….while a motion to convene a team of experts to explore the potential of creating a conservancy model for running the local zoo. YEA!
On Sept 27th the councillors presented passed 23 to 22. The motion asks that the general manager of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation seek requests for expression of interest proposals for the High Park Zoo and Toronto Island Park.
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For a few days driving along Annette Srt., the brown paper covered windows of the JDD hardware indicated to this author that the store was closed for good, gone lost to the community. But no… walking by the store a day or two ago the renovation sign was seen, they are just doing a renovation. Great as local small independently run hardware stores are the coolest thong a community can have.
516 Annette Street at Runnymede Road Toronto, Ontario M6P 1S3 (416) 767-7757
Just hope that the renovation does not mean the lost of all the great stuff in the windows.
Located on north side about 20 meters from Runnymede Rd heading east, on the road the has a text entitling it Very Berry.
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Just south on the west side of the Bell Canada co–locate building on Runnymede Rd stands this venerable hydro post, having textured itself so well with the weather and the street traffic shakes.
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The past month or so, a greater amount of illegal dumping has occurred in the hood. A few examples.
Today sept 28th 2011 Vine parkette
Mulock Ave dumping Sept 26th -2011 12-50PM
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Although this author liked the installation last time when the play station to the east went up when the community piled in the wood chips, see this post
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sorry about the blur the combo of my hands and fence proved difficult
Attempting to photograph this huge and complicated play structure it appeared to this author early this morning to somewhat funny as to the layers of seemingly fun yet an exciting and scary obstacle course in all vectors of x y and z.
The back lot green area, which is a bit difficult to get to now from the east or mid entrance of the park is being wonderfully grassed over.
The new grassed area - grassed over baseball diamond area - think the blog will refer to it as the back lot
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Granted this author can get very excited about a new art book that even has a sprinkle of content regarding situationist art theory, and quite jumpy at a design book usually going thought 5 new ones a day.
So when this book showed up on a post on grain edit, knowing this firms west Toronto location and great history happy times were here.
You seen the work regularly the… CBC logo 
Burton Kramer Identities is an important and comprehensive book on the work of a leading Canadian designer, educator and painter, who practiced for over 50 years.
Kramer began his design career in the New York office of Will Burtin and went on to work at Geigy under Gottfried Honegger. In 1961, he moved to Zurich, Switzerland, as Chief Designer at the E. Halpern Agency, where he created award-winning work. In 1965, Kramer moved to Toronto to work on graphics and signage for Expo 67. In 1967, he founded Kramer Design Associates, creating identity programs for the Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Educational Television and in 1974, his well-known logo and identity program for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
His logos and corporate identity work have been published in numerous books and journals worldwide. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from ArtsToronto; in 2002, the Province of Ontario awarded him the Order of Ontario for his cultural contributions; and in 2003, the Ontario College of Art & Design granted him an honorary doctorate, D.Des.
Since about 2001, Kramer’s focus has shifted from design to painting. His abstract, geometry-based, lyrical, colorist paintings have been shown regularly in galleries in Europe, Mexico, Colombia, the USA and Canada.
a current design of their street furniture…
Current office of the firm is at Kramer Design Associates (KDA)
103 Dupont Street
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Don’t lose out by not visiting a blog enetiled bricoleurbanism, its just great, so great that I will shut up and beg u a visit there.
Recently new bike racks have been installed on the east side of Keele St. outside the condo development Heintzman Place (formally Village by the Park), seemingly designed as short term use spots as defined by the cities guidelines, yet surely wanted to become long term uses spaces for nearby residents.
This author can only guess – with a strong possibility of correctness — that Heintzman Place is very short of bike spaces for its residents, many condo projects are.
Always wanting greater bike and stroller mob parking in the Junction, these spots are welcome in principal. But at what cost to the poor bikes and the people parking the bikes?
This area of sidewalk is well know for treacherous speeding cars that regularly grind against the curb. Splash floods of dirty oil and grit soaked water in the spring and summer while in the winter snow and ice pile onto the sidewalk packing to strength of a wall.
As usual in new condo spots the new management board adds addition spots on site and that will probably happen at Heintzman Place.
If you decide to use these spots be very careful, and do not step off the curb to set off north, because at this very spot a biker was killed a few years back. Of course riding under the CPA subway is just out, the road at the curb humps and rises and cars wiggle into the wall.
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The Kitchen Nano Garden is real and has wonderful benefits. Because it uses hydroponics to grow your garden, there is no need for dirt, harmful fertilizers or pesticides. The unit is a natural air purifier — a fragrant bonus and always a welcome addition to a kitchen or small space.
Its stacked, vertical design allows more growing space per square foot of floor space. The glass-walled refrigeratorlike appliance has movable shelves and hooks up to your plumbing. Recycling the used water and leftovers from your sink provide water and nutrients to the hydroponics. The LED lighting promotes plant growth.
“Light, water and nutrient supply is controllable, so users can decide the growth speed. It also lets users know when to provide water or nutrients to the plants,” states the company.
A touch panel makes it convenient for today’s busy lifestyles.
Hydroponic growing has been around for a long time. However, much of it comes with laborious setup and awkward equipment strewn about. When I saw this modern and convenient way to keep all the muss and fuss in one place, in the kitchen, I was excited about the possibilities. Although there is no news as to when the Kitchen Nano Garden will be made available to homeowners, I for one will be watching for opportunities to incorporate this technology into future kitchen designs.
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We all knew it was coming but its so sad to see the restaurant gone, The author would have voted for a stimulus package or a municipal economic action plan to keep them in the Junction for the food and the bragging rights to have such an inductive food delivery businesses in the Junction.
The restaurant has two other location, one in Toronto, and one in Barrie and OUR location is moving to Bloor West Village… ugh…I should be throwing myself on the floor about now for having to tap that out.
from their site…
WE HAVE MOVED!!!!
After a fruitful & happy three years in this location, Rawlicious has decided to make the move down to Bloor Street. We aren’t moving far though, just directly South between Runnymede & High Park. We know how important transit is to our valued customers so making it easier to get to us is a priority! We have loved this space & will always have a soft spot for the Junction.
It is an amazing community to live in and we will personally be supporters in many ways!
The last day for Rawlicious The Junction was August 28.
Our new address will be 2122 Bloor Street West and we will be opening late-September.
NEW OPENING DATE COMING SOON!
what we get to miss……
Raw food can take your health, your emotional happiness, your energy & vitality to a whole
new level and be unbelievably delicious. We are a living foods cafe, featuring an organic,
vegan and very tasty menu to sit or take away. We do not cook anything above 118F, so you get
all of the finest enzymes, vitamins and minerals in their naturally delicious state. Our food is
our fuel and we believe all of us should have access to clean, chemical free nutrition. We endeavour to be totally organic and raw, however a very small percentage of ingredients may not be raw eg: maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, etc. or 100% organic when an organic selection is simply unavailable.
Smoothies 16oz – $6.50
Tropical Green – Spinach, Kale, Banana, Mango, Pineapple
Creamsicle – Nutmilk, Orange, Avocado, Agave, Vanilla
Raspberry Bliss – Banana, Orange, Raspberry
EggNog – Nutmilk, Banana, Vanilla, Agave, Nutmeg & Cardamom
ChocoMinty – Nutmilk, Banana, Cacao, Agave & Peppermint
Strawberry Milkshake – Nutmilk, Stawberries, Avocado, Agave, Vanilla
Extras: Hemp Protein, Maca, Spirulina, Flax Seed Oil, Goji Berries $1ea.
Juices & Drinks 12oz / $7.50 or 16oz / $9.50
Veggie – Celery, Cucumber, Parsley, Carrot
Lean Green – Celery, Cucumber, Spinach, Kale
Energizer – Orange, Apple, Grapefruit
Pure Pleasure – Orange, Apple, Pineapple
Juice Extras: Ginger, Garlic, Lemon, Apple, Spirulina $1ea
Lea’s Lemonade – Freshly squeezed Lemons sweetened with Agave $4
Chocolate Nut Milk – Almond Milk, Cacao, Agave, Vanilla $4
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Over at the http://imaginingtoronto.com/ blog this article from April of 2011 provides an insight into that area rarely given in text about Toronto. When visiting jump down to A brief overview: text – a bit is re-posted here.
Contemporary Yorkville, a gentrified district of expensive boutiques and luxury condominiums whose spiritual epicentre is the intersection of Bloor Street and Avenue Road, owes the bulk of its literary reputation to a brief bohemian period that lasted less than a decade but has inspired at least two generations of writers eager to pay homage to the memory of a neighbourhood once known as Toronto’s very own Haight- Ashbury.
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