Canary restaurant
The Canary Restaurant and Grill, best known for its second location in the Cherry Street Hotel, on the south-east corner of Cherry and Front streets.[1] The restaurant was originally located at the corner of University Avenue and Dundas Street, and was relocated in the mid-1960s, when its location was expropriated. The restaurant was a family owned enterprise, run by various members of a family named Vlahos.[2] The restaurant closed in April 2007. In its last decades the restaurant's patrons were mainly workers at light industries and warehouse scattered through nearby. But almost all of those buildings started to be demolished in 2005, when 35 acres northeast and southeast of the location began to be redeveloped.
Ironically, several years after the redevelopment caused the restaurant to go out of business, the developers decided to name the entire 35 acre development after the restaurant.
The restaurant was known for not updating its decor, which led to it being used as a location for films, television shows, and rock videos.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amy Dempsey (May 30, 2012). "Is Toronto’s newest neighbourhood named after a yellow bird?". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/05/30/is_torontos_newest_neighbourhood_named_after_a_yellow_bird.html. Retrieved February 22, 2015. "Some might think so. But others will recognize the name as a throwback to the legendary diner that for decades occupied the corner of Front and Cherry Sts. The Canary Restaurant — which served up cheap and greasy grub to truckers and warehousemen, cops and junkies — set up shop in the old brick building in 1965, when the area was an industrial hub."
- ↑ "This Canary is singing the blues". National Post. 2007-04-03. http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=214d1d72-d2f8-45cd-a9c2-44bc5746530a. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Shawn Micallef (2016-04-30). "Canary District a temporary ghost town following the Pan Am Games". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/life/2016/04/30/canary-district-a-temporary-ghost-town-following-the-pan-am-games.html. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "With the opening of the Canary District in the West Don Lands, Toronto has what might be the closest it ever comes to a Pripyat-style ghost town, minus the radiation."
- ↑ Dakshana Bascaramurty (February 6, 2015). "The Canary District: Here comes Toronto’s instant neighbourhood". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207003432/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/try-it-now/?articleId=22829656. Retrieved February 22, 2015. "From the outside it appeared a polished complex of two mid-rise towers – but the interiors looked more slapdash, a dormitory of kitchenless suites and tiny bedrooms that will soon house bunkbeds."
- ↑ "Canary District promotion makes it easier for new buyers to land a nest". National Post. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130425202121/http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/04/16/canary-district-promotion-makes-it-easier-for-new-buyers-to-land-a-nest/. Retrieved February 22, 2015. "The waterfront site will host the athletes of the Pan Parapan American Games in 2015, before becoming a master-planned residential community, designed with sustainability and innovation in mind."
- ↑ Christopher Hume (October 2, 2014). "Canary District planning lets derelict area soar: Hume". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205231324/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/10/02/canary_district_planning_lets_derelict_area_soar_hume.html. Retrieved February 22, 2015. "The main east/west axis of the Canary District, which extends from the Don River to Cherry St. south of Eastern Ave., is Front St. It now runs east to the newly configured Bayview."
