Okay so I’m a white 19 year old girl from Sudbury, Ontario, and I just moved to Downtown Toronto, Ontario. I am trying to find a part time job, but I’m worried about what areas are bad to walk home in the dark….My residence is near Gerrard and Church st… and yea i was just wondering if anyone could let me know of what streets not to give out resumes on.
Please only serious answers from people who live or used to live in Toronto.Oh and I’m not going further up North from Bloor st W and no further length ways than Bathurst st(WEST side) and Jarvis St(EAST side)
Basically, east of downtown. Everything west of Yonge is fine, and between Yonge and Jarvis, it’s less so. (south of King is OK, north of Carleton is OK). It might be wise to avoid the Entertainment district (between King and Queen, west of University to Bathurst or so) as it can get pretty rowdy on Friday nights. Don’t bother in Chinatown (Spadina) as they won’t hire you but even if they did there are some pretty blatant violations of labour laws there.
Go look at like shops at the Eaton Centre or in the PATH, or along Bloor or Queen. If it’s comfortable and busy during the day you’ll be fine.
Where you live is actually one of the sketchier parts of downtown, so if you’re ok walking at night there you’re pretty fine anywhere.
I hate studying @ libraries. I feel dead. I much prefer coffee shops, some place that isn’t too too busy though. Anything within a 5km vicinity of yonge and bloor.
Ideally, it would have free wi-fi.
And, are there any 24 hour coffee shops? SOmetimes I like to study at night, and I can’t do it at home.
Thanks.
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Trying to catch the last few rays of summer, I hopped on my bike on September 12, 2009 to see whats going on in the city. My research had revealed that the Cabbagetown Festival was on, so on a gorgeous day with brilliant blue skies I cycled down the Don Valley bike path and pushed my bike up the steep bridge onto the Riverdale Footbridge.
Moments later I had arrived at Riverdale Farm which was buzzing with people. In addition to the regular visitors to this urban farm there were thousands of other visitors who were here to enjoy the Cabbagetown Festival. Children were participating in various games such as a sunflower seed spitting contest while some time later a country music band was making the young ones dance.
Officially called the Cabbagetown Arts & Craft Sale and Riverdale Farm Fair, this festival has been going for more than 20 years. In Riverdale Park I strolled past dozens of vending booths that were selling all sorts of art and crafts, from paintings to pottery to fine hand-made jewelry and fabric art to hand-made soaps and many other creative products.
The entire Cabbagetown neighbourhood had essentially become a big street sale because local residents were also holding garage sales on their front lawns. Vendor booths and live music were set up on Parliament, the major north-south thoroughfare which had been turned into a pedestrian zone. The entire neighbourhood was abuzz was visitors from near and far.
During the mid-afternoon I happened to come across a group of people that were intently listening to a local volunteer who was taking them on a free walking tour through the neighbourhood. I joined the group and learned many interesting things about one of Torontos most historic neighbourhoods.
Cabbagetowns original name was Don Vale, given that it was located adjacent to the Don River Valley. It was settled in the late 1840s, mainly by poor Irish immigrants that had come to Canada to escape the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852. Many of these settlers grew cabbages and other vegetables in their front yards and over time their neighbourhood acquired the pejorative nickname Cabbagetown.
Although Cabbagetown was originally a poor working class district and underwent a significant decline into the 1970s, today Cabbagetown is one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Toronto. Gentrification saw many of the beautiful historic homes restored, and the attractive houses, large mature trees and well-tended flower-filled front yards combined with the proximity to downtown Toronto have made Cabbagetown one of the most coveted real estate districts in the city. Indeed, Cabbagetown is the largest continuous Victorian neighbourhood in all of North America.
Our guide also educated us about local building styles and important local personalities, for example the Lamb family whose estate is designated by a historical plaque. This family ran a large industrial business producing stove blackening, a greasy product made from animal fat to be used on Victorian era cooking stoves. This nasty smoke-belching behemoth was sitting right where beautiful Wellesley Park is sitting today.
We also learned that a streetcar was running along Winchester Street which was connected via bridge to the neighbourhoods over the Don Valley. The streetcar also took people to Torontos original zoo which closed in 1977. Today the streetcar tracks are long gone, but one of Cabbagetowns major historical landmarks is still located next to Winchester Avenue: the Toronto Necropolis, Torontos second oldest cemetery. Opened in 1850, it holds famous personalities such as William Lyon Mackenzie (Torontos first mayor), George Brown (founder of the Globe and Mail) and Joseph Bloor, a 19th century Toronto developer who founded the Village of Yorkville and after whom one of Torontos main thoroughfares, Bloor Street, is named.
After my tour I headed back to Riverdale Park to get some food from one of the vendors. After some Jamaican jerk chicken and some sweet ricotta-filled Mexican-style empanadas I was ready to take in the action on Parliament Street where local hip-hop artist Miles Jones was entertaining an enthusiastic crowd. Toronto serves up another great summer festival.
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I am 15 and really want to see RHPS – never seen it before. However, my mom is not so keen on me being downtown in the middle of the night, an hour from home. She said she MAY take my friend and I during the summer, but she’ll have to think about it. If not, it could be a year or more until I get the chance!
So, I’ve considered simply renting it and watching it at home so I don’t have to wait. However, I hear it’s always the most fun going to a midnight showing having never seen it before. Is it worth holding out until the summer or longer so my first time is at the movies, or does it really not matter that much how I see it first? Thank you 
oh, 1 more thing: do people still go to shows and dress up and participate and stuff…? if it counts, I’m going to the Bloor Cinema showing in Toronto, Ontario. I’m just wondering if it’s still a fun night all these years after it’s heyday.
Yes, still fun, yes they still dress up
You should call the theatre to see what you should bring for your kit and what they don’t allow.
http://www.rockyhorror.com/participation/
It is AWESOME
watch it in the theatre
Trying to catch the last few rays of summer, I hopped on my bike on September 12, 2009 to see whats going on in the city. My research had revealed that the Cabbagetown Festival was on, so on a gorgeous day with brilliant blue skies I cycled down the Don Valley bike path and pushed my bike up the steep bridge onto the Riverdale Footbridge.
Moments later I had arrived at Riverdale Farm which was buzzing with people. In addition to the regular visitors to this urban farm there were thousands of other visitors who were here to enjoy the Cabbagetown Festival. Children were participating in various games such as a sunflower seed spitting contest while some time later a country music band was making the young ones dance.
Officially called the Cabbagetown Arts & Craft Sale and Riverdale Farm Fair, this festival has been going for more than 20 years. In Riverdale Park I strolled past dozens of vending booths that were selling all sorts of art and crafts, from paintings to pottery to fine hand-made jewelry and fabric art to hand-made soaps and many other creative products.
The entire Cabbagetown neighbourhood had essentially become a big street sale because local residents were also holding garage sales on their front lawns. Vendor booths and live music were set up on Parliament, the major north-south thoroughfare which had been turned into a pedestrian zone. The entire neighbourhood was abuzz was visitors from near and far.
During the mid-afternoon I happened to come across a group of people that were intently listening to a local volunteer who was taking them on a free walking tour through the neighbourhood. I joined the group and learned many interesting things about one of Torontos most historic neighbourhoods.
Cabbagetowns original name was Don Vale, given that it was located adjacent to the Don River Valley. It was settled in the late 1840s, mainly by poor Irish immigrants that had come to Canada to escape the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852. Many of these settlers grew cabbages and other vegetables in their front yards and over time their neighbourhood acquired the pejorative nickname Cabbagetown.
Although Cabbagetown was originally a poor working class district and underwent a significant decline into the 1970s, today Cabbagetown is one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Toronto. Gentrification saw many of the beautiful historic homes restored, and the attractive houses, large mature trees and well-tended flower-filled front yards combined with the proximity to downtown Toronto have made Cabbagetown one of the most coveted real estate districts in the city. Indeed, Cabbagetown is the largest continuous Victorian neighbourhood in all of North America.
Our guide also educated us about local building styles and important local personalities, for example the Lamb family whose estate is designated by a historical plaque. This family ran a large industrial business producing stove blackening, a greasy product made from animal fat to be used on Victorian era cooking stoves. This nasty smoke-belching behemoth was sitting right where beautiful Wellesley Park is sitting today.
We also learned that a streetcar was running along Winchester Street which was connected via bridge to the neighbourhoods over the Don Valley. The streetcar also took people to Torontos original zoo which closed in 1977. Today the streetcar tracks are long gone, but one of Cabbagetowns major historical landmarks is still located next to Winchester Avenue: the Toronto Necropolis, Torontos second oldest cemetery. Opened in 1850, it holds famous personalities such as William Lyon Mackenzie (Torontos first mayor), George Brown (founder of the Globe and Mail) and Joseph Bloor, a 19th century Toronto developer who founded the Village of Yorkville and after whom one of Torontos main thoroughfares, Bloor Street, is named.
After my tour I headed back to Riverdale Park to get some food from one of the vendors. After some Jamaican jerk chicken and some sweet ricotta-filled Mexican-style empanadas I was ready to take in the action on Parliament Street where local hip-hop artist Miles Jones was entertaining an enthusiastic crowd. Toronto serves up another great summer festival.
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Trying to catch the last few rays of summer, I hopped on my bike on September 12, 2009 to see whats going on in the city. My research had revealed that the Cabbagetown Festival was on, so on a gorgeous day with brilliant blue skies I cycled down the Don Valley bike path and pushed my bike up the steep bridge onto the Riverdale Footbridge.
Moments later I had arrived at Riverdale Farm which was buzzing with people. In addition to the regular visitors to this urban farm there were thousands of other visitors who were here to enjoy the Cabbagetown Festival. Children were participating in various games such as a sunflower seed spitting contest while some time later a country music band was making the young ones dance.
Officially called the Cabbagetown Arts & Craft Sale and Riverdale Farm Fair, this festival has been going for more than 20 years. In Riverdale Park I strolled past dozens of vending booths that were selling all sorts of art and crafts, from paintings to pottery to fine hand-made jewelry and fabric art to hand-made soaps and many other creative products.
The entire Cabbagetown neighbourhood had essentially become a big street sale because local residents were also holding garage sales on their front lawns. Vendor booths and live music were set up on Parliament, the major north-south thoroughfare which had been turned into a pedestrian zone. The entire neighbourhood was abuzz was visitors from near and far.
During the mid-afternoon I happened to come across a group of people that were intently listening to a local volunteer who was taking them on a free walking tour through the neighbourhood. I joined the group and learned many interesting things about one of Torontos most historic neighbourhoods.
Cabbagetowns original name was Don Vale, given that it was located adjacent to the Don River Valley. It was settled in the late 1840s, mainly by poor Irish immigrants that had come to Canada to escape the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852. Many of these settlers grew cabbages and other vegetables in their front yards and over time their neighbourhood acquired the pejorative nickname Cabbagetown.
Although Cabbagetown was originally a poor working class district and underwent a significant decline into the 1970s, today Cabbagetown is one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Toronto. Gentrification saw many of the beautiful historic homes restored, and the attractive houses, large mature trees and well-tended flower-filled front yards combined with the proximity to downtown Toronto have made Cabbagetown one of the most coveted real estate districts in the city. Indeed, Cabbagetown is the largest continuous Victorian neighbourhood in all of North America.
Our guide also educated us about local building styles and important local personalities, for example the Lamb family whose estate is designated by a historical plaque. This family ran a large industrial business producing stove blackening, a greasy product made from animal fat to be used on Victorian era cooking stoves. This nasty smoke-belching behemoth was sitting right where beautiful Wellesley Park is sitting today.
We also learned that a streetcar was running along Winchester Street which was connected via bridge to the neighbourhoods over the Don Valley. The streetcar also took people to Torontos original zoo which closed in 1977. Today the streetcar tracks are long gone, but one of Cabbagetowns major historical landmarks is still located next to Winchester Avenue: the Toronto Necropolis, Torontos second oldest cemetery. Opened in 1850, it holds famous personalities such as William Lyon Mackenzie (Torontos first mayor), George Brown (founder of the Globe and Mail) and Joseph Bloor, a 19th century Toronto developer who founded the Village of Yorkville and after whom one of Torontos main thoroughfares, Bloor Street, is named.
After my tour I headed back to Riverdale Park to get some food from one of the vendors. After some Jamaican jerk chicken and some sweet ricotta-filled Mexican-style empanadas I was ready to take in the action on Parliament Street where local hip-hop artist Miles Jones was entertaining an enthusiastic crowd. Toronto serves up another great summer festival.
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Trying to catch the last few rays of summer, I hopped on my bike on September 12, 2009 to see whats going on in the city. My research had revealed that the Cabbagetown Festival was on, so on a gorgeous day with brilliant blue skies I cycled down the Don Valley bike path and pushed my bike up the steep bridge onto the Riverdale Footbridge.
Moments later I had arrived at Riverdale Farm which was buzzing with people. In addition to the regular visitors to this urban farm there were thousands of other visitors who were here to enjoy the Cabbagetown Festival. Children were participating in various games such as a sunflower seed spitting contest while some time later a country music band was making the young ones dance.
Officially called the Cabbagetown Arts & Craft Sale and Riverdale Farm Fair, this festival has been going for more than 20 years. In Riverdale Park I strolled past dozens of vending booths that were selling all sorts of art and crafts, from paintings to pottery to fine hand-made jewelry and fabric art to hand-made soaps and many other creative products.
The entire Cabbagetown neighbourhood had essentially become a big street sale because local residents were also holding garage sales on their front lawns. Vendor booths and live music were set up on Parliament, the major north-south thoroughfare which had been turned into a pedestrian zone. The entire neighbourhood was abuzz was visitors from near and far.
During the mid-afternoon I happened to come across a group of people that were intently listening to a local volunteer who was taking them on a free walking tour through the neighbourhood. I joined the group and learned many interesting things about one of Torontos most historic neighbourhoods.
Cabbagetowns original name was Don Vale, given that it was located adjacent to the Don River Valley. It was settled in the late 1840s, mainly by poor Irish immigrants that had come to Canada to escape the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852. Many of these settlers grew cabbages and other vegetables in their front yards and over time their neighbourhood acquired the pejorative nickname Cabbagetown.
Although Cabbagetown was originally a poor working class district and underwent a significant decline into the 1970s, today Cabbagetown is one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Toronto. Gentrification saw many of the beautiful historic homes restored, and the attractive houses, large mature trees and well-tended flower-filled front yards combined with the proximity to downtown Toronto have made Cabbagetown one of the most coveted real estate districts in the city. Indeed, Cabbagetown is the largest continuous Victorian neighbourhood in all of North America.
Our guide also educated us about local building styles and important local personalities, for example the Lamb family whose estate is designated by a historical plaque. This family ran a large industrial business producing stove blackening, a greasy product made from animal fat to be used on Victorian era cooking stoves. This nasty smoke-belching behemoth was sitting right where beautiful Wellesley Park is sitting today.
We also learned that a streetcar was running along Winchester Street which was connected via bridge to the neighbourhoods over the Don Valley. The streetcar also took people to Torontos original zoo which closed in 1977. Today the streetcar tracks are long gone, but one of Cabbagetowns major historical landmarks is still located next to Winchester Avenue: the Toronto Necropolis, Torontos second oldest cemetery. Opened in 1850, it holds famous personalities such as William Lyon Mackenzie (Torontos first mayor), George Brown (founder of the Globe and Mail) and Joseph Bloor, a 19th century Toronto developer who founded the Village of Yorkville and after whom one of Torontos main thoroughfares, Bloor Street, is named.
After my tour I headed back to Riverdale Park to get some food from one of the vendors. After some Jamaican jerk chicken and some sweet ricotta-filled Mexican-style empanadas I was ready to take in the action on Parliament Street where local hip-hop artist Miles Jones was entertaining an enthusiastic crowd. Toronto serves up another great summer festival.
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Trying to catch the last few rays of summer, I hopped on my bike on September 12, 2009 to see whats going on in the city. My research had revealed that the Cabbagetown Festival was on, so on a gorgeous day with brilliant blue skies I cycled down the Don Valley bike path and pushed my bike up the steep bridge onto the Riverdale Footbridge.
Moments later I had arrived at Riverdale Farm which was buzzing with people. In addition to the regular visitors to this urban farm there were thousands of other visitors who were here to enjoy the Cabbagetown Festival. Children were participating in various games such as a sunflower seed spitting contest while some time later a country music band was making the young ones dance.
Officially called the Cabbagetown Arts & Craft Sale and Riverdale Farm Fair, this festival has been going for more than 20 years. In Riverdale Park I strolled past dozens of vending booths that were selling all sorts of art and crafts, from paintings to pottery to fine hand-made jewelry and fabric art to hand-made soaps and many other creative products.
The entire Cabbagetown neighbourhood had essentially become a big street sale because local residents were also holding garage sales on their front lawns. Vendor booths and live music were set up on Parliament, the major north-south thoroughfare which had been turned into a pedestrian zone. The entire neighbourhood was abuzz was visitors from near and far.
During the mid-afternoon I happened to come across a group of people that were intently listening to a local volunteer who was taking them on a free walking tour through the neighbourhood. I joined the group and learned many interesting things about one of Torontos most historic neighbourhoods.
Cabbagetowns original name was Don Vale, given that it was located adjacent to the Don River Valley. It was settled in the late 1840s, mainly by poor Irish immigrants that had come to Canada to escape the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852. Many of these settlers grew cabbages and other vegetables in their front yards and over time their neighbourhood acquired the pejorative nickname Cabbagetown.
Although Cabbagetown was originally a poor working class district and underwent a significant decline into the 1970s, today Cabbagetown is one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Toronto. Gentrification saw many of the beautiful historic homes restored, and the attractive houses, large mature trees and well-tended flower-filled front yards combined with the proximity to downtown Toronto have made Cabbagetown one of the most coveted real estate districts in the city. Indeed, Cabbagetown is the largest continuous Victorian neighbourhood in all of North America.
Our guide also educated us about local building styles and important local personalities, for example the Lamb family whose estate is designated by a historical plaque. This family ran a large industrial business producing stove blackening, a greasy product made from animal fat to be used on Victorian era cooking stoves. This nasty smoke-belching behemoth was sitting right where beautiful Wellesley Park is sitting today.
We also learned that a streetcar was running along Winchester Street which was connected via bridge to the neighbourhoods over the Don Valley. The streetcar also took people to Torontos original zoo which closed in 1977. Today the streetcar tracks are long gone, but one of Cabbagetowns major historical landmarks is still located next to Winchester Avenue: the Toronto Necropolis, Torontos second oldest cemetery. Opened in 1850, it holds famous personalities such as William Lyon Mackenzie (Torontos first mayor), George Brown (founder of the Globe and Mail) and Joseph Bloor, a 19th century Toronto developer who founded the Village of Yorkville and after whom one of Torontos main thoroughfares, Bloor Street, is named.
After my tour I headed back to Riverdale Park to get some food from one of the vendors. After some Jamaican jerk chicken and some sweet ricotta-filled Mexican-style empanadas I was ready to take in the action on Parliament Street where local hip-hop artist Miles Jones was entertaining an enthusiastic crowd. Toronto serves up another great summer festival.
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