Tag Archives: Dawes and Danforth
Renew update
Quick update about the DECA and GECO event last week, which featured Australia’s Renew Newcastle founder Marcus Westbury. I was able to go, along with fellow Danforth Secordian Vito Mola. We heard Marcus talk about the city of Newcastle’s history, … Continue reading
Hot spot?
Seems the rest of the world is figuring out what a hot spot we live in. Our ‘hood was featured in this month’s Toronto Life magazine as one of the top up-and-coming places to buy a property in Toronto. Labelled … Continue reading
Kids in the ‘hood
Wanted to feature two new-ish kid-oriented stores. The first is tickle tots, located at 49 Dawes Road, just north of the Danforth. The store specializes in new and used children’s clothing, maternity wear, furniture and other kid gear. You can … Continue reading
Public Meeting: Crescent Town Elementary
The TDSB is holding a public meeting about the possibility of converting Crescent Town Elementary into a JK to Grade 4 school to make room for Full Day Kindergarten. As it stands, Crescent Town can’t accomodate it’s current JK to … Continue reading
Vote for a local Centre!
Children’s Peace Theatre, whose home is located in Taylor Creek Park, is working jointly with Family Services Toronto and youth of Crescent Town through Neighbourhood Link, and Neighbourhood Centre, to secure funds for an exciting project – they are working … Continue reading
“Bring out your….”
A reminder to homeowners in the ‘hood that garbage day is changing this week (September 6th) from Tuesdays to Fridays for residences between Coxwell and Victoria Park, from Danforth north to Taylor/Massey Creek. I gather the City is aiming to … Continue reading
Street Sale: Balfour Ave
Balfour Avenue is having it’s annual Street Sale this coming Saturday, July 23rd. Rain date is July 24th. The annual sale is always a hit amongst the neighbours and the loot promises to be good this year, so get there … Continue reading
Parks and play spaces
Looking for a place to take the kids in the heat? Or a patch of green and a shady tree to lounge under? We do have a few lovely leafy spots (a.k.a. parks); some big and luscious, some small and … Continue reading
A couple of Danforth Secord sweet spots
The theme of this post is “places that are good, but I don’t know the exact address for.” Bear with me, because these sweet spots are worth checking out. Sew Good While I don’t know the exact address for Sew … Continue reading
