What's going on this weekend in Toronto?

What's going on this weekend in Toronto?
Want more Jazz? Beaches Jazz festivals runs through July; For fellow foodies! Taste of the Middle East Festival, Taste of Lawrence, Afrofest, and Fun Philippines Toronto Food & Music Festival

Oct 14, 2010

Queens Park Subway

The Queens Park Subway is located on the Yonge-University-Spadina Line of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is located at Queens Park (College and University Avenues). The subway was opened in 1963. I'm afraid that coming here today was a bit of a rushed attempt to get to the street car and I didn't take many pictures. Will have to come back some time to take a look at the Queens Park and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario buildings. Perhaps at the same time as visiting Osgoode Hall!!

This station is also at a key central core of many important Hospitals including Sick Kids Childrens Hospital, Mount Sinai, Princess Margaret, Toronto General and Women's College Hospital here in Toronto. I've known someone who has been treated in each and every one of these hospitals ranging from a son quarantined at Sick Kids with a severe case of chicken pox, a friend operated on at Mount Sinai for complications with colitis, a relative losing a breast to cancer at Princess Margaret, a neighbour operated on after a car accident at Toronto General, and a female friend just looking for advice and someone to listen to her in a non-judgmental environment at the Women's College Hospital. All of these professional services within minutes of each other.

Oct 13, 2010

St. Clair Subway

The St. Clair Subway is located on the Yonge/University-Spadina line of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and was opened to the public in 1954. At that time the World Headquarters of George Weston Food Inc. was located at the corner of St. Clair and Yonge. Today the intersection looks much different as you can see.
Now St. Clair /Yonge subway station intersects with two more subway stations (Warden in the East and St. Clair West (near Bathurst). I plan on visiting those two stations at a later time!! There are many shops and restaurants including an amazing sushi buffet that we ate at for lunch! The St. Clair Subway is within minutes of the Mount Pleasant Cemetary which is located on Mt. Pleasant Rd. It is actually closer to the Davisville subway station, but it was a such a beautiful crisp Fall day, the walk from St. Clair wasn't bad at all. The Cemetary is grounds to the most beautiful collection of trees in North America. There are also plots of famous figures such as Stavros (owner of the Leafs), Timothy Eaton and Sr. Mackenzie King (the longest termed prime minister of Canada). The cemetery is situated in parkland of deciduous trees and elms, willows and maples. We found this tree stump that was hit with lightning!

Another amazing day and I got there the better way! ;)

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