August 2010 Contents
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This City
Reason to Love Toronto The best thing to hit city hall since Viljo Revell
Q&A with Babak Eslahjou, the architect who would be mayor
Urban Diplomat The family cottage turf war, is it OK to jog on people’s graves, and a word on stroller etiquette
Camera Art royalty, Bay Street bankers and bare bums at the Power Ball
The Map The metrics of a successful civic square
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Jan Wong Toronto, the mixed-marriage capital of Canada, is proof that if a post-racial society is possible, it will begin in the bedroom
Philip Preville We keep hearing about the amazing Canadian economic rebound—some 300,000 new jobs created in the past year. Is Bay Street paving the way for a new economic world order?
Features
Best of the City
Our crew of expert consumers dug deep, bravely road-testing fixed-gear bikes, comparing the gleam of cufflinks, and sampling an entire summer’s worth of steak, ice cream, fresh-squeezed lemonade and more. Our guide to everything exemplary in Toronto in 2010
His Majesty
Christopher Plummer is playing Prospero at the Stratford festival, and although he’s 80 years old,
he wants you to know this isn’t his swan song. The last great leading man By Alec Scott
Priority One
In the first five months of this year, 17 people jumped into the path of oncoming subway trains. A scheme to outfit stations with safety barriers is low on the TTC’s to-do list, leaving us with the problem of how to stop suicides now By Rachel Giese
Navigator
The Thing The ultimate retro lawn mower
Super Shopper The city’s best stuff
The List Ten things Alex Anthopoulos, the Blue Jays’ boy wonder GM, can’t live without
Great Spaces A monument to minimalism
Real Estate One Upper Beach family’s quest for an under-asking miracle
Food & Drink
Introducing A new gourmet takeout for the locavores of Little Italy
The Critic Chris Nuttall-Smith goes fishing
Flavour of the Month Thirteen haute doughnuts
Wine David Lawrason on Prince Edward County’s incredible new bubblies
The Dish A chef’s 20-year quest for perfect ribs
Culture
Spotlight Alison Pill lets loose in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Argument Carl Wilson on Justin Bieber’s meteoric rise (and inevitable fall)
See, Hear, Read Know-it-alls pick the movie, music and book release of the month
The Conversation Alissa York and Sarah Harmer talk about wild things
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc. Our recommendations for making the most of the month
Memoir
An emergency room doctor on workplace politics after her sex change
