Author: corktown
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News & Events: GWNA Garage Sale, Healthy Road & local theatre happenings
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GARAGE SALE IN DISTILLERY: The Gooderham & Worts Neighbourhood Association in the Distillery District is holding a garage sale this Saturday, September 28. Come from the bargains — stay for the good times. Flyer via GWNA.ca. Local news for the week of September 23, 2013 Urban Toronto has a post focusing on the plans for urban realm…
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Prologue Lifestyle’s Prologue Party coming this Wednesday!
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Our friends at Prologue Lifestyle, Corktown’s newest boutique spa, are inviting all neighbours to join them for a Prologue Party this Wednesday, September 18. It’s an opportunity to celebrate both the end of construction in front of their storefront and to learn about Prologue and welcome them to Corktown! The details: Prologue Lifestyle 322 King…
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News & Events: Renewal at Little Trinity, Regent Park consultation, Pam McConnell’s budget consultation, rockabilly weekend & more!
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BLURRED LINES: Corktown’s evolving retail strip on Queen Street East, featuring local faves Red Line Coffee, even & odd, Magic Oven and Que Supper Club. Photo by Dan Philips. News for the week of September 16, 2013 A pair of articles this week lauded praise on the heritage restoration work coordinated by our friends at Little…
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Corktown Walking Tour this Sunday, September 15
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Our friends at the Ontario Heritage Trust have asked that we pass on word about their Corktown walking tour taking place this Sunday, September 15 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The tour will meet at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse. Tickets are $10, or $8 for Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation members. Call 416-327-6997 to reserve…
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News & Events: Extension Room workshops, island airport consultations, Realspace Theatre’s DINE HER debuts
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SHE’S A RAINBOW: A triptych of the lights of Underpass Park. They’re colourful. Photo by Rick Harris. Corktown News for the week of September 9, 2013 Urban Toronto took another look last week at construction progress of the Pan Am Athletes Village in the West Don Lands area of Corktown. They note that “it looks like…
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Author Thelma Wheatley’s “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” reveals some of Corktown’s history
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Corktowner Sandra Schneider has passed along a book recommendation that I think a lot of us will be interested in. Thelma Wheatley’s And Neither Have I Wings to Fly looks at the “shocking true story of the institutionalization and abuse of children and adults with intellectual and physical handicaps in Canada’s oldest provincial institution…