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Tom Mihalik / Tom's Place http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/01/10/pitchman-week-tom-mihalik.aspx Tom Mihalik / Tom's Place National Post January 10, 2008, by Barry Hertz “You have to be a showman,†says Tom Mihalik, owner of Tom’s Place, the...

A jazz tribute to Kensington Market Kensington Suite Kensington Market resident, and alto saxophonist Richard Underhill fires up a jazz tribute to Kensington on his just released CD set of ten tunes, titled Kensington Suite. The tracks are: Meet Me in the Market, Bike Lane, In the Shadows, A...

The weather cooperated and thousands paraded. It was fantastic... as always. For lots of photos and videos of the 2007 event, here's a link to the Festival of Lights organizer's website. http://www.redpepperspectaclearts.org/

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/286771 Set the night on fire Dec 20, 2007 Festival of Lights In Kensington Market, they celebrate the winter solstice – the longest night of the year – with lots of light and loads of noise. Tomorrow night, the 19th annual Kensington...

http://www.newspapertree.com/culture/1891-downtown-diary-oot-and-aboot-in-toronto-eh Downtown Diary: Oot and Aboot in Toronto, Eh! by Jenni Burton, El Paso, Texas Posted on December 8, 2007 I know I’m late on my column, but I was incredibly busy the last two weeks finishing up some...

Will push come to shove in Kensington? http://www.thestar.com/living/article/280699 Modern marketing may draw new customers yet Kensington Market's gritty origins are its soul Nov 29, 2007 04:30 AM Matthew katz special to the star Kensington Market has been a big part of my life...

Community Rally/Press Conference, Sunday 25/11 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WILL BE VITAL FOR SUCCESS!!! Please come and join the East Toronto Community Coalition for a Community Rally/Press Conference to bring forward our issues around Air Quality, Good jobs for our Community and the impact a...

Me too. Does anyone know anything specific about their plans? Which lot(s)? Scope of project(s)? Apparently Adam Vaughan hosted an information meeting a month or so ago, at Kensington Lofts, I think. Anyone go?

At the intersection of immigrant and hippie http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071109.wflorida10/BNStory/Front/home At the intersection of immigrant and hippie Dr. Florida delights in Kensington Market, with its old-world market and with seemingly incongruous groups living...

A Taste of Kensington Market By Lindsay Sheehan in Suggested Itineraries Toronto is known as a multi-cultural city, then Kensington Market is its microcosm. Rather than the sense of pride found in separate identity (denizens of a district who are a specific race, religion, or sexuality) this...

Pedestrian Sundays I'm against Pedestrian Sundays because they accomplish nothing other than turning my neighbourhood into an event, and the only ones who benefit are restauranteurs and bar owners. Other merchants lose. Residents become unwillingly caged in a noisy CNE-like zoo. Kensington...

NO BIG BOX Meeting re. stopping the Eastern Ave. Mega-Mall NO BIG BOX Meeting The OMB pre-hearing has been scheduled for: Thursday, October 4, 2007 10:00 a.m. AT The Ontario Municipal Board 655 Bay Street, 16th Floor Toronto, ON M5G 1E5 http://www.nobigbox.ca/

Agreed. Did you check out these?

Uhhh... click on each little image to see the bigger picture, which you may not see anyway.

Drawings from Turner Fleischer Architects (JRA, landscape designers), for Smart Centres. This variation of the Foundry District development turns these 18 acres into 700,000 square feet of big-box retail space, 60 residential units (not permitted under current zoning), and over 1,900 parking...

Same problem, different scenario... http://www.thestar.com/article/240958 Lessons from College St.'s conflict When new residents move into bar areas, there's bound to be tension in the air Jul 29, 2007 04:30 AM Murray Whyte staff reporter. The Star Edney Hendrickson has...

Kensington Market - Nightclub, Restaurant, and Bar Fallout Nightclubs, restaurants, and bars Bar wars heat up in city Feb. 18, 2006. 09:58 AM RAJU MUDHAR STAFF REPORTER Chris DeVita is acting like it's his day in court. "This is what it sounds like at 12:30 on a Tuesday night." He hits...

http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2903 Toronto as Muse Will Alsop discusses his methodology for painting and urban planning. By Leah Sandals Posted August 8, 2007 While Will Alsop is a widely-known architect, he is perhaps one of the world’s lesser-known painters. But...

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/200...rt_reviews.php Alsop’s Kensington stop UK architect’s paintings honour one of his favourite Toronto spots By DAVID JAGER British architect Will Alsop, known for radically visionary buildings that could have been borrowed from the set of...