On the Block: Parkdale
Parkdale—now trimmed with sweet cafés, bars and vintage boutiques—cleans up good. Your guide to a thriving bohemia By Olivia Stren
Published: August 2007
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On the Block: Avenue Road and Lawrence
There’s more to the pristine north Toronto neighbourhood than designer produce (Pusateri’s) and high-end footwear (Zola). Six reasons to give your bank account an uptown workout By Olivia Stren
Published: July 2007
On the Block: Picton
Prince Edward County, with its farms, vineyards and postcard lake views, is blooming into a winning caloric
capital, and graceful, historic Picton is its civic centrepiece. Seven reasons to weekend in the country By Olivia Stren
Published: June 2007
On the Block: Ossington
Once a sad-sack strip littered with booze cans and long-dead storefronts, Ossington is quickly becoming a stylish destination. Sketch of a neighbourhood on the verge By Olivia Stren
Published: May 2007
On the Block: Yorkville
The city’s reigning pocket of posh is, like many of its denizens, in the midst of a serious facelift. Seven fashionable roads to financial ruin in Yorkville By Olivia Stren
Published: April 2007
On the Block: Collingwood
Despite the slow start to the ski season, Collingwood’s shops, cafés and stellar new spa provide plenty of off-piste amusement. Seven standout reasons to head north this weekend By Olivia Stren
Published: March 2007
On the Block: St. Clair West
Sweet boutiques and boulangeries are bringing exuberance to a strip better known for its thrift shops and jerk chicken joints. Here are eight reasons to brave the endless construction and behold the rebirth of an avenue By Olivia Stren
Published: February 2007
On the Block: Liberty Village
With sexy new storefronts, high-gloss condos and plans to build a canopied walkway modelled after a Milanese arcade, the former factory blocks are poised to become the next Chelsea Market By Olivia Stren
Published: January 2007
On the Block: Eglinton West
This vogued-out strip is well travelled by cell-toting teens and families (accessorized with Starbucks, Buga boos and schnoodles) seeking to enhance their closets. Where uptowners come to swipe plastic By Olivia Stren
Published: November 2006
On the Block: Creemore
Set in a valley by the Mad River and
hemmed in by the Purple Hills of
Mulmur, this hamlet has a sleepy,
lost-in-time feel. Free of subdivisions
and big-box stores, it has retained what
Gap-ifying towns like Collingwood
have lost. Eight ways to enjoy a little
town and country By Olivia Stren
Published: October 2006
On the Block: Church and Wellington
Heritage buildings, like the iconic ruddy-hued Flatiron, make this city wedge downtown’s most photogenic. Frilled with charming storefronts and stylish restos, the area abounds in that Toronto rarity: postcard-worthy beauty By Olivia Stren
Published: August 2006
On the Block: Trinity Bellwoods
Once a dissolute drag flanked by flophouses and seedy bars, this newly gentrified strip of Queen West is now filled with stores geatred to a G audience. The truly hip come squiring a stroller By Olivia Stren
Published: July 2006
On the Block: Augusta
Kensington’s main avenue trades in
more than pupusas, produce-filled
pushcarts and frayed Levi’s. A parade
of new restos and boutiques is turning the strip into the city’s premiere
bohemian boulevard. Eight reasons
to go to market By Olivia Stren
Published: June 2006
On the Block: Port Hope
The small town is a postcard of quaintness. With the prettiest (and best preserved) main street in Ontario and a slew of chic new boutiques, it's on the verge of a mini-renaissance. Eight reasons to weekend in the country By Olivia Stren
Published: May 2006
On the Block: Forest Hill Village
Full of gossiping teens, the village is as twee as it was 20 years ago. But the charm of this oh-so-posh ’hood lies
in its changelessness By Olivia Stren
Published: April 2006
