WINTER COMMON: Corktown Common gets the snow-covered treatment. Photo by Rick Harris. Corktown News The Toronto Star’s Christopher Hume had a great column last week on the recently-restored Georgian Storefronts at King East and Parliament. Our friends at Little Trinity Church did a fantastic job restoring the building — it’s a big win for heritage in Corktown.…

This Tuesday, please join us for the Corktown Residents & Business Association Annual General Meeting! Tuesday, February 4, 2014 7PM – 9PM in the back room of the Dominion on Queen 500 Queen St. East at Sumach Special Guest: MPP Glen Murray Draft Agenda All are welcome! All ages, no cost to attend! OUR MISSION STATEMENT:…

ALUMNAE CORNER: Corktown’s famous and historic Alumnae Theatre. A new show debuts there this week. Photo by Chris Barker. News for the week of January 20, 2014 Corktown resident Ann Summers Dossena was recently the recipient of a great honour in New York. Ann, who founded Toronto’s International Resource Centre for Performing Artists, was given an International…

TALE AS OLD AS TIME: CW series Beauty & The Beast was in town filming on Eastern Avenue last week. Photo by Dan Philips. News for the week of January 13, 2014 BlogTO has a list of the top five shvitzes in Toronto — a good list for a cold winter. Corktown’s Body Blitz Spa comes in at…

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Winter comes to Corktown with a snowy shot of Queen East. Photo by Dan Philips. On behalf of the CRBA, a sincere Happy New Year to all Corktowners and their families. A few news items to start off 2014. This TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 marks the first CRBA PUBLIC MEETING of 2014. It will be held…

WALKING IN A WINTER UNDER-CONSTRUCTION-LAND: A sky high shot of Cherry Street in the West Don Lands, covered by a fresh blanket of snow. Photo by Dan Philips. News for the week of December 16, 2013 Hey, it’s fun to be reminded we live in Canada every once in a while, isn’t it? At BlogTO, Erinn…