By Cynthia Lessard
While glancing past the authentically retro, red vinyl chairs in the cozy barbershop, I notice a bulletin board hanging in the corner. It is filled with pictures, the edges of some curled with age and faded over time. The photos capture candid moments, first haircuts, and the passing from childhood to adolescence....
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By Jacquie Clancy
The buildings you pass every day as you walk along the Danforth all have their own unique histories and stories. If their walls could talk, they would give you a firsthand account of how they came to be. But since they can’t, we’ll do our best to speak for them.
The Music Hall
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Learning to re-connect through dance
By Sundus Butt
Is technology distancing us from one another?
With each generation an element of the past is lost and a new trend emerges. Today, cell phones and instant messaging seem essential for social connection, but 10 years ago these technologies were barely part of our social psyche. Although these new...
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My grandmother remembers the Danforth of her childhood.
By Christa Johnston
In 1913, my great-great-grandmother Lucy moved to Toronto from her home in South England, bringing her sons, two of her three daughters, and two of her granddaughters with her. The family was quite happy with their new home in Canada, and they encouraged Lucy’s second...
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By Lindsay Benjamin
It has been 90 years since the Bloor Street Viaduct was completed and the east and west ends of Toronto were united. Now linked to the rest of the city, the Danforth area has evolved from its humble beginnings into a unique and vibrant Toronto neighbourhood.Historically, Danforth Avenue was a sleepy dirt...
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