The St. Lawrence Market area is one of Toronto’s most historic areas. On a Saturday in late October I started my discoveries at the Gooderham Building, also called the “Flatiron Building, one of Toronto’s most well-known landmarks. Similar to it’s New York City namesake it is a triangular building, but it was built in 1892, 10 years before its NYC counterpart. Front Street in Toronto east of Yonge Street is the location of some historic Victorian townhouses that today house a variety of retail stores and cafes. Just east of there at Front and Jarvis is the St. Lawrence Market – one of Toronto’s most popular landmarks. It was first built in 1845 and originally housed Toronto’s first permanent city hall, the former Police Station #1 as well as a jail house. The market was expanded in 1899 and the big market hall on the south side was added. Today dozens of merchants sell anything from baked goods to cheeses, fruits and vegetables to different types of meat and seafood. All sorts of delicatessens are represented and there are even vendors selling giftware, clothing, art and souvenirs. I had a chance to interview some of the vendors on this busy market day. From here I made my way north to St. Lawrence Hall, one of Toronto’s most imposing historic buildings and one of its original meeting places. Just a few steps west at the intersection of King and Church Streets is St. James Cathedral, first opened in 1853, featuring the second highest church spire in Canada.
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Toronto Travel Discoveries – Specialty stores – St. Lawrence Market
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011Toronto Travel Massive Happy Anniversary Wishes
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
A special message from our friends travelling the globe. Big thanks to everyone for making our 1yr anniversary such an awesome event. I look forward to watching this thing grow 
Travel TTC Toronto & Tim Hortons
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
www.fabulouslivingcoach.com The best way to travel around Toronto is buying a TTC Day Pass for $10 for unlimited travel within the city. My first stop on my Toronto travel journey was at Finch Subway Station and buying a Tim Hortons coffee. This is my usual routine of entering the subway Tim Hortons! Thank you for following my travel journey of living on a permanent vacation with 3 weeks work, 1 week off. Elaine Sarantakos, Fabulous Living Coach www.fabulouslivingcoach.com Elaine is a Toronto based Life Coach who is living her created reality of living on a permament vacation working 3 weeks a month and having the last week off of every month. Please rate,comment and subscribe!
Travel Guide – Top 5 Things to Check Out in Toronto
Friday, September 9th, 2011
www.WatchMojo.com presents… A look at 5 things that you can’t miss if visiting Toronto, Canada.
Toronto Travel: Beaches Boardwalk Winter Tour: Kew Beach and Lifeguard, Station
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
A Walking Tour down to the boardwalk on a sunny Sunday afternoon to view the Leuty Lifeguard Station
Travel Mammal @ Kensington Market, Toronto
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Kensington Market is a must do when coming to Toronto. Where else can you smoke weed, have a hot chocolate, grab a tamale and shop for high end clothing all within 2 city blocks? Ok, plenty of places I’m sure. But in Toronto, Kensington Market is the place to go to get the real local experience. And local is what it’s all about. Kensington has it all. Get a taste with this vid.
Toronto Travel Tour: Toronto Beaches Glen Stewart Park Winter Ice Skating
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
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: A Neighbourhood Portrait – The Beaches – Tibetan gift shop
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
This video clip was taken on October 14, 2007 during my neighbourhood walk through the Toronto Beaches neighbourhood. The Beaches (or “The Beach”) is an extremely popular neighbourhood in Toronto. It is located right next to Lake Ontario and has a great boardwalk that is frequented by bicyclists, dog walkers, families with strollers, joggers, beach volleyball players, kite flyers and many more. Queen Street East itself is a great shopping area with tons of ecclectic stores and plenty of restaurants and cafes. The Beach is one of Toronto’s great neighbourhoods. I had a chat with the owner, Serge, who told me a little about himself, showed me around his restaurant and introduced me to his multi-cultural team. Serge also filled me in on all the historic features of this property, a building that dates back all the way to 1910. I am actually a travel writer who loves to explore international destinations as well as my chosen home town of Toronto. On Youtube you will find hundreds of video clips from a wide variety of destinations. 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 and my Austrian travel articles will be published in the next few weeks. Also, my 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 …
Toronto Travel: Taste of Danforth – Delicious Desserts & Pastries
Friday, July 8th, 2011
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 …
Toronto Travel: Ireland Park at the foot of Bathhurst Street
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
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 …