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In its heyday, orange-robed, ponytailed adherents of the Hare Krishna temple on Avenue Road were a popular sight on Yonge and in Yorkville

In the wake of last summer's protests, a compelling Black Lives Matter mural appeared in an unlikely place

Letters to the editor: The trouble with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Letters to the editor: The trouble with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Plus, will the real Doug Ford please stand up, the best movies list ever and saving the CNE in reader mail this week By NOW news Born In Gaza Israel’s claim to Palestine   What is troubling about Yves Engler’s column, The Push To Stop Israeli Military Recruitment In Canada (NOW Online, May 17), is that he completely ignores the modern scholarship proving the Jewish people’s ancient claim to the land dating back to the prophet Abraha...

NOW Magazine Hidden Toronto: The Foundry buildings The 100-year-old historic complex that used to be a manufacturing hub railway parts will be reimagined as a new development By Enzo DiMatteo What The Dominion Wheel and Foundries Company site, the largest concentration of heritage buildings in the 40-hectare West Don Lands precinct Where Why you should check it out Urbanist Jane Jacobs coined the concept that new ideas need old buildings. It’s true. Cities where heritage buildings have been preserved actually enjoy higher density, more diversity and entrepreneurial spirit.   In re...

NOW Magazine Hidden Toronto: Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Toronto's first free school served as a school for only a decade before going on to write a checkered history in Corktown By Enzo DiMatteo Why you should check it out Toronto’s first free school is not only the oldest still standing in the city, it’s also one of the most distinctive. Its church-like exterior is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the city.  Part of the reason for this is that its original designer, Henry Bowyer Lane, was an important 19th century architect versed in early Gothic R...