including Greek music. The Sports Zone provided challenges and games that have been created by Torontos professional …
What’s the best way to travel to Canada, Toronto, from NY or East America.?
Sunday, August 1st, 2010I will be the member for the summer and make my evil in Canada in Toronto to see the Coldplay concert, but the problem now is to fly to Canada cost me $ 450 which is a lot considering two of the area. . so I was wandering if anyone knows the best way to travel in two. . It may take a bus to Buffalo NY and then taking some form of transport to cross the border? any advice on trains as well? thanksxPer Please help.
What is the best way to travel from Toronto Airport to Mississaguaga?
Friday, July 23rd, 2010CiaoPuò body suggest the best way to get from Pearson Airport in Mississauga for the family of 6 with 10 pieces of bagagli.Rgds
the best and cheapest way to travel from toronto to new york?
Monday, July 19th, 2010going to Canada in October 2008. Stayin with the family for a week in Toronto. also see a little “about Canada and go to New York. Can anyone recommend somewhere? and also what is the best way to get to New York from Canada? and how much?
Toronto Travel: Toronto walking tour: Imposing mansions on Beverley Street
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
These video clips were taken during my walking tour with famous Toronto historian and tour guide Bruce Bell on July 16, 2007. After meeting at the famous and eclectic OCAD Building (I call it the “gift box on stilts”) just south of the University of Toronto, Bruce took us past the Grange, Toronto’s oldest building, past the Art Gallery of Toronto to some of the mansions along Beverley and Baldwin Streets. Along the way Bruce explained to us the early history of Toronto, and the family compact — a group of extremely wealthy and powerful English families that used to rule Toronto in the early days. We then walked westwards to Chinatown and the ethnic mix of the Kensington Market area which started as a Scottish market, then became a popular Jewish residential area in the 1910s and 1920s (evidenced by two local synagogues) and morphed into the diverse, multicultural and hip neighbourhood that it is today. Vendors sell fruits, vegetables, cheeses, dry goods, meat, fish, vintage clothing and all sorts of other unique items in this Bohemian neighbourhood. A great variety of different ethnic restaurants caters to eclectic tastes. We then visited Denison Square and admired a statue of one of Toronto’s popular actors, Al Waxman, the “King of Kensington”. We then continued on our walk through busy Chinatown to Toronto’s Garment district along Spadina and Queen Avenues and then headed east along a variety of restaurants and bars on Queen Street West to end in front of the …