Posts Tagged ‘six points’
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links; transit, Jane-Finch, Rob Ford, Riverdale Park East, beaches
- The federal government will provide a billion dollars in funding to Toronto transit, including to Bloor-Yonge station and GO Transit. CBC reports.
- The Jane-Finch anti-violence barbecue has celebrated its tenth anniversary. CBC reports.
- blogTO notes that people in Toronto can vote for–or against–naming a new street in Etobicoke’s Six Points after Rob Ford.
- blogTO reports on the joys of Riverdale Park East.
- Shawn Micallef writes at the Toronto Star about what the city can do to make it easier for Torontonians to get to their city’s beaches.
[PHOTO] Looking at Six Points intersection, Etobicoke: south, east, west, north
The famously complex Six Points intersection, where Bloor Street West meets with Dundas Street West as that artery arcs down from the north and the two intersection with Kipling Avenue, is set for a thorough redevelopment. It’s about time, development issues aside. How can drivers even navigate this intersection? Self-driving cars should be tested here.
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: budget, 401 Richmond, Scarborough, Torstar, Six Points
- Edward Keenan is critical of a Toronto city budget that does not have a particular clear focus, over at the Toronto Star.
- The new tax subclass for culture centres like 401 Richmond, Edward Keenan writes, is but the first step toward Toronto becoming the sort of city we might want it to be. The Toronto Star has it.
- It should be obvious, right, that people deserve to know the cost of the Scarborough subway extension before the election, particularly voters? Edward Keenan, again writes at the Toronto Star.
- The idea that Torstar needs government funding to survive–that it should receive such funding, as a purveyor of news for the masses–is sad but makes sense. Why not government support for media, to help them stay alive? The Globe and Mail shares the idea.
- The Six Points intersection in Etobicoke is going to see a partial closure for the next couple of days, Transit Toronto notes. You know, I’ve always wanted to see this place …