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Oct. 12: Walk the world at St. James Town

September 28, 2021July 31, 2021 Streeter staff Heritage Toronto, walking tour

You can join explore St. James Town with Heritage Toronto on an in-person walking tour, starting at the Rekai Family Parkette.

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Sept. 26, Oct. 12: Walk the world at St. James Town

September 12, 2021September 21, 2021 Streeter staff Heritage Toronto, walking tour

You can join explore St. James Town with Heritage Toronto on an in-person walking tour, starting at the Rekai Family Parkette.

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Aug. 15, Sept. 26, Oct. 12: Walk the world at St. James Town

August 1, 2021July 31, 2021 Streeter staff Heritage Toronto, walking tour

You can join explore St. James Town with Heritage Toronto on an in-person walking tour, starting at the Rekai Family Parkette.

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Aug. 12: Tour the Junction Triangle

July 29, 2021July 31, 2021 Streeter staff Heritage Toronto, walking tour

Heritage Toronto is leading a 90-minute walking tour of the “Junction Triangle: A Neighbourhood in Motion” on Aug. 12.

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July 29: Walk on the Yorkville musical tour

July 15, 2021July 27, 2021 Streeter staff walking tour, Yorkville Avenue

For anyone interested in how a neighbourhood became a musical mecca in the 1960s, the Yorkville Musical History Walking Tour is a treat.

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Nov. 23: Two-hour taste tour of Leslieville

November 9, 2019November 20, 2019 Streeter staff food, Leslieville BIA, Queen Street East, tour

The Leslieville Wanderlust Tasting Tour lets you taste the food and meet the people that have transformed Leslieville into a popular destination.

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Oct. 20: Walk through Mount Pleasant Cemetery

October 6, 2019July 8, 2019 Streeter staff Mount Pleasant Cemetery, ROMWalk, Royal Ontario Museum, Yonge Street

The Royal Ontario Museum’s ROMWalks stroll’s through Mount Pleasant Cemetery, one of Toronto’s largest cemeteries, on July 28.

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Oct. 13: Explore prestigious Rosedale

September 29, 2019June 28, 2019 Streeter staff Park Road, Rosedale, Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum presents a tour of the tree-lined streets of the prestigious enclave, Rosedale, once the suburb of choice for Toronto’s wealthy.

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Sept. 19: Heritage Toronto walk through Yorkville

September 5, 2019June 15, 2019 Streeter staff Cumberland Street, Heritage Toronto, walk

Join Heritage Toronto on a walk through Yorkville and explore the transformation of one of Toronto’s most noteworthy neighbourhoods.

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Sept. 8: Finding hidden treasures in North Rosedale

August 25, 2019June 15, 2019 Streeter staff Beaumont Road, Glen Road, Heritage Toronto, Highland Avenue, tour, walk

You can uncover the history of North Rosedale — from its beginnings as a golf course and lacrosse field to the rise of its residential development .

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Sept. 8: The secrets of Queen’s Park Circle

August 25, 2019June 28, 2019 Streeter staff Queen's Park Crescent, Royal Ontario Museum, St. Michael’s University, Victoria University

The ROM presents a walking tour of Queen’s Park Circle, sharing the stories of the legislature, the mansions, St. Michael’s and Victoria University.

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Aug. 25: A walk through Toronto’s queer past

August 11, 2019July 15, 2019 Streeter staff ArQuives, Heritage Toronto, Isabella Street, tour, walk

You can join the ArQuives, formerly the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, on a walk through Toronto’s queer past on Aug. 25.

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Aug. 22: Heritage Toronto walk through Yorkville

August 8, 2019June 15, 2019 Streeter staff Cumberland Street, Heritage Toronto, walk

Join Heritage Toronto on a walk through Yorkville and explore the transformation of one of Toronto’s most noteworthy neighbourhoods.

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Aug. 18: Explore prestigious Rosedale

August 4, 2019June 28, 2019 Streeter staff Park Road, Rosedale, Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum presents a tour of the tree-lined streets of the prestigious enclave, Rosedale, once the suburb of choice for Toronto’s wealthy.

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Tuesdays, Saturdays: Explore Wilket Creek Ravine

July 30, 2019June 15, 2019 Streeter staff Toronto Botanical Garden, walking tour, Wilket Creek

The Wilket Creek Ravine Tour explores the tributary of the Don River that lies to the west of Toronto Botanical Garden on Tuesdays and some Saturdays.

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Streeter News, Views and Things To Do are selected from neighbourhoods across Toronto. For local news only, see our community pages:

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This is a work in progress, and we are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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