Does the above create congestion on the sidewalk?
This bike shop on Dundas St west, regularly places alot of bikes on the sidewalk way, is it too much of a sidewalk take over or is the character it provides worth it. (A person I was walking with yesterday as I wove a tot in stroller said the bikes provided some street character)
…to add some prospective here is a image of a street shop in Cario
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The Canada Day Community Picnic takes place at:
High Park, 1:00-4:00pm on Thursday July 1, 2010.
Also find out about this years festival and ongoing BIA activities in the Junction
NOTE the poster says Wednesday when it’s really Thursday
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The Martino Brothers Car Wash at 3385 Dundas Street West has stopped operating and a whole load of ___ and different types of contractors has descended on the building to convert it to what ___ will be a model show room for the upcoming senior’s residence.
A senior’s residence at this location is going to greatly change the street ___ with a greater amount of people walking and crossing. This author is wondering if those if they’re going need a cross walking because it’s directly across from the super market and the mall instead of having the senior citizens walk up to Dundas St west and Runnymede Rd.
Right now with the car wash clinging to the south side and the clothing cleaning plant on the north both sides of Dundas st West become a common pass side walking environment.
This auother hopes that the residence units get sold quickly. So this area can become more vibrate with people instead of cars.
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Thanks to blog readers JJ and RS for bringing this to the blogs attention
The Gunn's Ave loop during reconstruction
On Sunday, June 27th, from 2-5pm, Sorauren Park will come alive with song, dance, stories and more.
Brought to you by the totsquad (and lots of volunteer moms and dads, join us!), totstock is a vibrant, noisy, whimsical celebration of family and community.
There will be live music, children’s games and activities, story-telling & puppet shows, great food & a rollicking good time all in support of the Wabash Building Society in particular & the common good in general.
Please consider bringing:
Sponsors
Fiesta Farms is our mainstage sponsor and we are so grateful to Joe and his team for their support (and sunflowers!) Bullfrog Power, Planet Kid, Long & McQuade, Scooter Girl Toys, Another Story Bookstore, Lit Café, Balluchon, Alan Howard Waldorf School, Alternative Grounds, the Roncesvalles BIA, Westside Cycle, Vapur Bottles and Mabels’ Bakery – more companies are coming in every day.
Performers
The mainstage is hosted by totstock organizer and record producer Don Kerr from the Rheostatics and Hidden Camera. He’s very proud to be introducing:
• THE MONKEY BUNCH – Ultimate kids’ indie rock, with bananas
• BELLWOODS TRINITY – Old-time tunes with dancing puppets
• ALISTAIR ANT – Soli and Rob Joy’s summertime sing-along
• CHRIS PATTERSON – Arrogant Worm’s kid-friendly Small Potatoes
• THE ELWINS – Super-catchy new wave alt-pop trio
• KARYN ELLIS – Sophisticated and silly songstress
• 11 TOES – Local rock and roll new-comers hit the scene
• ABC–DJ TERENCE DICK – toes tapping, hands clapping – no napping
What would Totstock be without some of our city’s leading children’s authors? Check out who Chris Reed and Natalie Kertes of Small Print Toronto will be hosting at the Story Tent:
For more information visit http://www.littlepaper.com/totstock
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Ward 13 business efforts will be further enhanced by the creation of this BIA, a long and strong effort by some local business owners and local – “feet on the ground” city Councillor Bill Saundercook, who spearheaded the long effort to have this happen in the Jane St and the Annette St area. The new BIA was formally approved at the June 8-9th meeting of Toronto City Council. Today, on June 23rd, Councillor Saundercook attended the first meeting of the newly established Baby Point Gates BIA Steering cmte.
The Baby Point Gates BIA is the 3rd BIA in Ward 13. The other two BIAs are the Bloor West Village and the Junction BIA.The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Baby Point Gates BIA.
Background material links (hosted here at the blog) Take a look at the timeline to see the long effort.
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Wednesday the 23rd of June 2010
It’s happening the hoarding is going up and soon the simple elegance of the church will be gone and replaced by homes. While homes will lessen the street-scape – this developer is retaining enough that the church will still be visible to the mind.
200 Annette Street – details of development
Other notes:
Text in italics from Martin L of the JRA
I hope a few facts and drawings help clear up some questions about this project.
Martin Lennox JRA co-chair
The Junction was hit by a minor earthquake
from the Globe and mail site…
There are reports of unusual ground shaking in various parts of Ontario and Quebec, including Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. The Toronto newsroom of The Globe and Mail shook just before 1:45 p.m. EDT. The Ottawa newsroom was evacuated at about 1:43 p.m.
Various reports on Twitter suggest the earthquake was felt as far away as Ohio, New York and Michigan. A Globe reporter in Montreal said that city also shook.
The earthquake shook buildings in Ottawa, where the streets are crowded with office workers who evacuated their workplaces.
“We felt the building shake. It was actually it was pretty serious. It was definitely the strongest quake that I ever felt,” said Dennis Choquette, a Globe and Mail online editor based in Ottawa.
The shaking lasted about 15 seconds, Mr. Choquette said.
The severity of the earthquake is not yet known. It is not yet known whether there have been any reports of injuries.
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Jumpin’ in the Junction
It’s all Julian’s fault. Julian who? Julian Wells. Who is Julian Wells? He’s a seven year old kid from Sunnylea Junior School. Come on, how can you blame a seven year old kid for anything? Well it was his idea. What idea? The idea to build a lemonade stand, sell lemonade and give the money to the Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund. They use the money to send deserving kids to summer camp. What’s that got to do with the Junction BIA? Well, Julian issued a public challenge to other people in the City to build lemonade stands and help him raise more money so more kids could go to camp. The Junction BIA loves a challenge. We knew that all our businesses would get behind a great fun idea like Julian’s and we created Jumpin in the Junction.
What is Jumpin in the Junction? It is a great little festival that will go on four Saturdays in a row from Saturday June 26th to Saturday July 17th. It’s being held at the Junction Train Platform (now formally the Junction Square) at Dundas St. West and Pacific Ave. There will be free balloons and clowns and face painting and stuff for kids to jump on. It Starts at 11:00 a.m. and runs till 3:00 p.m. Wendell Ferguson, the seven time ”Best Guitar Player in Canada” will perform on the 26th .Different great acts will be on stage each week. The great blues harmonica player Danny B performs on July 3rd and Juno award nominee Peter Cliché plays on July 17th. A really fun feature each week is the “Sunflower Seed Spitting Contest”. Five spits for a nickel, a prize for each contestant and every one gets an official certificate to take home and frame.
And of course there’s the best lemonade in the City at twenty five cents a glass.
Even more, one of the Junction BIA members, Jocelyn Short of Jocelyn’s Burgers has stepped up and donated a wheel barrow full of water melons so we’re selling that too at fifty cents a slice. The only thing better than the lemonade, water melon and music will be all the smiles and laughter. So come to the Junction and “let’s get Jumpin” .
We need volunteers for each of: Sat June 26; Sat July 3; Sat July 10th and Sat July 17th.
They can choose a 2 or 4 hour shift as may days as they like.
We need them to: Paint Faces; Good handwriting to fill out Sunflower Seed Spitting Certificates;
Lemonade sellers; Water melon slicers/sellers/ Sun flower seed spitting distance recorders
ETC.
They can Call Moe McGuinty At the BIA office (416) 767-9068 or e-mail :junctionbia2010@gmail.com
Fatima’s Cafe & Bistro a brave restaurant to open a large scale (for the Junction) eating place two blocks out side of the restaurant hub in the Junction of Pacific Ave. to Mc Murray ave has been closed for some time now.
judging by the sign on the window the restaurant appears to be in financial distress. This is sad as it was the most vibrant business attracting foot traffic to that end of the Junction business strip. Many other businesses in and around the corner where Fatima’s is are primarily business services, which do little for life providing foot traffic for the community.
Hope they return.
The Junction BIA has placed flowers around the trees along the strip which greatly improved the streetscape.
update : asked the JBIA how many times they will be watering the flowers and it will be three times per week.
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Parkdale-High Park Councillor Bill Saundercook’s annual Community Environment Day takes place this Saturday, June 19 in a new location: Etienne Brule Park, east of the Humber River from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Do your part to create a cleaner, greener and more livable Toronto. Bring used or unwanted household items to the Community Environment Day. Items available for purchase include: backyard composter ($15), green bin ($18), kitchen container ($5), indoor water efficiency kit ($10) and rain barrel ($85).
full article at insidetoronto.com
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The Worldwide Knit in Public effort was a resounding success and so well organized everyone had a pleasantly wonderful time. With the rain and the shift of the day to Sunday the record for the international most knitters was not set.
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Community Cannery June Workshops
their invite….
You are cordially invited to the June workshops from the Preserving Parkdale Project, a joint community cannery project of the West End Food Co-op and the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre. The first two workshops are:
Preserving Fruit: Friday, June 18th, 5 pm to 8 pm
Preserving and Pickling: Friday, June 25th, 5 pm to 8 pm
The workshops will be held at the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre at 1499 Queen Street West. Please pre-register at www.westendfood.coop or at the WEFC booth at the Sorauren Farmers Market, Monday 3-7.
Registration is $25 for WEFC members, or $30 for non-members. For inquiries, please contact info@westendfood.coop.
Come join us to preserve!
Sally Miller/ WEFC Coordinator
from their site….
The West End Food Co-operative (WEFC) is a nonprofit multi-stakeholder co-operative – with consumer, employee, and producer/supplier members. WEFC is committed to the development of community food culture in Toronto’s West End, and acts as a catalyst for local food security. This is accomplished through coordinating community driven food initiatives, such as the ongoing Sorauren Farmers’ Market, Parkdale community food mapping, and the new Parkdale Processing Project.
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