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  Riverdale, Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Riverdale Zoo was Toronto's zoological park before the opening of the Toronto Zoo in the early 1970s.
Toronto's second largest chinatown, also known as Chinatown East rests in the Broadview and Gerrard area.
Municipally, Riverdale is in Toronto Ward 30, represented by Toronto city councillor Paula Fletcher.
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 Toronto, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The City of Toronto has a physical area of approximately 630 km² (243 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
Further growth in the Toronto area is often attributed to the rise of the separatist movement in Quebec and the election of the Parti Québécois in 1976.
Toronto also is home to a major orchestra (the Toronto Symphony Orchestra), which performs at Roy Thomson Hall, as well as the Canadian Opera Company, and Tafelmusik, an internationally-known baroque orchestra and chamber choir.
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 Corktown, Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corktown is an historic neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The neighbourhood's name derives from its 19th century origins as an Irish ethnic enclave, particularly for Irish emigrants from County Cork, though some say the presence of a distilleries, breweries and cork-stopper manufactures in the vicinity may have secured the nickname.
Corktown was also the site of the first Roman Catholic church in Toronto: St. Paul's was originally built in 1822.
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 Toronto, Ontario
Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital of Ontario.
Toronto is currently the city with the second-highest proportion of immigrants in the world, after Miami, Florida.
Toronto has an extensive public transit system, the TTC, but transit advocates argue very vocally that the system has been grossly underfunded in recent years.
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 Research in Ontario Secondary Schools
Corktown Community High School (a pseudonym) was one of the 21 secondary schools selected for the Exemplary Schools Project, a large-scale national research study conducted in Canada in 1993-4.
Corktown was selected as an exemplary school because of its high student retention, student engagement, achievement, and success in meeting the needs of a unique student population.
At Corktown, there is an emphasis on creating a diversity of learning experiences where expressiveness and action are connected to the identification of current and future purposes, and to the envisioning of the range of choices and possibilities available.
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 Corktown Homes and Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
New and more relaxed zoning bylaws in the Corktown district have resulted in the speedy conversion of many of Corktown's commercial buildings into live-in work studios, condominium lofts and professional offices, all of which has helped to revitalize the entire neighbourhood.
Corktown was originally settled by working class immigrants in the early 1800's.  Many of these families came from the County of Cork in Ireland, which explains how this neighbourhood became known as Corktown.
The Toronto neighbourhood text profiles, sketches and maps displayed on this website were published in "Your Guide to Toronto Neighbourhoods", are copyright Maple Tree Publishing and have been reproduced by the Toronto Real Estate Board under license.
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 Toronto Real Estate - Toronto the Good - Toronto Neighbourhoods - Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto residents come from a myriad of different backgrounds, and span the entire spectrum of the socio-economic scale.
During the 1930's, South Cabbagetown was one of Toronto's worst slums and as such was targeted by Toronto city planners for a grand urban renewal scheme called Regent Park.
The Toronto Islands were created in 1858 after a tremendous storm separated Toronto's eastern peninsula from the city's mainland.
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 New Toronto Real Estate, Etobicoke real estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In 1967, New Toronto was amalgamated with the former Township of Etobicoke, however it never lost its sense of identity as a working class town.
At present New Toronto is home to residents from a wide mix of cultures and incomes and includes a large seniors population.
New Toronto's small frame and brick bungalows and modest two storey houses were built largely between the 1910's and the 1950's.
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 Mississauga Real Estate, properties for sale, homes for sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This is a vibrant neighbourhood that draws its energy from the University of Toronto, as well as from the bars, restaurants and nightclubs that crowd together along Bloor Street.
The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto is located in the Annex at 16 Spadina Road.
Motorists are within minutes of Toronto's business and entertainment districts and are approximately twenty five minutes from the commuter highways.
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 Toronto ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Check for Toronto ontario in the deletion log, or visit its deletion vote page if it exists.
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 Toronto Neighbourhoods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada is called "the city of neighbourhoods" because of the strength and vitality of its many communities.
Toronto was a much smaller municipality and formed part of Metropolitan Toronto.
The "old" city of Toronto is, by far, the most populous and dense part of the city.
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 Annual Events in Toronto Corporate Events, celebrations, spectacles, parades, City of Toronto festivals
Toronto’s Chinatown celebrates in style with behind-the-scenes Asian Lunar New Year Tours, and other goodies, literally throughout the year.
A parade and tours of Old Towne Toronto, including Corktown, home of the Toronto Irish from County Cork, are part of festivities.
Toronto has a warm summer (June-early October) filled with festivals and events, making it the best time to visit.
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 City of Toronto, City Council Legislative Documents
Enoch Turner, a wealthy brewer, financed the construction of the school to educate the children of the poor Irish Protestant immigrants in the Corktown neighbourhood.
Enoch Turner Schoolhouse is an historical and architectural landmark in the Corktown neighbourhood and in the City of Toronto.
The Toronto Board of Education rented the Ward School, which was renamed Trinity Street School.
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 OLD TORONTO BEER TOUR
We got the brewing history of Toronto, we saw parts of the city we were not aware of, sampled some fine brews, learned more about our favourite beverage and met some very nice people.
One of Toronto’s original micro-breweries, the Amsterdam is praised for their eclectic range of beers that include traditional lagers, ales and fruit beer.
The Mill Street Brewery is East Toronto's first commercial brewery to open in over 100 years, producing handcrafted organic beers and ales in a neighbourhood once renowned for its beer.
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 Eye - Garbage in, garbage out - 08.22.02
I'm the president of the Corktown Residents and Business Association, representing an area bounded by Shuter, Berkeley, Lakeshore and the Don River, including the Gooderham and Worts site.
I can't possibly know what every member of our community thinks, but people I've spoken to are excited about the developments taking place at the distillery and are looking forward to the increased opportunities for local retail and services.
Corktown has a very diverse population, and many of us have lived here long enough to believe that things can only get better.
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 Regent Park - TheBestLinks.com - Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Corktown, ...
(Incidentally, the Toronto slum neighbourhood then known as Cabbagetown was razed in the process of creating Regent Park; the nickname Cabbagetown is now applied to the regentrified, upscale area north of the housing project.)
Former street patterns will be restored and housing will be designed to reflect that of adjacent neighbourhoods (including Cabbagetown and Corktown), in order to end Regent Park's physical isolation from the rest of the city.
As one of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods, Regent Park has been stigmatized as a bastion of immeasurable poverty and despair.
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 Queen Street: Thematic Preview
Their community's focal point is the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto at 16 Spadina Rd, with programs in Cree, Mohawk, Ojibway (they teach Ojibway) and Mi'gmaq -- language of Atlantic Coast peoples who, like many from down east, end up in Toronto.
Toronto's Eugene Faludi wrote in 1947 that their "haphazard" replacement might retard "the progress of blight" -- "but the sources of the disease will remain to infect these areas.
Edward Relph: The Toronto Guide: The City; Metro; The Region, prepared for the Annual Conference of the Assoication of American Geographers, Toronto, April 1990 (with thanks to Max Allen).
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 Corktown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Corktown was originally settled by working class immigrants in the early 1800's.
Corktown is one of the more affordable downtown Toronto neighbourhoods.
If you would like to find real estate listings in Corktown, click on Corktown wherever it is highlighted on this page, and enter the appropriate criteria.
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 Toronto Neighbourhoods
Many of these families came from the County of Cork in Ireland, which explains how this neighbourhood became known as Corktown.
Most Corktown residents found employment at one of the local breweries or brickyards.
Its benefactor was Enoch Turner, a prominent Corktown brewer, and one of Toronto's great philanthropists.
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 Toronto Travel Guide - Events, celebrations, spectacles, parades, festivals
All of Toronto's main festivals and events take place between May and October, when there's little chance of snow and plenty of light by which to see them.
With scarcely a beat lost, Toronto's music scene segues neatly into the Cisco Systems Toronto Bluefest, enlivening the Harbourfront in early July.
And for the bookish at heart, the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors, held in late October 2004, is the largest literary event of its kind anywhere.
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 Corktown Real Estate, Toronto real estate
Corktown has also recently experienced a number of retrofit projects on its commercial and industrial buildings.
At present, there is only a limited amount of shopping within the immediate Corktown neighbourhood, with most of it centred around the intersection of Queen and Parliament streets.
However, Corktown residents do enjoy the luxury of being located within walking distance of the St. Lawrence Market  Toronto's premiere food market.
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 TheStar.com - Cleaning up the 'bucket of blood'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Bounded by Shuter St., to the north, Berkeley St., on the west, the Don River on the east and Lake Shore Blvd., to the south, Corktown is one of Toronto's oldest neighbourhoods.
Their new neighbourhood is the best-kept secret in the city, say the couple who are now a one-car family because of the proximity to everything.
The project would breathe new life into Corktown, which gets its name from the thousands of Irish immigrants from County Cork who arrived in Corktown in 1848 in the wake of the potato famine in their homeland.
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 Armour Heights Real Estate, Toronto real estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
American Aviatrix hero Amelia Earhardt was a regular visitor to the airfield during the latter part of the war when she was stationed in Toronto as a nurses aid with the Canadian Red Cross.
Armour Heights is an established Toronto neighbourhood with a rich history.
Prior to buying or renting, you should phone the school you are interested in enrolling your child, in order to confirm that they will accept children from the address you are considering moving to.
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 Brampton Real Estate for sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Pearson International Airport is about a 10 minute drive down Highway 407 and across Higway 401.  The accessibility to the airport makes Brampton a popular spot for people who travel a lot with their work.
Brampton is sure to have just about everything and is one of the most affordable areas in the Greater Toronto Area to live.
Brampton, Ontario is a city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.
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 TORONTO: Random, Front Street, Cabbagetown (80+ pics) - Cyburbia Forums
The Toronto film festival is happening now and this district, Yorkville (especially) and the Entertainment District will be hopping tonight with the industry elite and their stalkers
Toronto municipal housing stock is of such nice quality.
These pictures are in no way representative of the popular view of Toronto; Québécois and Western Canadians alike see the city as a counting-house where the bars close early, and Americans insist on making comparisons to New York (a VASTLY different city in very many ways) instead of trying to understand the place.
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 Corktown Residents & Business Association - The Working Man‚Äö?Ñ????ë?¬•s Drink: A Look Back at Beer in Toronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The next program at Enoch Turner Schoolhouse is a talk by Craig Heron, "The Working Man's Drink: A Look Back at Beer in Toronto." It is on Wed, April 20, with light refreshments, including beer from the Mill St.
(General) The Corktown Chamber Orchestra performs at Little Trinity Church on King Street (At Trinity) April 27 at 7:30 pm.
Description: CRBA has partnered with the Garden District Association to prepare an interactive electronic map, which confirms the need for more effective zoning by-laws to protect our heritage community from any further concentration of services.
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 Corktown Residents & Business Association - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Change is upon us – and it’s a change that will, over the course of the next 10 to 15 years, completely transform and revitalize not only Corktown and the Distillery District, but also the entire downtown area.
While various levels of government bickered amongst themselves for years about what to do with the land, it gained notoriety as the largest piece of undeveloped property in the downtown core of any North American city.
Corktowners are invited to email submissions (both written and photographic) to the quarterly printed Corktown Newsletter.
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Thursday August 4, 2005 at O'Grady's - Toronto, ON - As a part of the Pitter Patter Nights.
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