The city celebrated its 175th birthday on March 6th, and everyone is making lists—what are your favourite things about Toronto?
Check out The Star’s list
here.
Personally, one of my favourite things (other than Greg’s roasted marshmallow ice cream!) is the Toronto skyline. I love how it looks from so many directions—coming down the DVP, from the air on approach to Pearson or the Island Airport, from my great aunt’s 15th floor apartment on St. Clair, and even when I look up from the corner of Church and Wellington, near my work. I love the look of the cluster of buildings downtown, with the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre, but I also think it’s great how many trees and green spaces you can see when you look around those buildings.
Coming in on the train, seeing the skyline was always my cue that I was home, and I think you only get that warm and fuzzy feeling from the place you call “home.” It’s that exact warm and fuzzy feeling that makes it home.
That leads me to another thing that I love about this city—the generosity of the people who make up the Toronto community. And by generosity, I don’t just mean people opening their wallets; I mean people opening their hearts. That definitely gives me warm and fuzzy feelings! I see these acts with the volunteers that I work with all the time—they give so much of their time and energy, I’m constantly amazed. But it’s not only in organized ways like volunteering, it’s also the little things like the jar of tomato sauce from my neighbour who grew her own tomatoes, and the people I see all the time helping moms lift their strollers on and off streetcars and buses.
That’s what I love about Toronto.
Comment and tell us what you love about Toronto—what you Give A Damn about and what makes it home for you.