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After many years of completely smashed out windows the warehouse part of the old Maple Leaf Mills site – now used by St Marys Cement has had the window fenestration area repaired. Much the original window opening has been filled in by plywood sheeting while a small area has a new window inset
Until recently a dry cleaners and laundry This store on the south side of Dundas St West, just east of Quebec Ave, is becoming a doggy daycare.
Are there that many dog sin the Junction?
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More and more destruction
These two photos highlight the changes taking place in the north Junction/ upper Junction. (the author cannot not figure out want the area wants to be called- although I sincerely believe it’s simply part of the Junction)
The removal of the Nina Ricci plant that once stood on the open lot pictured above and the almost complete removal of the old Carlton Village Public school as the site in converted into a new police station.
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The blog asked David Wencer to write an article about the Nordheimer Piano & Music Co. As on the blogs tour of the The Village by High Park project provided by Deltera’s senior site superintendent Sean McCaffrey – seeing the artifacts of his families Nordheimer Piano factory greatly interests this author in learning more about the factory. Sean McCaffrey is a direct descendant of Samuel Nordheimer the owner of the Nordheimer Piano factory pictured
follows… Sean’s image with his kind permission for it to used here, and David’s article.
This portrait used to hang in his Glen Edyth estate at Davenport and Spadina. Provided for use in this post by Sean McCaffrey.
Nordheimer Piano & Music Co., began in Kingston, Ontario, when brothers Abraham and Samuel Nordheimer opened a piano dealership in 1842. A few years later they moved to Toronto, and quickly became one of the Dominion’s top dealers of sheet music world-class pianos. Starting in 1858, Nordheimer was Canada’s official seller of Steinway pianos, and the two remained associated with each into the 20th Century.
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Monarch Road at Junction Rd has lost it’s sidewalk access due to the West Toronto Diamond Project. This roadway is slowly disappearing from our community and along with it the memories of a beautiful industrial roadway.
sad.
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Runnymede Heathcare Centre - Tree cutting March 21 2010
A large tree on Fisken Ave in front of the nearly complete Runnymede Heathcare Centre was removed on Monday. The tree appeared to be in good shape and was protected during the construction of the new centre. So why cut it down now?
The neighbours around the site have been frustrated at the lack of communication from the centre and I’m sure there’re not going to appreciate this either.
post by Martin L. co-chair of the Junction Residents Association
A Zoning Review as been issued for the Gas Rite station located at 3449 Dundas Street West. The proposal includes a “new Retail Building also one coin operated Car Wash and one Drive Thru Car Wash buildings.”
The Junction may still one day become Toronto’s car wash capital.
Submitted by Martin L. co-chair of the Junction Residents Association
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After only 3 weeks the Handyman Shop building is almost completely framed and what a difference it makes. So far in my opinion the new building looks great. The curved corner has been replaced, the size and placement of the windows looks good and even with the additional floor the scale is appropriate for the area.
My thanks to the developers for respecting the area and building what so far looks like a perfect addition to the Junction. It proves you can teardown a hundred year old building and rebuild it with the same character.
I’m really looking forward to the next few weeks when we see the final finishes and the next few months when new tenants and businesses move in.
Submitted by Martin L. co -chair of the Junction Residents Association
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West End Food Co-op Info Session
WEFC is hosting information sessions for those interested in becoming co-op members, investors, supporters & learning more. The meetings will include:
* Public Education Sessions: learn about the co-op movement; local food markets & other exciting topics
* Bond Information and Sales: support your co-op financially and learn more about community bonds
* Co-op Updates & Member Feedback: Learn about WEFC activities & projects and get involved.
Date: Thursday, March 25th
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Tinto cafe, 89 Roncesvalles Avenue.
For more information contact: melissa@westendfood.coop
The New York Pork building which has recently become run over for urban infiltration people in the city has recently added more board hording to the site, yet in not way enough to stop ingress.
Inside view at flickr opens in new window
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With the addition of the new Old Mill car dealership on the old Torcan/CP/Fastfreight site next to the Walmart at Runnymede and Dundas St West, whose lot itself was part of the Torcan/CP/Fastfreight site have come some wonderful new street amendments.
Two of these being the black fence and the evergreen trees, both of which help change the intersection from a concrete hole in a better yet not complete intersection in terms of visual and common use appeal.
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Will removable furniture? This furniture outside Pusater’s running along Bay St, is easily moved in and out I would think. Yes this author has a thing about street life.
Ladies and gentlemen, lets have more Sidewalk dining in the Junction.
Blog reader Dave has asked for a post about the High Park Family Fun Place and what people think about it ?
I can place this post up but it’s up to everyone to say what they think of the idea.
1st your author has to declare that the blog is out of it at times,such as when this sign went up the whole womans gym idea which I had heard about went out the window. Why? because if I think clearly this new concern is the effort of two Junction people who I know and for which I have looked at the business plan.
What I do know is that Jennifer and Pierre (and you would find it hard to find two more committed people) working considerably to round out this idea. All along I viewed the idea as a ‘community place’ where kids can play with parents, local people can meet and a lot of activities can happen.
It is a very unique concept, it can read about at their web site http://www.hpfamilyfunplace.ca.
I for one think the idea is great.
from their site
Full Scale Gym designed as a “family/community” styled gym for allages. The gym features treadmills, bikes, weights, 6 plus fitness classes daily for adults, kids, teens and seniors. Personal trainers are available by request.
Art Section is for children of all ages with a focus on drawing, sculpting, painting and photography. For younger children aged 1 – 6 years, we offer Creative Expression where kids can enjoy stamping, tracing, gluing and painting. For older children (tweens & teens) we have organized Crafting classes featuring crafts, photography, drawing and other creative arts.
Party Room for birthdays or parties of any kind. Come and celebrate your special event with us. There are three different party packages to choose from all designed to make your party a great success. We even offer organic food catering
The Lectures & Workshop Room features weekly seminars covering a variety of interesting topics including wealth, health, parenting, culture and community. The Lectures & Workshop Room is also available on a rental basis for local businesses and group gatherings (i.e. book clubs, knitting, scrapbooking etc.). Contact us for full details.
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