On the Block: Parkdale
Parkdale—now trimmed with sweet cafés, bars and vintage boutiques—cleans up good. Your guide to a thriving bohemia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Published: April 2006
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