Saturday, April 25 - 1PM - 1834 Toronto: Beating the Bounds (not your average Heritage Toronto Tour). I did some of the research behind this self-guided walk that opens the Heritage Toronto walk season. Free. Starts at Market Square, between the old CaseWare office (145 King St E) and St Lawrence Hall. I will be there, but as I said, it's not really a led walk. If you do the whole route, it ends at the Distillery District. Details: http://www.heritagetoronto.org/news/story/2009/04/06/1834-toronto-beating-bounds-saturday-april-25th
Saturday, May 2 - 4PM - Dawlish Ave: Garden Suburb meets Automobile Suburb.
For the Jane Jacobs Walks weekend (janeswalk.net), I'm leading a walk of my old street and talking about it, not from a historical point of view, but following Jane Jacobs' teachings in The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Cost: Free.
Meeting Place: Parking lot at the south west corner of Bayview Avenue and Dawlish Avenue.
End Location: St Edmunds Drive and Yonge Street, close to Lawrence Station. Not a circular route. (About 2 hours)
Public Transit Directions: From Lawrence Station, take the Sunnybrook 124 bus to the Dawlish Avenue stop.
Accessible Gentle hills along the walk. Rough pavement with no sidewalks for the first 40% of the walk.
Parking Available Some street parking. Note, this is a non-circular walk and the walk back to your car may take 20-25 minutes.
Saturday, July 4 - 11AM - Unique Sites of the Toronto Fringe Festival
I'll be leading this for Heritage Toronto, highlighting a dozen or so theatres and other venues that have been used by the Fringe of Toronto since it started in 1989. There will be a little history of the festival too. Great for fans of small theatre and of the Bloor-Bathurst neighbourhood.
Sunday, August 2 - 2PM - :Lawrence Park and Burke Brook
My first ramble for the Toronto Field Naturalists. Some history, some nature. I grew up in Lawrence Park and walked through the ravines from my days as a kid.
Sunday, August 9 - 1:30PM - The Splendour that was Sherbourne Street
Again for Heritage Toronto, I'm co-leading this with Dave Parry, a professional tour guide. We're tweaking a walk that hasn't been led in a few years, talking about Sherbourne's history and the changes it's seen.
For the Jane Jacobs Walks weekend (janeswalk.net), I'm leading a walk of my old street and talking about it, not from a historical point of view, but following Jane Jacobs' teachings in The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Cost: Free.
Meeting Place: Parking lot at the south west corner of Bayview Avenue and Dawlish Avenue.
End Location: St Edmunds Drive and Yonge Street, close to Lawrence Station. Not a circular route. (About 2 hours)
Public Transit Directions: From Lawrence Station, take the Sunnybrook 124 bus to the Dawlish Avenue stop.
Accessible Gentle hills along the walk. Rough pavement with no sidewalks for the first 40% of the walk.
Parking Available Some street parking. Note, this is a non-circular walk and the walk back to your car may take 20-25 minutes.
Saturday, July 4 - 11AM - Unique Sites of the Toronto Fringe Festival
I'll be leading this for Heritage Toronto, highlighting a dozen or so theatres and other venues that have been used by the Fringe of Toronto since it started in 1989. There will be a little history of the festival too. Great for fans of small theatre and of the Bloor-Bathurst neighbourhood.
Sunday, August 2 - 2PM - :Lawrence Park and Burke Brook
My first ramble for the Toronto Field Naturalists. Some history, some nature. I grew up in Lawrence Park and walked through the ravines from my days as a kid.
Sunday, August 9 - 1:30PM - The Splendour that was Sherbourne Street
Again for Heritage Toronto, I'm co-leading this with Dave Parry, a professional tour guide. We're tweaking a walk that hasn't been led in a few years, talking about Sherbourne's history and the changes it's seen.
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