The Danforth, also known as Toronto, Ontario's Greektown, refers to the business area along Danforth Avenue between Broadview and Pape Avenues. Named after Asa Danforth, an American contractor who designed Queen Street and Kingston Road — other streets in the city — the area is known for its architecture dating back to as early as 1910 and for its number of Greek restaurants and stores. The area was one of the major settlement areas of early Greek immigrants to Toronto.
More recently, the area has experienced a wave of gentrification as higher-priced restaurants and bars, as well as European-style public squares have moved in.
For three days each August, the streets of the neighbourhood are transformed, as Danforth Avenue is closed off for the "Taste of the Danforth." The event is a celebration of Greek food and culture, and attracts 200,000 people to the area to enjoy the food, music, and other amusements.
Danforth was a sickly farm boy in the Southeast Missouri swamp country and was "dared" by his school teacher to become "the healthiest boy in the class," he built his life on the proposition that to live is to dare.
Danforth founded, is the world's largest producer of dry dog and dry and soft-moist cat foods and a leading producer of cat box filler in the U.S. and Canada.
Danforth's life-long adventure to "dare" for new and bigger stakes was anchored in, and stabilized by, a few unchanging fundamentals he considered basic.
Former Sen. John Danforth says a conservative push to ban gay marriage through a constitutional amendment is silly, calling it the latest example of how the political influence of evangelical Christians is hurting the GOP.
WASHINGTON --Former Sen. John Danforth says a conservative push to ban gay marriage through a constitutional amendment is silly, calling it the latest example of how the political influence of evangelical Christians is hurting the GOP.
Danforth, a Missouri Republican and an Episcopal priest, made the comments in a speech Saturday night to the Log Cabin Republicans, which support gay rights.
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