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Junction Commons Project survey about the old 11 division station

By On November 6, 2013 In 11 DIVISION Police Move, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park) With Comments Off on Junction Commons Project survey about the old 11 division station Permanent Link to Junction Commons Project survey about the old 11 division stationPermalink

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Hi There Friends and Neighbours,

I just wanted to let you know that there is a community consultation process underway focusing on future options for the former 11 division police station in the Junction. A group of local residents want to transform this vacant building into a dynamic, welcoming and engaging Community Hub for people of all ages. This initiative is known as the Junction Commons Project or JCP for short!

We want to know what you think. We want to hear your ideas.

What can you do to help?

1. take our 10 minute survey http://tinyurl.com/theJCP

2. share this email with your friends/neighbours

3. share any facebook/twitter posts you see

4. Come out to our TOWN HALL at the 3030 (3030 Dundas West) on November 25th at 7 PM to discuss the possibilities!

 
Want more information?Sign up to our mailing list at:
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or stay in touch with:
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Simple thought on why the community needs the old 11 division lot

By On November 12, 2012 In 11 DIVISION Police Move, City of Toronto, Junction Public Space Initiative, Parkdale, Public space, The Junction, Toronto Police Division 11 Relocation, Upper Junction, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park), West Bend With 1 Comment Permanent Link to Simple thought on why the community needs the old 11 division lotPermalink

Has anyone else noticed, the amount of community happenings at the 3030 restaurant on Dundas St.W. at High Park Ave. what 2 in past week?

Which is great, but it tweaked the blog again on how much this area needs the old police lot in the Junction as a community place.

Conversion of the current building or demo and build of a new building – which is probably the least costly choice.

Junction Rd / Weston Rd shutdown to last for months more.

By On April 5, 2012 In 11 DIVISION Police Move, Junction Triangle, North Junction, Railpath, Railways, Transportation, Ward 11 (York South-Weston}, Ward 12 – York South-Weston, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park), Ward 14 – (Parkdale-High Park), West Toronto Diamond project With 3 Comments Permanent Link to Junction Rd / Weston Rd shutdown to last for months more.Permalink

The west Toronto Diamond separation projection will keep the Junction Rd / Weston Rd roadway shutdown to last for months more.

This section of the airport rail link involves the construction of a major underpass where one railroad track will pass over another.

Historically the trains traveled over trackage that crossed each other at a level crossing, requiring one train to stop while another passed.

All this construction will remove this rail travel limitation.

The congestion this construction causes it appears to be a major headache for the local police who have to come down to southern part of their division by Keele St only.

The reopening of the Junction Rd / Weston Rd way will allow the police a much quicker travel way into the south end of their division.

So what’s the work at the Junction Rd / Weston Rd diamond separate now.

Here are a number of photographs of the site currently. The large round objects are the concrete filled steel tubes that will
form the barrier wall as the dig out the ground to form the underpass.

The following images are of sound deadening shrouds used during the driving in of the steel piles.

The blog intends to put a page of all the image being sent in once the uploading issue presently troubling the blog is fixed.

What they have… we don’t in community building resources

By On August 24, 2011 In 11 DIVISION Police Move, Bloordale, buildings, Development, The Junction, Toronto Police Division 11 Relocation, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park) With 1 Comment Permanent Link to What they have… we don’t in community building resourcesPermalink

The reason for the trip to the Bloordale area today was to visit Nelison Park Creative Centre, a place for families and children, a making place for kids, a leaning environment for everyone for everyone.

A gallery, a community meeting place ringing with light sounds from adult classes and kids summer events, which I can hear as I sit in the gallery.

Why provide you with all this information about a building and it’s community two citys wards away and blocks from the Junction? Well the local police will move from their current building on 209 Mavety St in the next month or so.

When · 11 Division, on Mavety St. leaves the city will offer the building internally to any department in need of it. Or worse sell it! .. For development, to private businesses for use.

Yet this blog believes the community should have the building for it’s own uses. In our ward the community has a very special place in the area of Swansea the Swansea Town Hall. This building is wonderful for the community, ward 13’s current councillor came out the town hall, undoubtedly having community gain opinions and knowledge of her while she worked there. What a great way to see the values and operational skills of a future politician.

Yet it is not of the Junction, Swansea Town Hall. It’s too far for families to walk to. Activities and needs for the local people probably differ in many ways. The Junction is much more urban and industrially gritty than Sawnsea. Further the Junction is strip community straddling a rail network.

The Junction consisting of the Upper Junction and lower Junction could benefit greatly from the conversion of the police station into community use.

What could it be like … Here are a few photos of the Nelison Park Creative Centre in Bloordale. Left out are images of the activity rooms as they were occupied with people.

 

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11 DIVISION Police Move photo update

By On January 7, 2010 In 11 DIVISION Police Move, Old Mill, Parkdale, Roncesvalles Village, South Junction Triangle, Swansea, The Junction, Toronto Police Division 11 Relocation, Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park), Ward 14 – (Parkdale-High Park), West Bend With 3 Comments Permanent Link to 11 DIVISION Police Move photo updatePermalink

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at the rear of the school the 1st outside of the teardown appear

When we last checked in on this school near the corner of Davenport Rd and Old Weston Rd the demo work, was only beginning to start with surveying being done.

Now it’s looking like the finish line for the school  is in sight, though it doesn’t seem as though the big machines will be arriving in the next month if Priestly Demolition Inc follows it;s normal timeline  of removing the building inter 1st of salvageable materials . As we noted a year ago, the school is being  demolished to make way for the development of the new police 11 division station.