Fuzzy boundaries effort chooses Junction Triangle

The effort to rename the area commonly known as the Junction Triangle

Inside Toronto article on the the vote and the naming process (March 16th 2010) link

The fuzzy people have chosen ten top names to rename their community

Over at the South Junction Triangle site they are having an interesting comment discussion about the process and the need (if any), well worth reading.

Heres a question for those living in the "Junction" do you want this area to keep the word Junction as part of any name they choose?

Fuzzy Boundaries voting results: Top 10 names

Top Ten Neighbourhood Names

1. Junction Triangle


2. South Junction Triangle


3. East Junction


4. Railpath


5. Railtown


6. Black Oak Triangle


7. Rail District


8. The Wedge


9. The Triangle


10. Perth Park

FUZZY BOUNDARIES MEETING (Jan. 14)

Meeting announcement from the Fuzzy Boundaries group:

More than a year ago, a residents' group called Fuzzy Boundaries asked
the community to name the neighbourhood, and since then more than 200
ideas have been put forward.

You are invited to our third public meeting, where residents will make
their pitch for a favourite name.

There will be no keynote speaker, just a gathering of neighbours
exchanging ideas. Brockton Addition? Junction Triangle? The Railpath?
As always, it promises to be a lively and engaging discussion.
Afterwards, vote for your choice January 15 to 29 at
www.fuzzyboundaries.ca or at the Perth/Dupont Library.

When?: Thursday January 14, 7pm, at 45 Ernest Avenue (the new Boys and
Girls Club location).

All are welcome to attend this free event.

For details, call Kevin at 416-537-1128 or visit
www.fuzzyboundaries.ca where discussions about our great neighbourhood
take place online.

Fuzzy Boundaries neighbourhood name tryouts chalked on the Railpath

Neighbourhood Name Tryouts

Name Suggestions Chalked from Dupont to Bloor in West Toronto Railpath Park

Who: Fuzzy Boundaries, a group of local residents spearheading a naming project in their West Toronto neighbourhood north of Roncesvalles and east of The Junction.

What: The inscription of all 185 name suggestions (to date) along a section of the West Toronto Railpath stretching from Dupont Street to Bloor Street.

Where: West Toronto Railpath

Wallace Avenue Foot Bridge Entrance

370 Wallace Avenue

When: Thursday, October 15, 2009

(On display all weekend or until the rain washes the slate clean)

Why: Engage the community in the naming project. Naming the neighbourhood gives us a collective identity – something to call our area as a whole – which in turn creates a sense of pride and ownership among residents. This unique display offers everyone a chance to see the names suggested so far and prompt additional ideas before the shortlist is drawn up in January.

Contact: Kevin Putnam

Fuzzy Boundaries

www.fuzzyboundaries.ca

Putnam@sympatico.ca

Neighbourhood Name Tryouts

Name Suggestions Chalked from Dupont to Bloor in West Toronto Railpath Park

Who: Fuzzy Boundaries, a group of local residents spearheading a naming project in their West Toronto neighbourhood north of Roncesvalles and east of The Junction.

What: The inscription of all 185 name suggestions (to date) along a section of the West Toronto Railpath stretching from Dupont Street to Bloor Street.

Where: West Toronto Railpath

Wallace Avenue Foot Bridge Entrance

370 Wallace Avenue

When: Thursday, October 15, 2009

(On display all weekend or until the rain washes the slate clean)

Why: Engage the community in the naming project. Naming the neighbourhood gives us a collective identity – something to call our area as a whole – which in turn creates a sense of pride and ownership among residents. This unique display offers everyone a chance to see the names suggested so far and prompt additional ideas before the shortlist is drawn up in January.

Contact: Kevin Putnam

Fuzzy Boundaries

www.fuzzyboundaries.ca

Putnam@sympatico.ca

Fuzzy Boundaries discussion about neighbourhood identities

This image features the many faces of our community past and present.
While those in the pictures may know each other by name, many aren't sure what to call the neighbourhood. A residents' group called Fuzzy Boundaries has initiated a naming process for the area. You are invited to our second lively discussion about neighbourhood identities on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 p.m. at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church (110 Franklin Avenue). Urban affairs specialist, CBC broadcaster and National Director of the annual Jane Jacobs Walk, Jane Farrow will discuss the naming experience of the West Queen West community group Active 18. Fuzzy Boundaries member Chris Kwaczek will also speak about neighbourhood demographics. A Q & A will follow. All are welcome to attend this free event. For details call Kevin at 416-537-1128 or visit fuzzyboundaries.ca where discussions about our great neighbourhood take place online. [email_link] Colour photo by Vic Gedris, black & white photo City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Subseries 52, Item 665 Many thanks to our generous sponsors - realtors who are investing in the community where they work: Chander Chaddah, Joseph (Joe) Russo and Grace Soares, Anita Merlo

Fuzzy boundaries meeting a good success

The fuzzyboundaries meeting last at the Perth Avenue Housing Cooperative has well organized and gave everyone who wanted to say something the time they needed. Only when the time honoured tradition of examining who a newbie and who is a stuck in “original” did the heat rise at bit, but it quickly went back down.

The group seeks to find a new name for the south junction triangle area that will enhance the sense of community they say.

The group stated it has the support of Councillor Adam Giambrone, and members from Dig IN, the South Junction Triangle Residents Association, the Rankin Crescent Community Garden, Perth Avenue Co-Op, and the Perth Avenue Park Community Festival.

One of their next steps in to set up an online discussion where people can contribute their thoughts and ideas.

The most informative speaker regarding the naming of communities was Beate Bowron, President, Beate Bowron Etcetera, who provided an overview of her view of the nine ways communities view themselves. It talk was so good the blog is going to email her and ask if we can get a copy from her to post.

Link to fuzzyboundaries

Fuzzy Boundaries - In the Villager

from the article ...A small, but ever-growing community group is about to find out. They are the residents who live in the undefined area stretching from Davenport Road to the base of Perth Avenue and encompasses the neighbourhood between the train tracks that run east of Dundas Street West and west of Lansdowne Avenue. It is one of the last neighbourhoods in the city that remains nameless.

As they embark on what they are calling a community improvement project, the group of eight so far, has christened themselves - for obvious reasons 'Fuzzy Boundaries.'

"For us, we all live here," said Perth Avenue resident Kevin Putnam, who helped spearhead the naming process. "We don't have a collective identity, nothing that pulls us together as one to create a sense of ownership."

Adopting a name for the neighbourhood, said Putnam, will have a positive impact on such issues as crime and cleanliness while providing a collective and cohesive identity.

"We live in no-man's land right now," Putnam said in an interview Tuesday afternoon. continue...

in the Globe and Mail

from the article...

f it was a character in a book, the neighbourhood in search of a name would be a classic existential hero. It's more than a century old, as old as the Annex, but nobody knows what to call it. It doesn't even know what to call itself, despite hesitant efforts over the years to acquire a name.

Once it was the heart of a thriving factory district, with trim worker housing clustered as close as possible to the job-spinning smokestacks, railways on three sides and spur lines everywhere. No name was necessary. Now that the factories are almost all closed, it is a rail-bound nowhere - south of the CPR tracks, west of the GO Newmarket line, east of the Georgetown line - badly in need of identity.

Newspaper accounts of anti-pollution activism in the last days of the factories referred to it as the Junction Triangle. In official parlance, it is part of the nebulous Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction. A past effort attempted to name it the Wallace Junction. continue...

fuzzyboundaries meeting tonight

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Wednesday, May 13 at 7p.m. at the Perth Avenue Housing Cooperative (120 Perth Ave ). Local history buff Michael Monastyrskyj will show some old photos, and Urban Planner Beate Bowron will speak about neighbourhood identities. A Q&A will follow. All are welcome to attend this free event

from there site...

Who are we, and why are we fuzzy?

We are a small but growing community group hoping to find an official name for our neighbourhood. We call ourselves “fuzzy” because our boundaries are intentionally undefined. We want to be as inclusive as possible, but very roughly we think of our community as stretching from Davenport to the base of Perth Avenue, and filling in the area between the train tracks that run east of Dundas and west of Lansdowne. Our mission to name this orphaned zone has the support of Councillor Adam Giambrone, and our group includes members from Dig IN, the South Junction Triangle Residents Association, the Rankin Crescent Community Garden, Perth Avenue Co-Op, and the Perth Avenue Park Community Festival.

What’s in a name and why does our neighbourhood need one?

We are not out to name the neighbourhood ourselves, but to inspire the community to choose a name, or perhaps to make one of the names already in use official. On the City of Toronto Neighbourhood Map, our area is part of a large section named Dovercourt-Wallace-Emerson-Junction