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| Where in Toronto? |
To the north: Evans Avenue. To the south: Lake Ontario To the west: Dwight Avenue (aka First Street) To the east: Mimico Creek
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| • Former municipality Etobicoke |
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One Sentence Description
We're the neighbourhood with the coolest tagline!
About this neighbourhood
Mimico is a working class neighbourhood that is reasonably diverse and offers a good selection of housing and shopping.
What's Fun ?
How do people relax here? Pick up ball games or theatresports? Tai Chi or Drumming Circles? How do people who hang out in this 'hood spend their time? Theatre, stages, cinemas, Mall, Skate Park, whatever... Know a place to chill out? List it here.
Fun for Kids
Mimico Children's Choir : Now in its seventh year of music-making, the Mimico Children’s Choir is an affordable, inclusive community-based children's choir offered in conjunction with the Mimico Baptist Church. Local parents and professional musicians Mary Bella and Jennifer Robinson direct the choir, which has two divisions: the Juniors (grades 1 - 3) and the Seniors (grades 4 - 6). http://www.mimicochildrenschoir.com
Hungry?
Some popular eating establishments are Mamma Martino's on Roccos Plum Tomato offering affordable family food on Queensway. San Remo bakery on Royal York is a neighbouhood must.
Nimman Thai Cuisine
Electrical problem?
History
How did the neighbourhood get its name? Who founded this neck of the woods? When? Anything cool happen recently? Say the past 5 years, stuff still in people's memory, say the past 5 minutes, y'know?
Who are the people in your neighbourhood?
Neighbourhood personalities, for example...
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the nice librarian
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the cool busker
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the friendly crossing guard
and where to meet them.
Housing and Accommodations
Traditional bungalows and detached homes are sharing the space with newer condos and semi detached homes and townhouses. Most recently there has been big condo growth in the Mystic Pointe and Waterfront areas. Shopping is primarily limited to small independent store fronts with the big boxes on the neighbourhood outskirts on Queensway.
Transit
Mimico GO station is at Royal York Rd, where in 2006 there was an accident that caused congestion for the better part of a day.
Major Streets and Intersections
Royal York is the heart of the North/South throughway with Evans ave, The Queensway and Lakeshore Ave being the main East West. Summer of 2007 has seen parts of Royal York closed in front of Etobicoke School of the Arts Major thoroughfares through this neighbourhood, if any. Existing ones or those planned for the future. Major North-South streets. Major East-West streets.
Parks and Recreation
Indoor outdoor pools, wading pools, waterslides, splashpads, arenas, rinks, golf courses, etc Off leash dog walking areas. Nice places to walk and talk.
Schools
George R Gauld Public School is a small TDSB school with grades ranging from JK to grade 5. In the 2006/2007 school year Mr Menzies was the school principal and Ms Jennifer Hall was the kindergarten teacher. With less than 250 students this friendly school is a true Mimico landmark.
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