Dennis Hanagan – Tedd Konya just did what he thought was right when he submitted the name Corktown Common in the contest to name the new 18-acre park next to the Don River. “I was shocked that I was the ...
Read More »Spectacular Corktown Common is unveiled at official opening
Tari Stork — Waterfront Toronto and its government partners celebrated the official opening of Corktown Common with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the park. Waterfront Toronto’s signature new park in the emerging West Don Lands is a destination park that both ...
Read More »Corktown parks get 2014-2015 facelifts
Robin Careless – The Corktown Residents & Business Association (CRBA) met on the June 3 to discuss the imminent park renewal project. Councillor Pam McConnell was there to discuss the upcoming improvements, as well as share new information regarding the project. ...
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Read More »Corktown police station must be considered in St. Lawrence HCD
Michael Schwartz – The St Lawrence Neighbourhood’s proposed heritage conservation district (HCD) came under scrutiny at its second public consultation. On April 10, attendees at Snell Hall on Church St. heard from the professionals behind the HCD. They also learned ...
Read More »Good Shepherd gives good news to Corktown Outreach worker will mitigate client disruption
Eric Morse — The Corktown Residents’ and Business Association held its annual general meeting on Feb. 4 and the big news of the evening was a breakthrough in community liaison with the Good Shepherd Centre. Former CRBA President Larry Webb ...
Read More »Corktown resident receives international honour in NYC
Linda Litwack — Toronto and Rome-based Ann Summers Dossena, of the artist management firm Ann Summers International and founder of Toronto’s International Resource Centre for Performing Artists, was presented January 15 with the International Citation of Merit at the 66th ...
Read More »Corktown calls for safer shortcut at Richmond St.
By Eric Morse – The Corktown Residents’ and Business Association (CRBA) has submitted an application to the city to have a paved sidewalk and lighting installed just north of the Richmond St. E. overpass between Power St. and St Paul ...
Read More »More ‘civil’ Corktown meeting discusses parks spending, party planning, bike lanes: parks ideas sought
Josh Bailie – A new-look party, funding for parks, arguments over bike lanes—summer is officially here in Corktown. Approximately two dozen people attended the Corktown Residents and Business Association’s (CRBA) monthly meeting on June 4. Arts and recreation were seasonably ...
Read More »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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