Vine Ave parkette baseball diamond coming down.. if the crew returns Wednesday the 18th it will be completely gone.

[caption id="attachment_7693" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The west fence wall"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_7694" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="note the chain link fencing material missing from the structure"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_7696" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="a last night for the probably 1972 installed diamond, it replaced 6 Sur Gain grain silos"][/caption]



UPDATED

The blog has  a image of what was planned, although I do not what changes have been made since this image was distributed.

A commenter's stated he had spoken to the  parks personal dismantling the diamond and was told it was to be a new play structure.

So I thought I would post the image

I know the Junction Residents Association held info sessions about this, which I was unable to attend and they may (probably) had more up to date plans. The  City of  Toronto has narrowly defined suppliers and type list for playground structures. This limited choice is probably and risk management  driven plan, rather than a disengagement of the the parks designers with what Toronto communities what.

 

the image...

[caption id="attachment_7720" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Toronto Parks Image"][/caption]

 

Minutes for March 12 JRA Meeting

 You can now download the minutes from the March 12 Junction Residents Association here.  And, they will soon be available on our wiki, which also has other information of interest, as well as minutes from our past meetings.  If you have any suggestions or would like to contribute to the wiki, please contact us.  We would like it to be a rich resource not only for those wishing to know more about the JRA, but our West Toronto neighbourhood. 

If you'd like to view the webcast of the meeting, click the webcast image below.  Our next broadcast will be of our first free lecture: The History of West Toronto Junction Fire Station No.1 which will be held on March 30th from 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM at the Annette Street Library.



Thanks to the 40some people that attended live and via the web, and a big thank-you to Pam Mountain from the Annette Street Library for taking the minutes.

In lieu of our next scheduled JRA meeting, we invite you to attend the first public meeting on the Junction Public Space Project, May 14 at the Keele Community Centre, 7pm.

Thanks,

www.junctionra.ca

junctionra@gmail.com

 

 

Toronto parking Auth. plan for new sign at 400 Keele St. Lot

With an American company named Allvision with a office in Mississauga, the City of Toronto is attempting  to understanding the value of existing and undeveloped outdoor advertising assets, to
advise and provide a city-wide strategic plan for the TPA’s aging outdoor advertisement
portfolio. The existing portfolio of signs were all built prior to amalgamation and are
located in 3 of the 4 new community council areas. {city report}



Allvision remit was to update the overall aesthetics of the signage, they did this by solicited offers from qualified bidders to modernize and replace the existing portfolio of signs, the city report claims the result was a significant upgrade in terms of appearance and quality, which could be said to be true looking at the before and after images from the report.



The columns have been designed by internationally renowned designer Jeremy
Kramer (designer of new street furniture in Toronto).

This report provides supplemental information to the sign variance application presented by
Mr. Lorne Persiko, Vice President, Real Estate & Development on behalf of the Toronto Parking Authority, for approval of variances for a newly designed Illuminated, Trivision Ground sign at 400 Keele Street.

STAFF REPORT INFORMATION ONLY Full report [opens in new window]

Picture Credit - City of Toronto Reports