Yonge st block begins it’s transformation

Yonge St block at Elm St. begins it’s transformation to what can be called a condo village. An unusual development situation is occurring on Yonge St currently and though the next five years as multiple condos are being built on both sides of the street.

The 350 block on both the west and east side of the street as well as though to CHELSEA HOTEL 
will be building a series of condos, with 2 74 story condos at 356 Yonge. Presently the site at 370 Yonge current is preparing the east side site by preserving the old historical building facades.

The Chelsea Hotel will continue to operate and be the final site to be reworked into a condo.

Yonge st. crime scene with shell casings causing retail havoc with local stores and construction. Crime occurred around 5:50 am.

Yonge  st. crime scene with shell casings causing retail havoc with local stores and construction. Crime occurred around 5:50 am.

Park people has sponsored a Canadian City Parks Report here is a sponsored article about in municipalworld.com parkspeople is a non-profit.

Canadian City Parks Report: Report shows data gap around changing park use

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Canadians have long enjoyed their city parks as places to connect with nature, meet neighbours, and play sports. However, Park People’s new Canadian City Parks Report reveals that as our cities change (as a result of population growth, increasing density, and demographic shifts), the way we use our parks is changing, too.

The newly released report highlights that increasing pressure is being placed on parks departments across Canada to respond to new demands. At the same time, they are being asked to keep budgets tight, essentially being asked to do more with less each year.

taking the Canadian Tire store to build Heinzman Place from the blog 2008

Development Watch – old Keele Street Canadian Tire Store
By junctioneer On July 28, 2008


In Streetlevel, The Junction With 1 Comment Permanent Link to Development Watch – old Keele Street Canadian Tire StorePermalink The junction devoid of condo product – a sure hit for all – thoughts on junction condo development Deconstruction of the old Keele Street Canadian Tire Store is slowly moving along, rather slowly actually, with many days of seemingly nothing happening, hopefully they will keep to their build schedule as this affordable condo project will greatly change the character – for the better of the Keele St. and Dundas St. corner for the better.

In terms of anticipated success though, it surely is a win situation, even for a for-profit builder to have taken on. The current project is being developed by a not-for-profit developer (Options for Homes). The location of the former Canadian Tire Store and further back in time an A&P grocery store is selectivity brilliant, not only for its junction address, but for the views afforded by it’s location south to High Park and East to the core of the city. Also the site is a sloped, a wonderful design feature in terms of walking to, out and around the building. Hopefully they make great use of this feature with their landscaping. Another reason the project is welcomed to the neighborhood is because it replaces an empty building of no real importance to the history of the community, a building which sat vacant for years. The building’s units in terms of size are favorable with other condo projects of the same size and are reasonably affordable at a time when gigantic and expensive condos are in unprecedented demand in many parts of the west of Toronto.

Complete junctioneer.ca archives Apr 2008 to sept 2017 here

Complete junctioneer.ca archives Apr 2008 to sept 2017 here

http://junctioneer.ca/rh/index.htm

or it may be best to start from the archives subject and date of posts listing page

http://junctioneer.ca/rh/index-1.htm

St Lawerence Market new north building site see arrival of excavator

St Lawerence Market new north building site see arrival of excavator 

Looking north 

June 28 2019

THU, OCT 10 AT 8 PM Massey Hall presents Justin Rutledge at Mod Club

Does he not look like a young Tom Jones? 

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elementary students Starts tomorrow resumes

First day of classes for all students is September 3, 2019
The last day of class for elementary students is June 25, 2020

Ecokit offers innovative, eco-friendly, techno-rich housing in a box

Ecokit offers innovative, eco-friendly, techno-rich housing in a box, Ecokit, the product of sisters Camilla and Pavla, is a house in a box— more or less. The manufacturing process involves each of the more than 4,000 parts to be designed and cut by a single-arm robot or programmed CNC machine.

After manufacturing, the flat pieces are boxed and loaded into a shipping container that is then delivered to the desired site.

https://inhabitat.com/ecokit-offers-innovative-eco-friendly-tech-rich-housing-in-a-box/

Experimental timber prototype champions sustainable modular housing for the masses

Experimental timber prototype champions sustainable modular housing for the masses


https://inhabitat.com/experimental-timber-prototype-champions-sustainable-modular-housing-for-the-masses/

Proposed bike lanes on Scarlett Rd

Cycling is one of the fastest growing transportation modes in Toronto. The City is working to make travel by bike safer and more inviting.

In 2019, the City of Toronto is proposing to install a physically separated bike lane (cycle track) along Scarlett Road from the Humber River to just north St. Clair Avenue at Bernice Crescent.

Reduced Vehicle Speeds

The separated bike lane design will require the reduction of traffic lanes, which will reduce vehicle speeds on Scarlett Road and improve safety.

Update

View the Scarlett Road Bike Lanes Public Consultation Summary Report 

Transportation Services will seek Council authority to install this proposed cycling infrastructure on Scarlett Road (from Bernice Crescent to 105 metres south of Edenbridge Drive) at the June 27, 2019 Infrastructure and Environment Committee (IEC) meeting.

View IEC Agenda Item #IE6.12 including detailed reports under Background Information.

To speak at the June 27, IEC meeting, please contact the City’s Clerks Office at 416-397-4579 or iec@toronto.ca by 4:30 p.m. on June 26. For more information on this process, please visit Have Your Say!

The new bike lane will provide a dedicated space for cyclists, improving safety and comfort for all road users. The bike lane will expand the local cycling network by connecting to the existing multi-use trail on the Humber River, at Black Creek Trail, and future bike lanes under the Scarlett Road Bridge.

Options for cycling connections to Scarlett Road being considered for the future include Eileen Avenue to Pritchard Avenue or Eileen Avenue to Corbett Avenue.

Mushrooms at T&T have the greatest selection in the ciy

Sidewalk labs identifiable video watches you.

Portland’s flood protection photos of current work June 23 2019

Portland’s flood protection photos of current work June 23 2019

Saturday, June 29th, in Toronto! 43 Junction Rd vegan event.

THE FESTIVAL OF THE SUMMER IS BACK! NEXT Saturday, June 29th, in Toronto!

⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣FREE Admission + Over 100 Vendors + Inspiring Speakers + 100% Vegan + Low-Waste Festival   The Sustainable Block Party is NEXT SATURDAY! It's a full-day festival featuring 100+ vendors with delicious vegan food and eco-friendly goods, and inspiring guest speakers, including Jonny Juicer, That Vegan Couple, The Edgy Veg,and The Fairly Local Vegan, just to name a few. Plus a Charity Silent Auction with over $2,000 in prizes to be won!

Recipe for Community Event June 26 2019 Parkdale

The Recipe for Community program is coming to Parkdale this year to support resident- inspired and resident-led initiatives in community engagement, skills buildings, food and nutrition, and enhanced outdoor green spaces. Provide ideas, feedback and leadership to improve the sense of belonging and safety in the Parkdale community.

Refreshments provided. For more info contact rolfe.santos@toronto.ca or 416.688.5330

Date: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Place: 220 Cowan Avenue (Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre Gym)

Dewatering at Taddle Creek at the UofT section

The buried  creeks in Toronto are a very huge loss for the people of the city and big bad for the past citizen s of the city. Taddle Creek however makes a good bit of trouble when works need to done n the section of UofT it passes though. 

Right now works being down me are accompanied by constant Ing dewatering of water from the creek as digging goes on. 🤤 

About Taddle Creek from Wikipedia

Taddle Creek is a buried stream in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that flowed a southeasterly course about six kilometres long, from St. Clair Avenue west of Bathurst Street through the present site of Wychwood Park, through the University of Toronto, into the Toronto Harbour near the Distillery District. During the 19th century, it was buried and converted into an underground sewer, but traces of the creek can still be found today. The scenic footpath known as Philosopher's Walk follows the ravine created by the creek from the Royal Ontario Museum to Trinity College. Taddle Creek is also the name of a Toronto literary magazine and of a local Montessori school^[1].

modular timber home as an inspiring prototype for affordable and eco-friendly housing in Mexico

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Mexico City-based architectural firm Dellekamp Schleich designed a modular timber home as an inspiring prototype for affordable and eco-friendly housing in Mexico. Originally created as one of 84 experimental proposals for the 2017 “From the Territory to the Dweller” showcase in Morelos, Dellekamp Schleich’s housing prototype is currently on show at INFONAVIT’s Laboratorio de Vivienda (Housing Laboratory) in Apan. The Laboratorio de Vivienda is an exhibition of 32 housing prototypes that sensitively rethinks low-income dwellings in Mexico. Created for self-construction, the low-cost housing prototype was built with a modular system of timber parts.

U of T’s most beautiful street.

The lost road limit wall of the Queensway.

across from High Park on the south side of the Queensway Biden within the beautiful lush greenery is a low rock wall that once served as the road limit wall.

Preferred by Gov Davenport rail bridge idea

Preferred Proponent Selected for Davenport Diamond Project

June 17, 2019

TORONTO - Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx are pleased to announce Graham Commuter Rail Solutions (GCRS) as the preferred proponent to design, build and finance the Davenport Diamond Rail Grade Separation project, part of Metrolinx's GO Rail Expansion program.

Members of the GCRS team include: 

Applicant Lead: Graham Capital Partners LP and Gracorp Capital Ltd.; Graham Construction and Engineering LP

Construction: Graham Construction and Engineering LP

Design: LEA Consulting Ltd. as Design Lead; exp Services Inc.; International Bridge Technologies; Brown & Storey Architects Inc.

Financial Advisor: Graham Capital Partners LP

The selection of GCRS is the result of an open, fair and competitive procurement process overseen by a third party fairness monitor. IO and Metrolinx expect to reach financial close in summer 2019, with construction to begin shortly thereafter. 

Scope of work for the project includes:

Construction of a rail grade separation structure between north-south GO Barrie Rail corridor and east-west CP Rail corridor;

Erection of retaining walls forming the approaches of the grade separation structure topped with noise reduction walls to minimize impacts on the community;

Construction of a temporary diversion track to enable construction of a new two-track elevated guideway;

Modification of an existing at-grade crossing at Wallace Avenue to become a road under rail grade separation;

Replacement of Bloor Street West Bridge; and

Construction in an active rail corridor with limited access points and staging and coordination with the Barrie Rail Corridor Expansion Grading project.

For more information:

Infrastructure Ontario

Metrolinx

Contacts:

Lisa Campeotto

Infrastructure Ontario

416-452-0165

Metrolinx

416-202-5859

mediarelations@metrolinx.com

Transcribing City Council Discussions for greater Accessibility and Transparency

City Hall Hansard: Transcribing City Council Discussions for greater Accessibility and Transparency - by Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie

City Council Decision

City Council on April 16 and 17, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the City Clerk to report to the Special Committee on Governance, for consideration as part of the Committee's work plan, on the feasibility of implementing accurate time effective transcription of meetings of City Council and the various committees, boards, agencies and special committees and such report to include:   a. a review of the transcription services used in other jurisdictions, including the Provincial and Federal Governments;   b. the cost of implementing such transcription services;   c. a scan of technologies that could perform accurate time effective transcription services; and   d. an analysis of the equity impact of transcription services.

Background Information (City Council)

Member Motion MM6.15  (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-131844.pdf)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried) Speaker Frances Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM6.15 be referred to the Special Committee on Governance. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral. Vote (Waive Referral) Apr-17-2019 2:14 PM Result: Carried Two-Thirds Required - MM6.15 - Waive referral Yes: 21 Paul Ainslie, Ana Bailão, Brad Bradford, Shelley Carroll, Mike Colle, Gary Crawford, Joe Cressy, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Mark Grimes, Cynthia Lai, Mike Layton, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Jaye Robinson, Michael Thompson, Kristyn Wong-Tam  No: 3 Stephen Holyday, Jim Karygiannis, Denzil Minnan-Wong  Absent: 2 Michael Ford, John Tory  Motion to Adopt Item (Carried) Vote (Adopt Item) Apr-17-2019 4:18 PM Result: Carried Majority Required - MM6.15 - Adopt the item Yes: 12 Ana Bailão, Brad Bradford, Shelley Carroll, Gary Crawford, Cynthia Lai, Mike Layton, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam  No: 8 Mike Colle, John Filion, Stephen Holyday, Jim Karygiannis, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson  Absent: 6 Paul Ainslie, Joe Cressy, Paula Fletcher, Michael Ford, Mark Grimes, Michael Thompson  Point of Privilege by Councillor Shelley Carroll Councillor Carroll, rising on a Point of Privilege, stated that she did not appreciate being admonished by the Speaker for laughing and that the Member who made the joke should be admonished.

St. Lawrence Market North Building, to cost $91,800,000

City Council award a contract for Tender Call Number 319-2018 for the construction of the new St. Lawrence Market North Building to The Buttcon Limited/The Atlas Corporation in the amount of $91,800,000 net of all taxes ($93,415,680 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), including all allowances, contingencies, and charges, being the lowest compliant bid in conformance with the Tender requirements. 5.  City Council amend Purchase Order Number 6034062 issued to Adamson Associates Architects by an additional amount of $560,142 net of all taxes and charges ($570,000 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current Purchase Order value from $5,260,000 to $5,820,142 net of all taxes and charges ($5,922,576 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), for ongoing contract administration services and expertise for the duration of the construction project.

Background Information (Committee)

(April 5, 2019) Report from the Interim General Manager, Facilities Management, and the Chief Purchasing Officer on Redevelopment of St. Lawrence Market North - Construction Contract Award and Amendment to Project Capital Budget  (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gl/bgrd/backgroundfile-131730.pdf)

Communications (Committee)

(April 19, 2019) Letter from Richard J. Anobile, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (GL.New.GL4.07.01)  (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gl/comm/communicationfile-93745.pdf) (April 18, 2019) Letter from George Milbrandt, St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area (GL.New.GL4.07.02)  (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gl/comm/communicationfile-93765.pdf) (April 18, 2019) Letter from Daniel H. Eldridge, St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Committee (GL.New.GL4.07.03) (April 22, 2019) Letter from Simon Miles (GL.New.GL4.07.04) (April 22, 2019) Letter from Carol Mark (GL.New.GL4.07.05) (April 22, 2019) E-mail from Odysseas Gounalakis, Scheffler's Delicatessen and Cheese and St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Committee (GL.New.GL4.07.06) (April 22, 2019) E-mail from Robert Biancolin (GL.New.GL4.07.07) (April 23, 2019) Letter from Suzanne Kavanagh, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (GL.New.GL4.07.08)  (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gl/comm/communicationfile-93751.pdf) Vote (Adopt Item) May-14-2019 4:58 PM Result: Carried Majority Required - GL4.7 - Adopt the item Yes: 21 Ana Bailão, Brad Bradford, Shelley Carroll, Mike Colle, Gary Crawford, Joe Cressy, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Michael Ford, Stephen Holyday, Jim Karygiannis, Cynthia Lai, Mike Layton, Josh Matlow, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Michael Thompson, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam  No: 2 Denzil Minnan-Wong, Jaye Robinson  Absent: 3 Paul Ainslie, Mark Grimes, Jennifer McKelvie

Robert’s Gallery, moving from Yonge St, to the Junction Triangle

Yonge St has been the location of one of Toronto’s preemptive Gallery’s for decades at 641 Yonge, The Roberts Gallery.

Their building has been sold of and they are moving to 631 Dupont Street., a cross from the 

Loblaws store, although they will be using a interim space at 300 Campbell Avenue, Suite 203. until their conversion of three buildings into the new gallery is completed.

Junction 8th Annual Summer Solstice Festival road clourse notice

We would like to kindly advise you of the full road closure on Dundas St. W. from 2:00 AM on Saturday, June 22, 2019 until 4:00 AM on Sunday, June 23, 2019 due to The Junction 8th Annual Summer Solstice Festival. The area affected is from the east side of High Park Avenue to the west side of Keele Street, and from the east side of Keele St. to the west side of Indian Grove. Keele St. will remain open to traffic.

 

As a result of this road closure, the entrances onto Dundas St. W. from Pacific Ave., Medland St., Mavety St., Keele St., Heintzman St., and Indian Grove will be blocked off between 5:00 AM on Saturday, June 22, 2019 and 2:00 AM on Sunday, June 23, 2019. Any vehicle parked within this public road closure during this time will be towed at the owner’s expense.

 

Event Purpose: The Junction 8th Annual Summer Solstice Festival is an event celebrating the beginning of summer and the longest day of the year. It showcases neighbourhood businesses by inviting both local residents and visitors to explore The Junction. This beloved community event includes live music, an art market, food + craft vendors, street performers, and lots of fun for the whole family!  We hope you will join us!

 

Event Date: Saturday, June 22, 2019

Suzuki Butterflyway project Toronto, happy people

Gardiner expressway under structure repair and make ready for new cast sections.

June is National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month

Enjoy a month-long series of events, educational, cultural, and culinary experiences during National Indigenous History Month. Celebrate the heritage, contributions and cultures of Indigenous peoples in Canada all June long at Toronto History Museums. 

Indigenous Arts Festival – June 21 to 23

Enjoy the annual Indigenous Arts Festival at Fort York National Historic Site! Celebrate traditional and contemporary Indigenous theatre, storytelling, film, crafts, and culinary experiences. Featuring  performances by Indigenous artists from across Turtle Island, including Beatrice Deer, Quantum Tangle, Fawn Big Canoe, Jah'kota and more.

The festival is produced by the City of Toronto in partnership with Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Na-Me-Res, the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, and The Friends of Fort York. The festival is presented by Tim Hortons with financial support from the Government of Canada.