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Exotic Supercar Parade with Stunning Vehicles August 16 @ BMW Toronto, 11 Sunlight Park Road

BMW and Saturns Drives will be hosting Supercar Sunday featuring over 100 of the world’s most luxurious cars

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Join BMW and Saturns Drives as they host their very first Supercar on Sunday August 16th at BMW Toronto. It will feature over 100 stunning vehicles such as Lotus, Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, and many more!

 

From 12PM to 4PM, there will be a parade of exotic cars starting at BMW Toronto and then back to BMW Toronto’s headquarters at 11 Sunlight Park Road. There will also be food, refreshments, photo opportunities, vendor tents, music, and family-friendly activities available. All proceeds from the event supports Women’s College Hospital. Your contribution will help WCH treat people with sports-related injuries and help Canada’s athletes get back on track by improving surgical care.

Also there will be superb raffle prizes! Raffle tickets will be sold for $10 each, and will include: two Round Trip Tickets from Toronto to New York, BMW Cruise Bike, and BMW Weekend Spa for your car. Get your tickets HERE.

You can also enter your Supercar to this event! Contact Saturn Ador-Dionisio at saturn@saturnsdrives.com for more info.

 

Celebrate with the Sounds of Vocalwork Children’s Choir at Riverside Walks August 8th!

Vocalwork Children’s Choir will be showcasing their amazing vocal talents @ 1 Munro Street at 11AM

Let us know you’re coming!!

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Come out and experience Riverside Walks on August 8th featuring the launch of Riverside’s expanded Sports Mural (10:30AM at Munro Street), Vocalwork Children’s Choir Performance (11AM-12PM at Munro Street), Riverside Culinary Walk (1PM-3:30 at participating businesses along Queen East), the Toronto Flower Market (10AM-3PM at 659 Queen East) and Riverside Sidewalk Shopping (12PM-6PM all along Queen East from the DVP to Empire Avenue). So much fun is in store!

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Vocalwork Children’s Choir will be at Munro Street showcasing their wonderful vocal talents. Vocalwork is a nonprofit organization that gives children and youths opportunity to learn, practice, and showcase their vocal instrument. They incorporate all vocal genres and focus mainly on the voice as the practiced instrument.

Vocalwork pic 2Vocalwork provides professional coaching in singing, choir, rapping, chanting, spoken-word, poetry and storytelling. They believe that “the voice can be a conductor of positive energy when used in an art form.” Coaching and working closely with each student, they focus on performance skills and experience, and inspire students to build confidence and accomplish their goals. Students are currently performing in many events all over Ontario to promote Canadian culture and showcase their vocal artistry.

Uncovering the History of Riverside Blog #1: An Introduction

Exploring how, when and why Riverside got its name

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Uncovering the history of anything includes being part of a search for something bigger than one’s self. It stretches through time and space and to make sense of it requires asking questions like “Why is it called Riverside?” Wading through newspaper archives, ads for books published by Riverside Press at Oxford, battles in the Crimea and navigational reports from Chicago and N.Y. reveal an August 19, 1880 Toronto Evening Globe clipping.
Not everyone thought this particularly important at the time, seeing amalgamation with the City of Toronto as the next logical development that would change the status quo for the better. For reasons not yet in evidence, the Dominion Government thought it worthwhile to use the name “Riverside”, and the search goes on to find a reason why. We can look back and try to imagine what life was like for the people living east of the Don.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this southeast section of the 1878 York County Atlas map we can see the Grand Trunk Railway cross the Don, just north of the marsh through which the river finds its way into both the Toronto Harbour and Ashbridge’s Bay.

 

 

 

 

 

Don Mount clearly refers to the heights along the east side of the river with the location of the post office shown at the intersection of Scadding Street (Broadview Avenue) on the south side of the Kingston Road (Queen St).

The P.O. is inside the city limits, close to the toll gate, which is hard to see on the enlarged 1878 map. The 1884 Goad’s Fire Insurance Map (below) shows the construction of each building, red for brick, yellow for wood, as well as the location of the “toll house” in the intersection on the eve of annexation, March 25 1884.

See detailed map of Riverside 1884 – credit to “Atlas of the City of Toronto by the Chas. E. Goad Company”

To understand the heart of Riverside then and what the future holds for us today is part of a mystery that drives this ongoing search. We continue to uncover the bits and pieces between the milestones in the history of Riverside, to further our understanding of this unique neighbourhood.

– Barry Slater, historian of the Royal Canadian Curling Club

 

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Riverside Sports Legacy Mural Launch, Culinary Walk & More: Join us on August 8th!

Experience it All: Steps from the Athletes’ Village

Let us know you’re coming!!

In the spirit of the Pan Am/Para Pan Am Games, come and experience the authentic artistry, food, and shopping that Riverside has to offer! Here’s a taste of what’s in store:

10:00AM-3:00PM – Toronto Flower Market @ 659 Queen St. E

colorful-flower-market-cheryl-davisStart off your day strolling through the Toronto Flower Market located in the 659 Queen Street East lot. They are a  monthly pop-up market that ‘celebrates locally grown flowers, the growers that cultivate them and the florists that style them’. Field growers, La Primavera Farms, along with 13 other participating vendors have been working all spring to bring fresh and stylish blooms. The market lasts from 10AM to 3PM, but get there early for the best picks!

 

10:30AM @ 1 Munro St. – Sports Legacy Mural Launch

Join the Riverside BIA outside of Oma Chiropractic for the launch of the new Sports Legacy mural, a continuation of the Sports Heritage mural, both by Monica Wickeler! The expanded section of the mural features the excitement of modern sport, underscoring the ongoing importance of sport in the community of Riverside across generations. It is clear from the colour scheme and depicted sports that the Pan Am Games were a major inspiration for this piece of art.

 

 

 

11:00AM-12:00PM – Vocalworks Children’s Choir @ 1 Munro St.

Take in the sounds of Vocalworks Children’s Choir on Munro St. at 11AM! Vocalwork is a nonprofit organization that awards students the opportunity to learn, practice and showcase their vocal instrument. They are the only music anchor that incorporates all vocal genres and is focused solely on the voice as a practiced instrument. The voice can be a conductor of positive energy when used in an art form, come experience their unique performance!

 

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12:00PM-6:00PM – Pan Am Games-Themed Sidewalk Shopping and Tasters

Experience the inside outside with Games-themed sidewalk shopping and tasters, happening all along Queen Street East (the DVP to Empire Ave.)!

 

 

1:00-3:30PM – Culinary Adventure Walking Tour led by Chef Scott Savoie

Don’t miss out on this extremely popular and delicious walk – spots for this $75 value complimentary tour go fast! From 1-3:30PM, join Chef Scott from The Culinary Adventures Co. to take your tastebuds on a Pan Am-themed adventure!  Compete for your spot in this free tour by sending Riverside BIA a message on Twitter (@RiversideBIA) or Facebook (/RiversideTO) using hashtag #RiversideFoodie, or by email (marketing@riverside-to.com) to let us know what you love about Riverside! Act fast, there are only 20 spots!

Chef Scott is a bilingual, private chef/culinary instructor with over 25 years diverse culinary experience. His mother introduced him to cooking at a young age,  as he would often get underfoot while she made her delicious homemade bread. He founded Culinary Adventure Co. to showcase the culinary diversity of Canada’s largest city to locals and visitors alike. The company specializes in food tours,  cooking classes, corporate team building events, pop up dinners and tastings, and outdoor activities with a culinary theme such as canoe and beach dining adventures and mushroom forages. It has been ranked the #1 tour company in the city by Trip Advisor since August 2011.

 

 

Riverside T-SHIRTS! You asked, we delivered! Get your Limited Edition Riverside Tee!

By popular request, we willing be selling our Riverside t-shirts for a limited time. This tee is our latest version depicting the newly lit up Bridge in a night-time sky – don’t forget to grab yours for just $15! All proceeds go to support your fav’ hood 🙂

 

Riverside Walks: Wayfinding Art Launch and more July 11th!

Make sure to come out to Riverside Walks on July 11th for the launch of our brand new wayfinding art! Starting at 10AM (until 3PM) browse the Toronto Flower Market for fresh blooms. Starting at 11AM, join us at Queen East/ Davies for the ribbon and cake cutting followed by our Riverside Art + History walk led by Historian Ron Fletcher! Throughout the day, check out the Sidewalk shopping and tasters happening along all Queen East from the DVP to Empire Ave – stop by Dangerous Dan’s for some Canadian poutine, Common Sort for some great vintage deals, and much more!

Get a sneak preview in the video below and we’ll see you on the 11th!

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