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alexandergartley — 2016-04-21T14:05:43Z

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- * Must see: [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/ Pacific Mall], a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. Note: hard to get to by public transit, it's located in suburban Markham. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]	+ * Must see: [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/ Pacific Mall], a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. Note: hard to get to by public transit, it's located in suburban Markham. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry]

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alexandergartley — 2016-04-21T14:05:19Z

Pacific Mall weblink

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- * Must see: Pacific Mall, a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. Note: hard to get to by public transit, it's located in suburban Markham. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]	+ * Must see: [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/ Pacific Mall], a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. Note: hard to get to by public transit, it's located in suburban Markham. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]

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alexandergartley — 2016-04-21T14:04:32Z

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alexandergartley — 2016-04-21T14:03:41Z

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- '''Toronto''' is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through ["Buffalo"]'s northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.	+ '''Toronto''' is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on ["weather"], traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through ["Buffalo"]'s northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.

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alexandergartley — 2008-10-27T16:19:54Z

added wiki link to Charlotte

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- * Please, don't be a hayseed tourist from the sticks. Skip Eaton Centre and the CN Tower. Get away from Yonge Street. Explore Toronto's incredible neighborhoods: the Beach (which might serve as an inspiration to our poor misguided residents of Charlotte that shops and houses along the water instead of windswept parking lots can actually be very cool), Roncesvalles, Bloor West Village, Yorkville, Greektown (the Danforth), Little Italy (College Street), Corso Italia (St. Clair West), India Bazaar (Gerrard East), Rua Acores (Dundas West), Chinatown West (Spadina and Dundas), Chinatown East (Gerrard and Broadview), Cabbagetown, the Distillery District, Queen West, West Queen West, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, the Toronto Islands, North Toronto.	+ * Please, don't be a hayseed tourist from the sticks. Skip Eaton Centre and the CN Tower. Get away from Yonge Street. Explore Toronto's incredible neighborhoods: the Beach (which might serve as an inspiration to our poor misguided residents of ["Charlotte"] that shops and houses along the water instead of windswept parking lots can actually be very cool), Roncesvalles, Bloor West Village, Yorkville, Greektown (the Danforth), Little Italy (College Street), Corso Italia (St. Clair West), India Bazaar (Gerrard East), Rua Acores (Dundas West), Chinatown West (Spadina and Dundas), Chinatown East (Gerrard and Broadview), Cabbagetown, the Distillery District, Queen West, West Queen West, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, the Toronto Islands, North Toronto.

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alexandergartley — 2008-10-27T16:19:18Z

added web link to IKEA for those that may not know what it is

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- * IKEA (4 in the Toronto area, 2 of which you will pass on your drive there)	+ * [http://www.ikea.com/ IKEA] (4 in the Toronto area, 2 of which you will pass on your drive there)

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alexandergartley — 2008-10-27T16:18:45Z

changed list to bulleted list for better readability

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- IKEA (4 in the Toronto area, 2 of which you will pass on your drive there) - Major League Baseball (especially Yankees games) at the Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome). - Hockey Hall of Fame - Concerts that don't come to Buffalo or Rochester - Decent Theater (or, if you prefer, Theatre) - The novel experience of being on a street crowded with pedestrians - The nostalgic experience of being able to shop at a downtown department store - Riding a subway and/or streetcar - Seeing buildings taller than 30 stories	+ + * IKEA (4 in the Toronto area, 2 of which you will pass on your drive there) + * Major League Baseball (especially Yankees games) at the Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome). + * Hockey Hall of Fame + * Concerts that don't come to Buffalo or Rochester + * Decent Theater (or, if you prefer, Theatre) + * The novel experience of being on a street crowded with pedestrians + * The nostalgic experience of being able to shop at a downtown department store + * Riding a subway and/or streetcar + * Seeing buildings taller than 30 stories

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alexandergartley — 2008-10-27T16:17:54Z

added wiki link to Buffalo

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- '''Toronto''' is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through Buffalo's northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.	+ '''Toronto''' is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through ["Buffalo"]'s northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.

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alexandergartley — 2008-10-27T16:17:33Z

bolded the town's name in the description

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- Toronto is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through Buffalo's northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.	+ '''Toronto''' is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through Buffalo's northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.

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alexandergartley — 2007-12-21T08:20:56Z

added mention of CN Tower

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	+ * Go to the top of the ["CN Tower"], where on a clear day you can see for 100 miles.

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DaveMahon — 2007-12-01T17:24:44Z

added wiki link to Thruway in directions

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- Toronto is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is I-90 West to I-290 West, taking through Buffalo's northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.	+ Toronto is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is ["Thruway" I-90 West] to I-290 West, taking through Buffalo's northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.

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jasonharemza — 2007-12-01T00:15:50Z

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- Toronto is hardly a three hour drive from Rochester -- a drive that takes you through Buffalo and by two Ikeas.	+ Toronto is the nearest large city to Rochester, and can be reached, depending on weather, traffic, and border conditions, in 3 to 4 hours. The most direct route is I-90 West to I-290 West, taking through Buffalo's northern suburbs, to I-190 North across Grand Island and around Niagara Falls to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Once across the border, Highway 405 connects directly with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) which runs all the way to Toronto.
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- "T-Dot" is slang for Toronto.	+ "T-Dot" is slang for Toronto. Some of Toronto's other nicknames are "Hogtown" and "The Big Smoke." Be cool and sound like a local: The area known as "Etobicoke" is pronounced "Et-toe-beh-coe." "Bloor" (as in Bloor Street) does not rhyme with "floor" but is pronounced something closer to "blue-er."
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- Due to years of geographic isolation from other populations, the people of Toronto have developed unique physical characteristics unlike those of any other mammalian species. The principle divergence from our own closely related human species is the presence of a barbed mesothorax from which extends delicate light blue wings and an additional set of arms tipped by poison secreting pincers. It should be noted that despite these potentially threatening features, the native Torontonian is widely known as a docile creature that adjusts almost immediately to life in captivity. It has even been successfully adapted through selective breeding as a domestic house pet in rural areas of Southern Argentina. Conversely, the flesh of this rare species demands a high price throughout the cullinary black markets of almost all other human cultures.	+ Frequent reasons for Rochesterians and other Upstate New Yorkers to visit Toronto: + IKEA (4 in the Toronto area, 2 of which you will pass on your drive there) + Major League Baseball (especially Yankees games) at the Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome). + Hockey Hall of Fame + Concerts that don't come to Buffalo or Rochester + Decent Theater (or, if you prefer, Theatre) + The novel experience of being on a street crowded with pedestrians + The nostalgic experience of being able to shop at a downtown department store + Riding a subway and/or streetcar + Seeing buildings taller than 30 stories
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	+ * Please, don't be a hayseed tourist from the sticks. Skip Eaton Centre and the CN Tower. Get away from Yonge Street. Explore Toronto's incredible neighborhoods: the Beach (which might serve as an inspiration to our poor misguided residents of Charlotte that shops and houses along the water instead of windswept parking lots can actually be very cool), Roncesvalles, Bloor West Village, Yorkville, Greektown (the Danforth), Little Italy (College Street), Corso Italia (St. Clair West), India Bazaar (Gerrard East), Rua Acores (Dundas West), Chinatown West (Spadina and Dundas), Chinatown East (Gerrard and Broadview), Cabbagetown, the Distillery District, Queen West, West Queen West, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, the Toronto Islands, North Toronto.
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- * Visit IKEA on the drive back. Not hard to miss off the Queen's highway. - * Must see: Pacific Mall, a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]	+ * Visit IKEA on the drive back. Not hard to miss off the QEW in either Etobicoke or Burlington. + * Must see: Pacific Mall, a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. Note: hard to get to by public transit, it's located in suburban Markham. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]

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peteb — 2006-07-28T22:54:59Z

Removed ferry from Toronto Excursions info

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- Toronto is hardly a three hour drive from Rochester -- a drive that takes you through Buffalo and by two Ikeas. Starting again in May 2005 (supposedly!) you'll again be able to get there via the ["Fast Ferry"].	+ Toronto is hardly a three hour drive from Rochester -- a drive that takes you through Buffalo and by two Ikeas.

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peteb — 2006-07-12T21:26:33Z

Link already there-some day I'll learn to read

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- * Must see: [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/ Pacific Mall]", a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]	+ * Must see: Pacific Mall, a Chinese shopping centre with over 400 mini-shops! Food Court. Very cool place. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Mall Wikipedia Entry] [http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/home_page.html Website (english)]

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peteb — 2006-07-12T21:25:32Z

Linked Pacific Mall

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RickUrwin — 2006-07-12T20:56:09Z

Added Pacific Mall.

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RobertPolyn — 2005-12-31T19:55:56Z

also see: the rochester mirage, ferry bad place article

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	+ + Also see: ["The Rochester Mirage"], ["Ferry Bad Place Article"]

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RobertPolyn — 2005-12-31T19:54:18Z

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- Due to years of geographic isolation from other populations, the people of Toronto have developed unique physical characteristics unlike those of any other mammalian species. The principle divergence from our closely related human species is the presence of a barbed mesothorax from which extends delicate light blue wings and an additional set of arms tipped by poison secreting pincers. It should be noted that despite these potentially threatening features, the native Torontonian is widely known as a docile creature that adjusts almost immediately to life in captivity. It has even been successfully adapted through selective breeding as a domestic house pet in rural areas of Southern Argentina. Conversely, the flesh of this rare species demands a high price throughout the cullinary black markets of almost all other human cultures.	+ Due to years of geographic isolation from other populations, the people of Toronto have developed unique physical characteristics unlike those of any other mammalian species. The principle divergence from our own closely related human species is the presence of a barbed mesothorax from which extends delicate light blue wings and an additional set of arms tipped by poison secreting pincers. It should be noted that despite these potentially threatening features, the native Torontonian is widely known as a docile creature that adjusts almost immediately to life in captivity. It has even been successfully adapted through selective breeding as a domestic house pet in rural areas of Southern Argentina. Conversely, the flesh of this rare species demands a high price throughout the cullinary black markets of almost all other human cultures.

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RobertPolyn — 2005-12-31T19:53:38Z

grammar

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- "T-Dot" is slang for Toronto.	+ "T-Dot" is slang for Toronto. + + Due to years of geographic isolation from other populations, the people of Toronto have developed unique physical characteristics unlike those of any other mammalian species. The principle divergence from our closely related human species is the presence of a barbed mesothorax from which extends delicate light blue wings and an additional set of arms tipped by poison secreting pincers. It should be noted that despite these potentially threatening features, the native Torontonian is widely known as a docile creature that adjusts almost immediately to life in captivity. It has even been successfully adapted through selective breeding as a domestic house pet in rural areas of Southern Argentina. Conversely, the flesh of this rare species demands a high price throughout the cullinary black markets of almost all other human cultures.

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RyDahl — 2005-12-31T18:14:44Z

ikea? shrug.

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	+ * Visit IKEA on the drive back. Not hard to miss off the Queen's highway.

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TobinFricke — 2005-09-01T14:35:57Z

the Music Gallery

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	+ + == Things to do == + * Check out the [http://www.musicgallery.org/ Music Gallery], a "centre for the creation and performance of new music and music-related arts."

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RyDahl — 2005-09-01T01:57:19Z

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	+ + "T-Dot" is slang for Toronto.

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TobinFricke — 2005-04-04T04:39:53Z

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	+ Toronto is hardly a three hour drive from Rochester -- a drive that takes you through Buffalo and by two Ikeas. Starting again in May 2005 (supposedly!) you'll again be able to get there via the ["Fast Ferry"].