Twice a week. Exactly 100 words about life in the GTA.

Neighbourhoods. People. Ideas. The city, up close.

People walking along a sunny Kensington Market street in Toronto, past patio umbrellas and parked cars.

A quick read.A closer look.

Sharp, warm essays on the neighbourhoods, culture, and small details that make the Greater Toronto Area what it is — in exactly 100 words.

From the archive

Passengers seen through the windows of a red-and-white Toronto streetcar.

The Last Seat on the Streetcar

On the ride home, and the quiet bargains strangers keep.

Commuters crowding a Toronto station platform.

The Morning GO

A platform full of commuters, and the shared patience of the trip.

A leaf-covered path through a wooded ravine in Toronto.

The Ravine Behind the Condo

The wild part of the city, thirty steps from the street.