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Spadina Avenue

El Mocambo lane murals
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‘Gritty’ murals decorating El Mocambo Lane to celebrate local resilience

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Rodger Burnside Chinatown Business Improvement Area, El Mocambo, Gwartzman’s Art Supplies, Margaret Trudeau, Mike Layton, murals, Rolling Stones, Spadina Avenue, StreetARToronto

The storied El Mocambo is set to reopen Oct. 30 — demonstrating the resilience of local communities, as celebrated in a new set of murals.

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Spadina in Chinatown closed after shooting
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Two killed, two wounded in Chinatown shooting

August 9, 2021August 13, 2021 Jay Garak Chinatown, gunshots, shooting, Spadina Avenue, Toronto Police

Two men are dead and two injured after shots were fired on Spadina Avenue in the Chinatown district yesterday morning, police say.

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One of buildings bought by city
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City buys buildings in Summerhill, Chinatown for the vulnerable

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Rodger Burnside affordable housing, Chinatown, John Tory, Mike Layton, Spadina Avenue, St. Clare’s Multifaith Housing Society, Yonge Street

The city has bought two multi-storey buildings on busy commercial strips in Summerhill and Chinatown to turn into homes for people in need.

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apartment lobby images
NEWS 

Apartment lobby damaged by brick-wielding man, police say

June 9, 2020 Jay Garak Harbord Street, mischief, Spadina Avenue, theft, Toronto Police

Police released security camera images today to identify a man wanted in an investigation of damage to an apartment building lobby in Harbord Village area.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

June 4–July 14: Sketchy adventures at Al Green theatre

May 21, 2019May 28, 2019 Streeter staff Al Green Theatre, Spadina Avenue, Toronto Fringe Festival

Sketchy Adventures in the Enchanted Forest runs during the Toronto Fringe Festival  at the Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. at Bloor Street West.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

May 30: Disney songs by Jewish songwriters

May 16, 2019June 1, 2019 Streeter staff Al Green Theatre, Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Spadina Avenue

Young artists from Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts present classic Disney songs from Mary Poppins to Aladdin that were written by Jewish songwriters.

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shots fired from Annex buildings
NEWS 

Two arrested after shots fired from Annex rooftop

April 8, 2019April 26, 2019 Rodger Burnside Bloor Street West, gunshots, Spadina Avenue, Spadina Road, Toronto Police

A man has been charged with discharging a firearm recklessly after shots rang out on a rooftop near Bloor and Spadina on Saturday.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

March 21–22: Parade in Concert at Miles Nadal

March 7, 2019March 10, 2019 Streeter staff Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Spadina Avenue

A professional staged reading of Jason Robert Brown’s musical, PARADE In Concert, is presented at Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

Feb. 23: Jazz and classical celebration of rebellion

February 9, 2019February 10, 2019 Streeter staff Knox Presbyterian Church, Spadina Avenue, Spectrum Music

“The Rebel: Breaking Down Barriers” is a celebration of the wild, the different and the outcast at Knox Presbyterian Church.

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Shows & Sales THINGS TO DO 

Feb. 3: Experience Expo for visually impaired

January 19, 2019March 10, 2019 Streeter staff Canadian Council of the Blind, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Spadina Avenue

The Canadian Council of the Blind’s Toronto Visionaries will hold its annual Experience Expo on Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Miles Nadal Centre.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

Oct. 17–18: Sondheim musical in concert at Miles Nadal

October 3, 2018September 12, 2018 Streeter staff Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Spadina Avenue, Toronto Musical Concerts

On Oct. 17 and 18, 2018 at 7:30pm, Toronto Musical Concerts presents a staged musical reading of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along in Concert.

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Community Events THINGS TO DO 

Aug. 11: Summer social at Miles Nadal centre

July 28, 2018July 27, 2018 Streeter staff Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Spadina Avenue

A summer social event is to be held at the Miles Nadal Jewish Centre, 750 Spadina Ave., Room 318, on Aug. 11 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Community Events THINGS TO DO 

June 21: Rooftop yoga at sunset

June 7, 2018June 14, 2018 Streeter staff Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Spadina Avenue, yoa

An evening sunset rooftop yoga will be held at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre at 70 Spadina Ave. on June 21 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Tamara Jewett
Sports 

Deer Park runner’s recovery pays off with 10K win

June 1, 2018June 18, 2018 Brian Baker Harbord Street, runner, Spadina Avenue, Sporting Life 10K, Tamara Jewett, Toronto Women’s 10K, triathlete, University Of Toronto

There’s a sense of relief in Tamara Jewett’s breathing as she retells the past year of training for the Sporting Life 10K she ran on May 13.

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Sought aftger convenience store assault
NEWS 

Girls, 11, assaulted in Bloor-Spadina convenience store, police say

May 30, 2018June 1, 2018 Jay Garak Bloor Street West, sexual assault, Spadina Avenue, Toronto Police

Police are seeking the identity of a man in a sexual assault investigation involving two 11-year-old girls in a convenience store near Spadina Avenue and Bloor Street West.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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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