http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090422.SRGREENCONDOSART1951/TPStory/National Condo firms aim to build momentum Toronto is a leader in large, environmentally conscious residential buildings, but the business model should work anywhere, as people look to pinch pennies in a...

http://torontoist.com/2009/04/kensington_markets_migratory_art_ga.php Kensington Market's Migratory Art Gallery Faye Mullen led us into the smaller of the two rooms that together make up minnow & bass gallery, a self-described "migratory" art space she opened on March 20 on the southern...

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/605966 Tour spices up cultural palates KENSINGTON (May 2): Kensington encompasses Bathurst St. east to Spadina Ave., and College St. south to Dundas. Eateries reflect the international flavour of the neighbourhood, with Portuguese, French, Middle...

Quantum of Solstice http://torontoist.com/2009/03/quantum_of_solstice.php Quantum of Solstice At approximately 5:45 p.m. on December 21st, 2008, Torontoist received a phone call from Boy Reporter. "The parade's been cancelled." "What?" "It's been cancelled. Because of the wind." A...

Still not the Rosedale Library http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.WBBooksblog20090206184744/WBStory/WBBooksblog Kensington Market has been an entry point for waves of immigration -- Jewish, Portuguese, Jamaican, Vietnamese, El Salvadorian, which creates an amazing...

Rumour has it the demolition of Toronto Film Studios will be underway by the first of February, that equipment will roll in this week. Good-bye film industry. Toronto now has half the studio capacity of Vancouver. Well done those at every level of government. Well done developers. Well done. If...

http://www.tsn.ca/blogs/jay_onrait/?id=263288 Josh Howard would arrive in Toronto, take one read of our relaxed marijuana possession laws and head straight to Roach-O-Rama in Kensington Market never to be heard from again.

The OMB decision concerning rezoning will come down this month. Unfortunately, Toronto Film Studios (TFS) at 629 Eastern Ave. would be likely demolished regardless of the OMB's decision. Property taxes on fallow land are much lower than on acres of empty buildings. If the OMB decides against...

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/560494 CANNABIS CENTRAL Law or no, these joints are smokin' in the city Marijuana activist Matt Mernagh likes to show off Toronto's cannabis community, which he considers one of its untapped tourist attractions Jan 01, 2009 04:30 AM PAOLA...

http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/features/article/48704 Somewhere for all of us A different kind of studio opens at 6 Nassau in Kensington Market BY ALEX MOLOTKOW December 30, 2008 21:12 When culture is made, it doesn’t always leave a neat and tidy record of itself. This is...

Kensington Market Festival of Lights http://www.redpepperspectaclearts.org/ http://torontoist.com/2008/12/urban_planner_december_21_2008.php FESTIVAL: Kensington Market Festival of Lights brightens the longest night of the year with music, dance, theatre, and a parade. The parade is...

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/11/22/elliott-brood-canada-s-best-watering-holes-in-the-wall.aspx Graffiti’s Graffiti’s is a great little place in the Kensington Market in Toronto. Owned and operated by our good friend Steve Mitchell, it’s one of...

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_29402.aspx Cafe Raid Sparks Controversy Over Marijuana Use Friday November 21, 2008 CityNews.ca Staff A police raid of a downtown café has some pot-loving Torontonians crying foul. The Kindred Café in the Yonge and College area was busted up...

Difference being television stations have small in-house studios which are adequate for their purposes. Their layoffs have very little or nothing to do with film studios. CTV and CanWest Global both need the affordable and large studios at 629 Eastern for the scripted dramatic productions which...

Immigrants delighted by surprise gift boxes DEBRA BLACK STAFF REPORTER It was just before Christmas in 1970 when a 6-year-old Manny Goncalves came to Canada from his home in Portugal with his parents and younger sister. It was bitterly cold and there was a snowstorm a couple of days...

Con Artists Written by: Stefan New Getting their start in 2000, the Constantines have been together for almost a decade, making their mark on the Canadian music scene and influencing performers and listeners, young and old, across Southern Ontario and the world. Last April, Cons...

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I wonder if the decline in North American retail sales might impact SmartCentres plans to demolish the TFS / 629 Eastern Ave. studios to build their mall. If the OMB decides against rezoning and SmartCentre's business plan isn't viable in this economy, will anyone with the power have the wisdom...

Habitats: Kensington Market http://blogto.com/city/2008/11/habitats_kensington_market/

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/570 ...for images STANDING GLASS FISH FRANK GEHRY 1986 "In Toronto, when I was very young, my grandmother and I used to go to Kensington, a Jewish market, on Thursday morning. She would buy a carp for gefilte fish. She'd put it in the...