[URBAN NOTE] Ten Toronto links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO looks at the Toronto of the 1950s, when Highway 2--Lake Shore and Kingston Road--was the way into the city.


• Jamie Bradburn takes a look at a 1950 tourist guide to Ontario, specifically focusing on its descriptions of Toronto.


• Jamie Bradburn looks at how, in the post-war era, dining at the Coxwell Kresge in-house restaurant was a thing.


• blogTO notes how many in Leslieville are unhappy with the idea of the Ontario Line being built above-ground.


• Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto notes that there is going to be a Pride rally outside of Palmerston library where Meghan Murphy will be speaking.


• Spacing looks at the connections between Nuit Blanche and the Toronto Biennial, for Toronto as an artistic city.


• NOW Toronto shares some photos of Honest Ed's in its dying days.


• Toronto Life tells the story of Peperonata Lane, a west-end laneway that took its name from a popular neighbourhood pepper-roasting event.


• blogTO notes a new movie being filmed in Regent Park, here.


• blogTO shares photos of the new Garrison Crossing pedestrian bridge, here.