Nowhere else in the world has a pedestrian network like Toronto’s PATH underground walkway. The PATH now connects more than 70 buildings and makes it possible to walk from the Ferry Terminal to Yonge-Dundas square without going outside. At least ...
Read More »Bathurst Quay safety audit finds speeding cyclists ignore stop signs
Dennis Hanagan – Cyclists who don’t obey stop signs and roll through intersections were on the minds of Bathurst Quay residents when they made a safety audit of their neighbourhood July 11. About 30 people gathered at the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre ...
Read More »Gardeners: start your watering cans
Dennis Hanagan – The summer’s dry, hot weather is causing wildflowers to wilt in a city-wide project the David Suzuki Foundation began just a few years ago called Homegrown National Park. Some of the wilting flowers are in the greater ...
Read More »Increased ‘street nuisances’ trigger Cabbagetown South meeting
Eric Morse — On July 7, a public consultation between the Cabbagetown South Residents’ Association and 51 Division Community Liaison took place at Central Neighbourhood House, moderated by Deputy Mayor Pam McConnell and including representatives from Fire Services. It was ...
Read More »Hip-hop and electronic music go head-to-head at Beats, Breaks & Culture: The Bridge
Beats, Breaks & Culture makes its triumphant return, August 5-7, with a mix of live music, DJs and dance. Celebrating all that is hip-hop and electronic music, this year’s festival will bridge these two genres, while acknowledging the groundwork of ...
Read More »Residents split over towers proposed for Queen/Sherbourne
Dennis Hanagan– Residents at a May community meeting were split on their thoughts about a massive residential complex proposed for the Moss Park area. Some liked it; others didn’t. A city planner said some were concerned about the massing and ...
Read More »WNC: Former kids return to lake centre with their kids
Dennis Hanagan – Marilyn Roy remembers when the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre first opened. That was in 1991. “We started off with a 3,000 square foot portable,” Roy, who helped co-found the centre, told The Bulletin. “We’d have our board meeting ...
Read More »‘Aggressive’ developers cited in 411 Church debate
Dennis Hanagan – July’s city council meeting is expected to deal with a report about a multiple-storey residential building proposed for 411 Church St. north of Carlton near Church St. public school. Ward 27 Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam predicts there’ll be ...
Read More »Death of an historic Toronto Anglican church
Frances Brown — It is especially sad and painful at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Carlton Street at Jarvis, to know that in a few months this church will be closed. The reason: For over 20 years the congregation and the ...
Read More »Filmores building has heritage value
Dennis Hanagan – Toronto community council wants a Downtown building, more than 100 years old, to be placed on the city’s heritage register, but the owner hopes that won’t prevent it from becoming something other than what it is today—a ...
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