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Toronto Travel: Toronto Biking Tour -Entering University of Toronto campus

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:16:44 +0000

This video clip was taken during my biking tour on July 7, 2007. I rode from Toronto’s east end through Riverdale, stopped for a brief visit at Riverdale Farm and the adjacent Necropolis, then continued on through picturesque Cabbagetown, past Yonge Street on to Queens Park and the University of Toronto campus. I had a little lunch on Baldwin Street, a really cool street with lots of different ethnic restaurants, and then cycled on towards the Rogers Centre, Toronto’s baseball stadium with the retractable roof, and the Harbourfront entertainment area and then back home through the Beaches. The clips from this biking trip are part of my “Toronto Favourites” series and many more of these discoveries are to come. I am actually a travel writer, and whenever I am not out of town, I write about the city that I live in: Toronto, a city that has many cool places. I love to get out and explore the city and discover some new cool spots, and now you can enjoy them with me. Feel free to check out some of my 700+ articles and interviews on http//www.travelandtransitions.com. My personal travel stories are located at www.travelandtransitions.com Also, my FREE travel ebooks containing stories from my trips to destinations such as Sicily, Havana, Mexico City, New York City, Chicago, Florida, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Halifax and many others are going up right now at www.travelandtransitions.com

Toronto Travel: Toronto Skating Tour: Dufferin Grove Park

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:13:13 +0000

A clip ice skating at a family orientated public all ages ice rink on a brisk -20C January Day, skates rent for $2.00! Home grown local dinner for $6.00 on Friday evenings only.Great place for inexpensive night out, SAFE and lots fun

Toronto Travel: Toronto walking tour: Chinatown & former Victory Theatre

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:19:04 +0000

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 …

Toronto Travel: Toronto Skating Tour: Colonel Sam Smith Ice Trail Etobicoke

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:10:57 +0000

Skating on Boxing Day at Colonel Sam Smith Ice Trail along Toronto’s waterfront in Etobicoke

Toronto Travel: Beaches Boardwalk Winter Tour: Kew Beach and Lifeguard, Station

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:10:01 +0000

A Walking Tour down to the boardwalk on a sunny Sunday afternoon to view the Leuty Lifeguard Station

Toronto Travel Tour: Toronto Beaches Glen Stewart Park Winter Ice Skating

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:08:24 +0000

Glen Stewart Park in the Beaches just north of Queen St E at Glemanor offers ice skating on a natural rink for all to enjoy in a amazing ravine setting surrounded by majestic homes, one of the nicest spots in the Beaches!

Toronto Travel: Toronto walking tour: George Brown explained

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:07:11 +0000

Toronto Travel: A Tour through the Historic Don Jail

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:22:02 +0000

As ahuge fan of architecture and history, one of Torontos most well-known and infamous landmarks has long caught my attention: the historic Don Jail. After its closing in 1977, this building has long been inaccessible to the public , but this summer its new owner, the Bridgepoint Health Foundation, opened it up for a few public tours before it will permanently transform this historic structure into a research and administration building. On Friday, September 4, 2009 I headed into the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto to get ready for my tour of one of Torontos oldest buildings. A friend of mine had organized two tickets to one of the last walking tours ever before the impending transformation of the jail. This weekend would be the last time the tours were offered and I was extremely fortunate to be one of the last people to see the Don Jail in its current condition. Our young tour guide took us into the rotunda, a three-story open area in the centre of the structure. Built between 1862 and 1865, the Old Don Jail is one of Torontos oldest and most interesting buildings, and one of the few remaining structures that pre-date confederation. Two horizontal wings stretch out from here which were designed to originally hold 276 prisoners. In reality, the average prisoner load was 620 people, and even todays new Don Jail (opened next door in 1958) is suffering from severe overcrowding. Judges regularly credit prisoners for double or triple time served while awaiting trial due to …

This Is Toronto: A Video Tour

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:28:12 +0000

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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 >>

This Is Toronto: A Video Tour

Toronto Travel: Toronto walking tour: Imposing mansions on Beverley Street

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:24:14 +0000