I stopped in for a take away lunch and was delighted to see Peter still going strong and making those great smoked meat sandwiches.
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Sunday was party day at Portland Place as they celebrated 25 sterling years of long-term, not-for-profit housing to women, men, and families. On hand to help mark the occasion were residents, neighbours, sponsors, partners, and of course, the wonderful staff, past and present. Neighbours know how important Portland is to the community and many residents are also gardeners in Alex Wilson Community Garden next door. Cheers to all for this great anniversary!
Saturday, September 10 was the scene of the passing from BUILD Toronto to the developer of the Waterworks, now its official name. Here are two photos: the inside of the future food hall which will overlook St. Andrew's Playground, and Valerie Eggertson with Joe Cressy meeting Mayor John Tory.
Sunday was the perfect day to visit Roncesvalles for their annual Polish Street Festival. Lots and lots of people taking in the sights, tasting food and drink from the many vendors, along with activities for children were among the delights. Great to see the GDNA's own T.O. Leather from Spadina. Here's Toros taking in the fine day with some of his leather goods on offer:
In this post I am expressing my own opinion, not necessarily that of the GDNA as a whole ... as many of our members hold divers opinions on this subject.
I applaud the City's announcement concerning its plans to pursue the creation a new 21-acre public park over the rail corridor in downtown Toronto. It will be expensive and it will not fulfill immediate needs for green space but it is commendable that some of our politicians and bureaucrats are thinking past a few terms in office. If we are short of park space now while we number in the tens of thousands, I cannot imagine how deficient we will be when the number of our residents soars to the hundreds of thousands. How livable would New York City be today if some prescient powers had not set aside the 750 acres that eventually became its glorious Central Park? Acreage that was available in 1853 would have been impossible to claim only decades later. Even though not as spectacular, the Rail Deck Park in Toronto is at least part of "our" Central Park. If the air rights for these 21-acres are not purchased now, the developers will soon start swarming and, in a couple of decades, there won't be anything left to convert to parkland. During discussions related to the Ace Hotel development at 51 Camden, existing and potential traffic issues were tabled. Options for a resolution were proposed and one of them resonated with the City: making Brant Street and Maud Street one way. To understand and assess this proposal, Joe Cressy and the City of Toronto Transportation staff invite locals to walk these streets and discuss the pros and cons of such a possible change.
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