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Neighbourhood Dispatch
Toronto is not one place. It is dozens of places, each with its own rhythm, its own character, its own way of moving through the day. Neighbourhood Dispatch is where I write about them, one walk at a time.
A Morning in Rosedale
A classic Rosedale Victorian, brick and white columns in August morning light. I came to Rosedale by the TTC. Rosedale Station is one of the few stops on the line that sits above ground, and there is something about stepping onto an open platform on a summer morning that puts you in the right frame of mind. It is a small station. But it reminds you to look up. I turned right from the exit onto Crescent Road, and I could feel the ravine before I could see it. Crescent Road sit
Samantha Vo
Aug 23
Bronte Village: One Fine Day
Bronte Harbour marina, Ontario Street Waterfront, Oakville The first thing you notice walking into Bronte Village is that people are actually here. After spending a morning in Morrison, where the prevailing sound was a distant lawn mower and the streets held maybe three passing cars, Bronte felt like arriving at a party. A quiet, well-mannered party with good food and plenty of parking. But a party nonetheless. I had driven only a few kilometres from the gates and lawns of Ce
Samantha Vo
Aug 5
A Morning Walk Through Morrison and Chartwell, Oakville
Cedar Grove Boulevard, Southeast Oakville There is a street sign at the corner of Cedar Grove Boulevard and Poplar Drive in Oakville that stopped me in my tracks. It read: NO EXIT. I stood there for a moment. A bob-cut elderly lady said hi as she walked past me. A young man with his dog smiled at me as they jogged by. I had just arrived in one of the most tightly held neighbourhoods in the entire GTA. Properties here rarely change hands. Most streets curve quietly back into
Samantha Vo
Jul 29
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