Parkdale

Parkdale - Tanja Tiziana

Once one of Toronto's finest neighbourhoods with grand Victorian homes and streets that led to Lake Ontario, Parkdale fell on hard times after the Gardiner Expressway was built in the 1950s, cutting it off from the water. As go many urban stories, hard times for a neighbourhood means a haven for artists and musicians. Today Parkdale is one of Toronto's most creative neighbourhoods and Queen, its main drag, is home to bars that range from slick hipster to dive. With a population that includes high and low incomes, professionals and many New Canadians, Parkdale has become one of Toronto's most talked about neighbourhoods.

Parkdale Features

The role of public art in Toronto's condo boom

Chris Riddell Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Condos are turning into canvases as property developers look to local and international artists to create original art and public installations in an effort to attract new condo buyers. As a result, properties are becoming art galleries, attracting known artists and creative-minded residents alike.

See the forest in the trees: Ryerson mapping experts study ways to keep urban greenery healthy

Todd Irvine Wednesday, October 26, 2011

With politicians trying to find every dollar of savings, high-tech research methods can help our urban forest survive and thrive. Ryerson University's Andrew Millward's tools of choice: maps.

Look who's come to town: Toronto's new Opossum Posse

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Virginia Opossum, or Didelphis virginiana, has moved into the GTA and is turning up in backyards, ravines and parks. This new character on the scene, our first marsupial, seems to be fitting into the local flora and fauna just fine.

Artists in the GTA: Ryad Assani-Razaki is telling our migration stories

Leah Sandals Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Jameson Avenue's 1960s apartment buildings, packed with New Canadians, are home to many stories on migration. But only one of its residents has won a $20,000 provincial prize for telling these tales. Meet Ryad Assani-Razaki, a Benin-born, Parkdale-based scribe on the rise.

The NFB's innovative Out my Window online documentary looks out of Toronto's windows and beyond

Michelle Kasprzak Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Toronto-based director Katerina Cizek breaks new ground in the documentary format with Out My Window, a multi-media National Film Board project about the highrises we call home here in Toronto and around the world. Already the city-building project is nominated for an award at the Sheffield Doc Fest, and will be presented in installation form at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam this month.

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