Anne Yarymowich Chef, Art Gallery of Ontario’s Frank Restaurant Favourite real estate neighbourhood The Bloor Street and Lansdowne Avenue area seems to be the new up-and-coming hood. I sold my house of 10 years there just before the neighbourhood started to turn. Drat! But, it was worth it to be able to buy something else with my …
Media members, film stars and artists of all walks of life, lend me your ears: your home away from home has arrived. Say hello to Soho House Toronto. Reserved for those in the city’s creative industries, this 10,000-sq.ft. private members’ club offers an exclusive enclave for artists and media to work and socialize. Founder and …
Makeshift newspaper umbrellas cover the heads of a percipient crowd along Toronto’s King Street West. Heavy would be a euphemism for the unscripted downpour that’s soaking Atlantic Avenue, home to Canadian fashion house Joe Fresh, where beneath the retail factory’s red brick walls the pitter-patter of the outside world sounds more like a classical symphony. …
While many adults turn away from the pleasures of childhood, abandoning ideas of play for more mature, productive pursuits, artist Nathan Sawaya felt the most constructive course was one most of us had disassembled and discarded long ago: Lego. This simple child’s plaything laid the foundation for Sawaya’s true passion, building a niche market for …
Skyscraping condominiums, Spanish villas and Connecticut estates round out the roster of these real estate gems. 1 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Exuding the old-world charm of southeastern France, this private and peaceful estate is a wonder of 19th century furnishing. Just 10 minutes away from Monaco, this home is littered with classic luxuries, including original marble fireplaces, …
He’s played both an officer and a gentleman, a ruthless businessman who falls for a beautiful prostitute with a heart of gold and a conniving 1920s tap-dancing attorney. Today, actor, humanitarian and practising Buddhist Richard Gere has acted on yet another passion with his quaint yet elegant inn, the Bedford Post. In historical Westchester County, …
