City Saplings, Urban Ancients
For many years, this tree has given shade to sinners & angels alike, judging neither. Churchyard trees bear testimony, provide shelter, give life. Children who’ve hopscotched beneath their boughs grow…
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The Bain Push
Jake Gittes leans on a doorbell button but, inside, Ida Sessions won’t hear a sound. She’s dead. The “push” pictured below is just like the one Gittes was pressing but…
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Trashing My World
6 a.m. – A loud crash-boom from the street. I awake instantly and go to my window. A large man is standing amidst the street trash wielding a sledgehammer. Repeatedly…
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The Notorious Ward
In the 19th & early 20th century St. John’s Ward was a nasty festering pool of poverty & disease located in the heart of Toronto. Known simply as The Ward, it…
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Portals of Home and Hearth
The mail slots in these old wooden doors have a rather quaint word printed on them, bringing to mind quill pens & foolscap or at least ballpoint pens & onionskin paper.…
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The Shmooz
Bubbie’s Chicken Soup! This & the Cup of Kindness Program are just two reasons why I love this new Riverdale café. Chef Barry Muskovitch (also co-owner) uses his bubbie’s recipe…
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Dr. R. J. Black D.V.S.
In operation since 1911, with big front doors for letting horses enter (and what appear to be stables in the back), Dr Black’s Veternarian Hospital has no equine clientele these…
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Thunder Thighs
Behind this door you’ll find the most enchanting vintage gowns and the best suits imaginable for a future on Mars. This little cottage is merely a front for a walkway that…
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Graffiti Alley
Home to Rick Mercer’s rants. Some of the best graffiti in Toronto lives in this network of alleyways just south of Queen & west of Spadina. Go have your own…
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Trompe L’oeil Bibliotheque
Transformation of the street furniture next to the Parliament Street Library.
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