Cabbagetown: Rick McCarthy is Coming to the JetFuel Cafe’
August 24th, 2010 categories: Around TORONTO, Cabbagetown, Downtown Toronto, Lifestyle, Neighborhoods, Toronto
Rick McCarthy was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1941. A 7th-Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate, McCarthy has trained for 25 years with both Kancho Takemasa Okuyama and Renshi Shah Franco at their Toronto dojos. While working with the renowned Franco, McCarthy discovered a correlation between Brazilian Ju-Jitsu and the evolution of his own half-century career as an artist. “I see my painting and my fighting as being one and the same,” McCarthy says, “a struggle for existence.”
Rick McCarthy www.rickmccarthytheartist.com
Rick McCarthy has lived on Wellesley Street for years and here is your chance to collect some great art from a famous neighborhood artist. See you at the JetFuel!
Make sure you ask him for his C.V. or visit his web site. You will be impressed!
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Toronto Real Estate: Neighbourhood in focus: the Beach
August 5th, 2010 categories: Around TORONTO, Neighborhoods, Real Estate, Toronto
Beach, The Beaches or The Beach?
To locals in the Queen and Woodbine area, it is The Beach. Only the uninitiated call it The Beaches. And that is only a part of the east-end snobbery that other Torontonians can only dream of.
Among locals, one MUST live west of Woodbine. And God forbid if you live north of Gerrard.
Shorts and T-shirts on fabulous bodies abound but so do beer bellies and strollers. The old watering holes and pubs are being replaced by chic bakeries, Starbucks, all-day breakfasts and Laura Ashley-like gift stores. Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto Neighborhoods: Liberty Village
July 3rd, 2010 categories: Around TORONTO, Neighborhoods, Real Estate, Toronto
One of the coolest areas for urban exploration these days is Liberty Village (southeast of King and Dufferin). Its host of Victorian factories used to turn out everything from toys and billiard tables to bowling alley floors. The neighbourhood’s slow but steady development is getting ready to burst at the seams with new residential projects, restaurants and shops.
Townhouses, lofts and apartments abound, but the community would not make it without the great watering holes and meeting places like The Academy of Spherical Arts (1 Snooker St) and The Liberty Village Market (65 Jefferson Ave) to name but two. Check out the Liberty Village BIA site at lvbia.com.
Not only a great place to live but should be a great investment.
POINTS TO CONSIDER There’s an attitude here. You might feel pressured to be “cool.” And the neighbourhood is very, very urban; not that many parks and areas to just chill.
RIGHT FIT Young techno-savvy arts types who want to live close to where they work and play. ■
Reprinted from INToronto Magazine.
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Downtown Toronto Neighborhoods: Leslieville
July 2nd, 2010 categories: Around TORONTO, Neighborhoods, Real Estate
Years ago I lived south of Queen Street East . Nights were noisy with police and fire trucks responding to parties or family squabbles gone wrong… but we were braving new worlds.
Then Realtors began speaking of a hot new area they liked to call “Cabbagetown II ,” with Victorian homes in poor repair being gentrified. If you could not afford the real thing, then number two was not too bad. Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto Neighborhoods: Kensington Market
July 2nd, 2010 categories: Around TORONTO, Neighborhoods, Real Estate
To my mind the ”Kings and Queens” of Kensington have got it all: Living in the centre of the city in Victorian houses, lofts and laneway housing. They can go from the AGO to Chinatown , shop for bagels, thousands of vegetables and cheeses, run home and then head off to the Theatre district in 30 minutes.
Tour the alleys,dim sum restaurants and the incredible cultural diversity that has existed in Kensington Market for years. You cannot beat the prices for clothes, food and those soon-to-be “family heirlooms” that you may be selling at next year’s yard sale. Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto: Saturday Night on St. Clair Avenue West
September 23rd, 2009 categories: Around TORONTO, Downtown Toronto, Lifestyle, Toronto
Last Saturday night we dropped in on the new location of one of our favorite Italian restaurants: Acquolina Ristorante. They moved to 760 St. Clair Avenue West recently from their original on Mt. Pleasant Road. As usual, the food and service were great however…
It has been a while since I drove the length of St. Clair Avenue West from Yonge Street to Christie Avenue without construction…and now we could truly experience the finished product of the past three years, including special lanes for the TTC Trolleys….
Sadly, on a Saturday night at 6:30 PM (early eaters are we)…the street was vacant of any life. The St. Clair Avenue West BIA or Toronto City Council that proposed the rebuild of this vibrant area have really blown it. There used to be life on the Street, people sitting in sidewalk Cafes, shopping, strolling, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
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Great Annual Cabbagetown Fundraiser to Benefit the Riverdale Farm.
August 26th, 2009 categories: Around TORONTO, Cabbagetown, Downtown Toronto, Riverdale, Toronto
Riverdale Farm 2010 Calendar Is Back By Popular Demand!
Produced by the Riverdale Farm Advisory Council, the Riverdale Farm 2010 Calendar features fabulous photographs of the Farm’s buildings, gardens and animals throughout the year and includes not-to-be-missed dates of events in the community.
The Council is very grateful to all the local merchants who kindly sponsored the calendar and to all the visitors to the Farm who allowed us to use their photos. Joel Rotstein and Associates Inc. volunteered their great design and layout services and added some extra colour and whimsy this year.
Calendars are NOW on sale for only $10 at the Riverdale Farm Shop and the Meeting House, the Riverdale Farm Farmers’ Market every Tuesday from 3 – 7 p.m. until October and also at the Cabbagetown BIA Office, 237 Carlton Street. Look for the calendar on sale at various locations during the Cabbagetown Festival on September 12 and 13. This is a great gift or souvenir for your friends, family, neighbours, guests and hosts. All proceeds from this fundraising activity will be used to enhance the Farm.
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BlogTO Post about the new City of Toronto Development Status Site
February 7th, 2009 categories: Downtown Toronto
There is a great post out the by BlogTO. It is all about the launch on February 3rd of a Development Update Site by the City of Toronto. It gives you the Deveopment Status of projects around the City and is a great resource, long needed, for citizens to keep up with what is happening, or not, in their neighborhood. The City Site is quite cumbersome Read the rest of this entry »
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A Great Real Estate Shopping Accessory: HomeZilla.ca
January 25th, 2009 categories: Real Estate
Shopping for homes on the Internet is becoming easier and easier with interactive mapping, photos, virtual tours, floor plans, videos and more…and now there is Homezilla.ca. Once you’ve found your dream home you need to find out about the local Schools, local shopping and of course, the local STARBUCKS. Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto Real Estate: Cabbagetown
December 15th, 2008 categories: Cabbagetown, Neighborhoods
It was Cabbagetown Festival, 30 years ago when I spent a Saturday touring around Parliament Street and the area to the East. At the end of the day, I bought my first house for $90,000. It was a great location and has just recently re-sold for over $700,000. Of course, in the interim, like a good REALTOR, I have moved a few times…it is a hazard of the business…you think you have found the perfect home and then you see the next perfect home…I like to think of myself as keeping the economy and the construction business alive and well. Read the rest of this entry »
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