Posts Tagged ‘don river’
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
- Urban Toronto looked at indigenous uses being proposed for the West Don Lands, here.
- That Toronto has become a major hub for Shopify is a significant economic factor. Global News reports.
- There will be an emergency exercise held at Union Station. Global News reports.
- Transit Toronto notes the opening of a new York Regional Transit bus hub at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.
- Transit Toronto shared video of a recent TTC public art project, “A Streetcar Called Toronto”, here.
- Venerable Toronto movie rental store Videoflicks will be closing. blogTO reports.
- The Evergreen Brickworks in the Don Valley will be hosting a winter village this season. blogTO reports.
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
- I do hope Toronto does something with the abandoned foot court on Queen West and John. blogTO reports.
- blogTO looks at the new Villiers Island set to occupy the mouth of the Don River in the Port Lands.
- An Ossington laneway is going to be repainted after a botched improvement project destroyed its public art. The Toronto Star reports.
- Steve Munro fisks a defense by the Toronto Board of Trade of the proposed Ontario Line, here.
- Andrew Cash, sadly not elected in my riding of Davenport, writes in the Toronto Star about the importance of Toronto having active local MPs.
- National Observer looks at how the City of Toronto is encouraging residents grow gardens for pollinators.
- Samantha Edwards writes at NOW Toronto about how the long-closed Paradise on Bloor theatre is set to reopen in December.
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: GO Transit, rent, land transfer tax, books, Viaduct
- Transit Toronto notes that GO Transit has introduced regular weekday train service to Niagara Falls.
- Average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto has hit $C 2260. blogTO reports.
- Revenue from the much-needed land transfer tax that supplies City of Toronto budgets is below expectations, the Toronto Star reported.
- NOW Toronto shares a list of the most-borrowed books from the Toronto Public Library system in 2018.
- Spacing celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Prince Edward Viaduct, also known as the Bloor Street Viaduct, arcing across the Don River.
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Jennifer Keesmaat, John Tory, 650 Parliament, St. Clair, Don Valley
- Lauren Pelley at CBC Toronto notes how, despite trying hard, Jennifer Keesmaat was unable to displace John Tory as the clear front-runner.
- Mark Gollom at CBC notes that John Tory may be able to find ways to work with Doug Ford, though the province will remain the dominant partner in any relationship.
- Many of the tenants displaced from 650 Parliament Street were happy to return briefly to their old homes, to retrieve belongings. The Toronto Star reports.
- blogTO shares these vintage photos of St. Clair Avenue a century ago, to all appearances just another rural road.
- Urban Toronto shared a gorgeous aerial photo of Toronto, looking south from a point in the Don Valley towards the downtown.