The politics of cycling
An eminent front at this year’s Bike To Work Day on Monday, May 26, included (from left) Olivia Chow, Mike Layton, Karen Stintz, Glen Murray and Adam Vaughan. See photo essay.
Chinatown Pride
WHAT PinkDotTO: Chinatown Pride March celebrating Asian LGBTQs and youth.
WHEN Saturday, May 24 as a prelude to World Pride.
WHY The freedom to love regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression.
Photo by Vince Ha
Doors open
Russell Carhouse
1913 Opens as a paint shop for TTC vehicles.
1924 The rebuilt carhouse opens, replacing the original structure that was sinking into Ashbridges Bay fill.
1978 Coupler magazine claims it was named for T.A. (Tommy) Russell, a friend of R.J. Fleming, a Toronto mayor and Toronto Railway Company general manager. Other researchers disagree, saying it was named for Joseph Russell, another friend of Fleming’s and a supplier of bricks for the building.
2014 Part of Doors Open, May 24 and 25.
Photo by R. Jeanette Martin
Wild city
The annual Spring Bird Festival at Colonel Samuel Smith Park on Saturday, May 24, brought nature enthusiasts and those concerned about the future of the Etobicoke waterfront to the established stopover for hundreds of migrating avian species.
