[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Y&E, shuttle, 1929 Labour Day, Liberty V, Port Lands, Chick-fil-A
- Will a pedestrian death at Yonge and Eglinton lead to an easing of the nightmare for people faced with Eglinton Crosstown construction? blogTO ,a href=”https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/09/yonge-eglinton-construction-pedestrian-nightmare/”>reports.
- An automated shuttle is set to pilot in 2020 in east-end Toronto. Global News reports.
- Jamie Bradburn writes about the Labour Day celebrations in Toronto in 1929, here.
- blogTO notes the construction of a much-needed pedestrian bridge in Liberty Village, here.
- Guardian Cities notes official skepticism in Toronto over the Sidewalk Labs proposal in the Port Lands, here.
- Andrew Wheeler, writing in the Toronto Star, notes that the appearance of institutionally homophobic Chick-fil-A just a few minutes walk from Church and Wellesley, poses a threat that needs to be fought.
Written by Randy McDonald
September 13, 2019 at 11:45 pm
Posted in Assorted, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with bridges, chick-fil-a, cne, Eglinton Crosstown, glbt issues, google, history, holidays, human rights, labour day, liberty village, mass transit, restaurants, sidewalk labs, technology, the ex, toronto, Urban Note, yonge and eglinton