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Gardiner East study restarts with public consultation

Waterfront Toronto and the city are resuming the Gardiner Expressway East and Lake Shore Blvd. reconfiguration environmental assessment (EA) and integrated urban design study. The community is invited to attend the first public forum to learn more about the project ...

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1812 commemoration returns to Old Town streets this summer

War of 1812 re-enactors will be strolling the streets of Old Town Toronto once more as part of the St. Lawrence Market Business Improvement Area’s commemoration of the war’s bicentennial. Performances will include first-person accounts of the war and of ...

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Berczy Park gets springtime makeover thanks to its Friends

Dwight Peters – Residents and community friends of St. Lawrence dropped into Berczy Park on a sunny Saturday on May 18 as part of the annual clean up day hosted by Friends of Berczy Park (FOBP). Over 17 volunteers assisted ...

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Benefits to Massey Hall on North Market to benefit from Sun site office tower

Dennis Hanagan – Community council has given the green light to redevelop two notable Downtown sites. The landmark Canadian Bank of Commerce building and its majestic columns at 197 Yonge St. north of Queen will be incorporated into a 60-storey ...

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Monster coal-tar tank on old roundhouse stalls building Contamination

Eric Morse – Construction of a 5-storey data processing centre on the site of the former parking lot just south of the public library distribution centre at Parliament and Front streets is experiencing some delays in view of greater than ...

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Corktown to adopt Ryerson recommendations

Eric Morse – As reported in the April edition of The Bulletin, a group of students from the Ryerson school of urban and regional planning has been working with the Corktown Residents’ and Business Association (CRBA) to develop a heritage ...

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Cabbagetown South organizes massive community sale May 25

The Cabbagetown South Residents’ Association has set the date for its annual community yard sale. It will take place on May 25 in the area bounded by Sherbourne, Carlton, Parliament and Shuter. This is a free multi-family event with thousands ...

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Downtown traffic tieups strangle work bound Public transit too crowded for local commuters: BIA exec warns of economic damage

Dennis Hanagan – Traffic congestion in the Downtown core is so bad that the city is undertaking a study see how cars, pedestrians, cyclists and public transit can try to live together. “We’ve heard a vast number of concerns,” Andre ...

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College Park reno plan taking shape College Park

Anthony Marcusa – The public input phase for the redesign of College Park is complete— but many of the finer details of the revitalized complex are still to be determined. Roughly 70 people took part in the final public consultation ...

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Jets are not appropriate Downtown

‘The noise from the planes, which starts around 6:30 a.m. and continues to 11:00 p.m., has only intensified over the last few years with additional slots given to the airport operations’ By Pam McConnell – The recent announcement by Robert ...

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