Placing Food: Toronto's Edible Landscape. Toronto is a abulous city or eating.
In this city-region of 5 millionpeople there is no shortage of food choice, from foie gras to Frenchfries. Comfort foods, exotic ingredients, and traditional fare of all of the city’s myriad ethno-cultural groups abound in local shops andmarkets year-round. Lyrical menus cater to a global palate: phad thai,tikka masala, tostadas, dim sum, sushi, ceviche. The history of Toronto in photos. The history of Toronto in photos is a post I've been toying with putting together for a while.
Having spent considerable time digging through the digital holdings of the Toronto Archives, it just seemed to make sense to pull all of these various posts together into one place — hence the ambitious title. This is not, of course, an authoritative history of this city (far from from it), but the 90 some odd posts linked to below provide a thematically organized visual overview of Toronto that I hope will be worth a return visit or two for those interested in the city of yesteryear. I also have every intention of adding to this little archive as additional historical posts are published on the site. The vast majority of the photographs featured below derive from the Toronto Archives, which means that should you see something that you really like, it's probably available for purchase from the source.
Ghost City: 146 Dupont. This address was once home to a massive restaurant helmed by Canada’s first star chef in the 1950s.
But its downfall led to decades of failed eatery concepts at the site. Food and furnishings. These have been the staples for the revolving door of occupants at the northeast corner of Davenport Road and Dupont Street for over half-a-century. Back at the turn of the 1960s, this high-turnover site brought such ruin to original owner Hans Fread, Canada’s first star chef, that 146 Dupont was known for years as “Hans Fread’s Folly.” However, for this notoriously outspoken restaurateur, most of his follies were self-inflicted; as he once admitted, “I am sometimes like a little boy with a big mouth—when I am angry, I talk too much and it comes back to hurt me.”
KEN GREENBERG: The debilitating myth of a divided Toronto. Yonge Street in Downtown North York This is a crucial passage for Toronto, one that will call upon all of our collective ingenuity and reserves of good will to get beyond the debilitating and unhelpful myth that we are somehow stymied as a divided and ungovernable city.
Much of this is expressed in terms of a presumed urban/suburban fault line as if these were fixed categories with defined borders. The mistake that we make is a failure to grasp the fourth dimension, the play of time; as if what we see now is an immutable end state. All urban places (city and suburb) are perpetually unfinished and go through waves of change and as layers accumulate. In the coming decades, we will get denser, more diverse and less car dependent in all our parts. The Toronto Dreams Project Historical Ephemera Blog. The first new Heritage Minute is out and — surprise!
— like just about everything else these days, it's about the War of 1812. The commercial tells the story of Richard Pierpoint (who had the awesome nickname of Captain Dick), a former slave who had "earned" his freedom by fighting for the British during the American Revolution. He was given a bunch of free land near St. Catherines after that — although when the authorities denied his request to have former slaves given land next to each other (since many of them didn't have families and would need help clearing away the forest), he was forced to give it up and work as a labourer instead.
When the Americans invaded in 1812, Pierpoint petitioned Isaac Brock, the British commander: he wanted to be allowed to form a "Corps of Men of Colour" to fight on the Niagara border. Toronto Tempo. Toronto’s Urban Agriculture Action Plan « Dig In! The Toronto Food Policy Council has just released an Action Plan for urban agriculture in the City of Toronto, with the help of a number of other organizations.
Urban Agriculture « Canadian Organic Growers Toronto. FoodCycles is offering a 9 month, full time Greenhouse Operations and Sales Coordinator position.
Are you interested in fresh, local and organic, chemical free food? GrowTO Urban Agriculture Action Plan Launched! GrowTO Urban Agriculture Action Plan Launched!
Grow Your Own Vegetables and Fruits. Canada Green Building Council - Greater Toronto Chapter. S Sustainable Energy Plan. Sustainable Toronto - Who We Are. Our Mission Sustainable Toronto will promote community sustainability and facilitate the transition to a sustainable society by challenging and working with all sectors including governments, researchers, educators, businesses, non-profits and other community members.
Sustainable Toronto is a consortium between two academic units: the Environmental Studies Program of Innis College, University of Toronto; and the York Centre for Applied Sustainability, York University. Environment Portal. Fresh City Farms » Local, organic produce delivered from Torontos’ farms. Cultivate Toronto - Providing fresh, backyard-grown food to Toronto residents. Locally Grown Cultural Food Guides. Interested in buying cultural food that is locally grown?
Now, you have a way to find it! In Fall 2009, TEA made it easier for Torontonians who are looking for fresh cultural foods ‘from back home’ to find retailers selling locally grown cultural food. How? By developing the first-ever locally-grown cultural food guides that identify the location of farmers, farmers’ markets and food retailers selling cultural food grown in the Greenbelt and surrounding area. We've started with four guides that help Torontonians buy locally grown food used for African/Caribbean, Chinese, Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisine. To find the markets and the stores for specific locally grown cultural food, click on the following links: When you have a choice, cooking with cultural foods grown locally helps the environment, helps local farmers and is more nutritious than buying imported food. Live Green Toronto. Gardening can be therapeutic, fun and save you money.
Consider planting a backyard vegetable garden, or adding some edible plants into your flower garden. You’ll reap the benefits of growing your own food all season long. Community Gardening You don’t have to garden on your own property to enjoy the benefits of home-grown produce. Here are some other ways to enjoy growing your own food: Find helpful growing tips in these videos: Live Green Toronto. Green Standard – Checklist and Standards Tier 1. The Toronto Green Standard (TGS) is a two-tier set of performance measures with supporting guidelines related to sustainable site and building design for new private and public development. The standards are designed to work with the regular development approvals and inspections process. New planning applications are required to document compliance with Tier 1 environmental performance measures. The TGS has been in place since January 31, 2010. CivicAction. Public Works: Walkable Waterfront a La Parisienne. By Patrick Metzger Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and considers what Toronto might learn from them.
Paris is a stroller’s paradise, home to gracious tree-lined boulevards long cherished by artists, lovers, and the Wehrmacht. However, areas along the iconic banks of the Seine river have been less than flaneur-friendly since 1967, when then-Prime Minister Georges Pompidou flanked them with expressways under the Rob Ford-ish slogan, “Paris must adapt to the car.”