Happy birthday, Darwin! A fantastic graphic biography
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Shoxs – 2827 Dundas St west and the amazing sign
Shoxs sport bar? Has the most amassing and amazing sign in the Junction.
You simply cannot pass by it without feeling a bit if happy excitement, the sign design and construction just sets that tone.
From the deep multi layered forward thrust which is relieved in tension by the mid oval. The length of the sign also contributes to the overall effect of making a active presence on the streetscape.
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Sweet Potato wants to relocate and expand at 108 Vine Ave.
At the 108 Vine Ave Public meeting it was announced the applicant to change the zoning from industrial to retail for 108 Vine Ave was the Dundas Ave. West. store – Sweet Potato.
more to follow of details from the meeting this morning.
One of the great shop keeping teams in the Junction Guffins hardware.
On February 11, 2013
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If you need no wait, no nonsense, fast and very reasonable prices. All with the big box package of small items, Guffins Hardware could be your choice.
Keys cut 3.85 including tax.
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Tonight meeting on 108 Vine Ave app for zoning change to retail
On February 11, 2013
In The Junction
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John Sewell on organizing and its value to you.
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While this except was written about his Trefann Court efforts, it may still apply to someone out there in the Junctions who wants to enter public service to do new and needed big ideas.
Just hoping he or she is out there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trefann_Court
http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/01/nostalgia_tripping_trefann_court/
A tweet from reporter Don Peat, no gaming – no cell phone
On February 8, 2013
In The Junction
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@reporterdonpeat: Interesting fact about the No Casino women: None of them own a cellphone #TOpoli
Were were these woman when the Junction went wet?
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Melissa 350W Hot Air Shoe & Boot Dryer Heater Wall Mounted, wish we could by these in Canada today
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Fond memories of using one of these in Europe. it is 1241 am and my shoes are already soaked from shoveling snow
Link post to article Re: Fords after election Campaign income
On February 7, 2013
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Full article click here
excerpt…
For instance, in June 2011, half a year after the election, while Ford was the sitting mayor, he attended a party in the home of Robert DeGasperis, who is president of a development company called Metrus Properties. Doug Ford, the chair of Build Toronto, the city agency that sells public real estate to developers, also attended. We do not know who else was there or what was discussed. The result of that meeting was that an envelope containing $25,000 in cheques from 10 donors was passed from DeGasperis to former premier Mike Harris, and on to Ford’s campaign to help settle his outstanding election debt.
The same week, Paul Golini, an executive with developer Empire Communities, had a Ford fundraiser in his home that was attended by the mayor and about 40 members of BILD, the Toronto developers’ association. The $2,450 catering bill was picked up by a former CEO of BILD. Those at the party gave the mayor’s campaign $19,500.
Renting to live in the Junction, fair rates?
On February 7, 2013
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The blog had this post sitting in the drafts section for a while, simply because there was not enough information found to write about the situation in the Greater Junction Area. The other day a twitter comment to the blog spoke of 20,000 persons renting in the area. That got me wondering if any of the blog readers had insights, concerns or opinions on renting in the GJA or for your particular fav area of the Junctions, The Junction, Junction Triangle, Upper Junction?
Some of the question the blog had thought about are,
…are the rates fair?
….are the landlords honest and ethical about repairs, etc?
…is there enough renting stock to make finding a place fun exciting, or is it a chore?
Any thoughts? Send them to thejunctioneer@gmail.com and I will include them in the upcoming post.
Canada’s Rental Vacancy Rate Increases Full report link at Stats Can.
OTTAWA, December 13, 2012 — The average rental apartment vacancy rate in Canada’s 35 major centres1 increased to 2.6 per cent in October 2012, from 2.2 per cent in October 2011, according to the fall Rental Market Survey2 released today by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
“Lower levels of household formation among young adults reduced rental housing demand,” said Mathieu Laberge, Deputy Chief Economist at CMHC’s Market Analysis Centre. “This, combined with an increase in the supply of newly constructed, purpose-built rental apartments, pushed Canada’s vacancy rate upward. Meanwhile, demand for rental condominium apartments remained strong, with the vacancy rate holding steady in most of Canada’s largest urban centres, including Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.”
Parking and the retail development of 108 Vine Ave.
On February 6, 2013
In Industrial Heritage, Junction Market, Junction Retail, Streetlevel, The Junction, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park)
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Many people on Vine Ave, had issue with the noise and movement times of the Topper Linen trucks using the old Canadian Rogers Eastern Roofing Division lot at approx 146 Vine Ave. The Topper linen – a company the addressed residents concerns with care, no longer uses the lot, having left a few weeks ago. Was this to empty the lot to renovate it for use as the grocery store parking lot
Previous road use issues which included the backing in of large trucks resulted in the installation of the low hollow structural steel guards on the south side of Vine Ave. (pictured below).
Vine Ave. Parkette and the retail development of 108 Vine Ave.
Vine Ave is home to some of the most exciting and dynamic public space and happenings in the Junction. An array of all ages use the parkette all though-out the day. Equally important to the parkette are the peacemaking activities people and groups create to gather and recreate in the parkette. There’s also the historic sense of Vine Ave and it’s parkette as the community high-street north of Dundas in The Junction neighborhood.
Does the community need to make sure that any development – at least those such as the grocery store at 108 Vine Ave. – that need a zoning change, address the effects on the activities at the park and the 14 hours or so new traffic conditions that will go with it.
…at least, prohibited driving restrictions for the parkette area.
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LSE pubs good paper on how government can use good policy to restore growth
On February 5, 2013
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Good policy wd restore growth, your local Toronto government needs to focus on policy that strengthens and assists every one from writers and plumbers to business and enterprises to grow their efforts. Not just on services and city functions.
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Tim Hortons Restaurant & Jumbo Burger’s agreement for Bakers dozen site secures revit of block
On February 4, 2013
In 3157 Dundas W, The Junction, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park)
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This blog would like to contend that the principals of Jumbo Burgers which also own the Tim Hortons site née Bakers Dozen site served (pun intended) the community well in bringing Tim Hortons to the site. They are not developers but restaurant owners who have long served the Junction community. Expecting them to develop the site into a use or building that benefits its unique pie shape is unreasonable. Building out the site into a structure that fully heeded the shape of the lot and its definitive place of Dundas St W. west would have been so wonderful. But could it / or can it happen at all in Toronto.
What would have been great…
1) A community art house with multiple floors with public and private galleries – hey maybe The Telephone gallery could have moved there for a bigger space. This is not Denmark, so it’s not going to happen, the hole of Toronto does not have a community art house.
2) A flatiron shaped condo – well that would have just provided some with an exclusive and interesting address. Abet with design fit-in issues at the point where the building sat at the east end.
3) another restaurant? – one that would attract as much traffic as a Tim Hortons – increased activity is what the community needs in this area.
4) buy it and extend the park… this did happen in 1972 when the community forced the city to buy the SHUR gain plant on Vine Ave and double the size of the park, (oh and the city claimed then there was no money to buy the plant, but under strong community pressure and a skill member of council for the area it happened. Could that happen today?
but now…
The Bakers Dozen signs are down from the building and the interior fitting removal are well under way. The blog author does feel this new Tim Hortons Restaurant will greatly contribute to revitalize the western Junction Strip.
Enterprising people have opened great businesses – such as the Telephone Gallery, the salons, Simardone Design, the Crosstown Car-wash, all have pushed forward the breathing of new life into the two block stretch. Long investing Lucky Star Cleaners & Launderers – certainly one of the best run cleaners in the entire city – Lotus Inn Chinese Cuisine and Victoria & Co have stayed the test of time and should hopefully greatly benefit.
Traffic patterns will change and there will be more traffic on the surrounding residential streets. The increase in traffic has occurred thought-out the Junction and all of the Greater Junction Area as the resurgence has occurred over the past 15 years. Near the new Tim Hortons lot to the east, Mc Murray Ave, Quebec Ave, Pacific Ave, Medland Ave, and every other street has more traffic and parking. During the prime supper hour parking on these side streets simply cannot be found, as people park on the streets while attending the restaurants. It all part of a better neighborhood of retail amenities, if not for ease of residential parking, when one returns from work.
It’s good thing.
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