Month: June 2008Page 1 of 2
The north west corner of Weston Rd north of St Clair Ave., a corner that helped to form the beginning of the junction community, is to be redeveloped…
…even though it’s a long weekend the Sorauren Farmers’ Market will take place today Monday June 30th. There will be live music, a market bingo, and a fairy…
Hey, there are studios for rent on Vine ave numbers 142 to 144 which was the A and B plastic building – until the mid 80’s? and more…
CP Rail is now selling a portion of the West Toronto yard to be used for a housing development. Most likely the front row of houses will front…
Using census data to identify problems the Fraser Institute has cited Toronto as a declining city, the census data does provide this sort of picture. While neighborhood people…
Picture credit – 416style flickr The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and the City of Toronto are examining routes to extend streetcar service westward from Exhibition Place (where it…
This an fine looking home in a nice neighborhood – still an affordable neighborhood yet still with a little excitement from the grit. Highlighted in green below in…
On Industry Ave just above Eglinton Ave at Black Creek Rd. you can see the last twisted remnants of the old Kodak plant gate. Through the gate you…
The West Toronto Junction Historical Society has placed a video of their Walking Tour on YouYube. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_POaQrUNak&eurl=http://video.google.ca/
For ever – is the approx time people on Vine Ave and the greater junction have been waiting, to have sidewalks placed on the north side of the…
The Big on Bloor fest – they were so tight for space, with over 400 tables booked and all the performance and art exhibits – but it all…
Picture credit – rachaelvoorhees FlickrGetting speed bumps and or no through traffic signs, or a reduction in speed to 30 km in the City of Toronto is long…
This townhouse currently for sale just off Lakeshore Blvd is one very few homes in the West end that provide you with such a close view of the…
A meeting to discuss issues and and chat about the community – and meet each other at the Troubadour Bar 3071 Dundas St. West (at Quebec North side…
Walk though the Eglinton/Caledonia area – down through a side street and what you will see is the growth of small post war bungalows into mini mansions. The…
Open city is a Ontario College of Art and Design and City of Toronto effort to show design solutions for real neighborhoods in Toronto. While in the past…
Bedford Furniture Industries Inc. known to many people as King Koil – a mattress manufacturer sold it’s historical manufacturing site on February 24, 2006 for $14,700,000, an industrial…
The Toronto Star is reporting – once again t he St. Clair West streetcar right-of-way once again is mired in controversy as TTC officials yesterday threw cold water…
This building is tough, it has taken some knocks, and to discover whats going to be it’s fate is the question. For many years it was a green…
The West Bend Community Association – June Meeting 18 June 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Indian Road Crescent School 2nd floor staff room 285 Indian Road Crescent Guest…
Picture credit – junctioneer 2008 What would a person-on-the-street in the Palmerston area, out for house looking walk think about how the choices of these too people affect…
The current Etobicoke at 2201 Finch Ave West. Plans for a new provincial courthouse in the Six Points area of Etobicoke have become more expansive reports a story…
Picture credit – jbcurio The junction-parents blog community has a post concerning smoking around children and in parks thats is particularity relevant to the community and so important…
Christopher Hume at the star has an interesting article concerning Toronto and were it’s going. Want a new urban model? Go west Vancouver’s approach to city-building is now…
Restaurant opening update from a post By David Kathryn and Chef Pierre will be opening up their cafe will Cafe du Lac in Old Mimico this weekend for…