It's pretty hard to dig through the City's online Council documents, but with a little work I found that an application in March 2008 to include the church in the City's Inventory of Heritage Properties was approved in June 2008:
Emily and I had so much fun....thanks for organizing this great community event. I think there should be a standing invitation for Sunday picnics in Perth Park!
Part of today's concert with Pound for Pound in Perth Square Park has been posted on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpahkNDQf0w Thanks to William and Irmina for capturing the moment.
The rocks arrived at 6am this morning. Randolph will have a lockable bar so that GO can access the station. For Ernest Avenue there will be a stronger barrier erected that can withstand the trucks. Sadly the Solways customers trucks don't respond to anything but brute force.
Look for more Railpath new cool stuff in the next month or so.
That's great news, Kevin. Randolph will probably not be done with rocks, because there's a driveway crossing the Railpath to the GO station. But maybe they can put in some kind of lockable/movable barrier.
I noticed recently at Ernest Ave. that the metal "boulder" had been knocked off of its base, I'm guessing by a truck backing into it in front of Solways.
Just back from the Railpath where the City has installed large boulders at the entrances to the park from the side streets. This should finally put an end to cars driving on the Railpath. I saw the rocks at the Ruskin, Wallace and Ernest entrances, but it appears that Randolph is still to be done.
The summer is here, the weather is hot, people are thinking of vacations, barbeques and nice tall glasses of mojitos, especially since the new LCBO had their grand opening earlier in the week. In the midst of all the summer fun, school seems very far away. But before we know it, the CNE will start and that certainly marks the end of summer.
Before we see the end of the long, hot, leisurely days, please remember that Perth PS has a strong opportunity to boost it's academic choices with an early French Immersion program. Adding French Immersion would also pave the way, in a few years time, for the TDSB to revisit the issue of adding grades 7/8.
Please download a pre-written form letter, available just below the introductory paragraph on this web page. You can input all the information in the active fields of the .pdf letter and email as an attachment to PumpUpPerth@gmail.com. We will then print out the letter to collect and add to the others for delivery.
Most of the congregation now lives up near Steeles so most will not miss the drive. The few that still live downtown have told me they will commute to the new location.
Congratulations! Sounds like everyone is doing well.
Soccer was alot of fun. Only 3 adults showed up, but we managed to gather an ever-increasing number of kids of all-ages, and probably ended up with about 25 people. :)
Will definitely try to come out often. I need the exercise. I can ride my bike all day long, but this "running" thing is a whole different matter.
WOn't be out tonight - just got back from the hospital and have to feed the family. As an aside, but pretty relevant, our baby, Flora, was born last night. She looked like a soccer ball inside, and more like a baby on the outside.
See you guys out next Friday - hopefully it is cooler out!
Have fun.
I know the sale has been bitter sweet for some attendees. They are going to miss this great church and neighbourhood location but are looking forward to a new and bigger place with better parking facilities.
The fourth and final event in the Junction Triangle Electric Train Music Series is happening this Sunday, July 25 at 12:30 p.m. in Perth Square Park (Perth Ave, 1 Block South of Dupont). Help us "Drum Diesel Out of Town" with a performance by Pound for Pound. The event is free and everyone is welcome.
The church will be a loft conversion. The sale took a while as they had to make sure that it could pass muster at City planning. It will be cool to have new people around but keep some physical history of the past. The church replaced the smaller original church at Ernest Avenue and Perth in 1913. Hopefully the Adventists will enjoy their new home.
Good luck! And I think you have much more important things to take care of than soccer, so don't worry if you can't make it. Though someone else will need to bring a ball. I don't have one.
So - my wife is in labour - not sure if I will be around for tomorrow night - you know, these things go according to their own plan. If I can be there - then great. If not, someone bring some soccer balls, and the field you can use will be the southern one - next to the hockey arena and basketball courts.
If you want to play, last week was great and it would be fantastic to see more of the same. I will try to come out, but if I can't - well, I'm sure most of you would understand.
The "sold" signs went up on the church a couple of weeks ago. Everyone keeps asking me about this, but I don't know any further details about it. So I thought I'd just revive this forum topic and see if anyone else knows who bought it, what's happening with the site, etc.
The "Junction Triangle" page that's up there right now appears to be an auto-generated Facebook page for a neighbourhood, based on Wikipedia content. It seems to just tack on other mentions of "Junction Triangle" in the posts. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junction-Triangle/104040339632652
My links were to show the base theory of the paradox because it seems to make no sense if you paraphrase it. Traffic engineers understand how this paradox is applied to traffic and, like the "no sign" theories in Holland, fee per km taxation and and other innovations, the lessons of the paradox are being implemented in the real world now.
Most modern traffic theory books such as "The High Cost of Free Parking" acknowledge the paradox and seek implementation based on its premise. Its worth noting that "congestion" is a catchall phrase that can encompass everything from travel time/destination to quality of street life. I believe that while the paradox in its original form is only about network, in the real world there are many other benefits or pitfalls to whatever the network is in (the community) as the result of the paradox. The two examples in my link deal with that. IN the case of NY I have seen the results first hand and would say that they illustrate the point quite well.
The articles in the link do not agree with your summary. You state that adding capacity tends to increase congestion. That is not supported by either article. They are closer to saying an increase MAY increase congestion, this would reflect terrible network design. Look at the physical example at the bottom of the davros article. If the middle string carries no load; cutting it would make no difference. Only through extremely contrived conditions could it be so detrimental.
"If roadways reflected the volume of traffic, there would not be gridlock and cars could enjoy an easy commute".
That's why we must start getting away from the car culture now.
We need road tolls to discourage private cars plus smarter ways to transport goods (rail, smaller trucks, scheduled deliveries/pickup outside of rush hours, etc).
We also need cheap, reliabe, accessible public transit.
It's pretty hard to dig through the City's online Council documents, but with a little work I found that an application in March 2008 to include the church in the City's Inventory of Heritage Properties was approved in June 2008:
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-13230.pdf
and
http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2437888&...
Could be an interesting loft project, I imagine...
Dusk Dances is awesome...don't miss it. Its also a great way to meet new friends.
Emily and I had so much fun....thanks for organizing this great community event. I think there should be a standing invitation for Sunday picnics in Perth Park!
Part of today's concert with Pound for Pound in Perth Square Park has been posted on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpahkNDQf0w Thanks to William and Irmina for capturing the moment.
That icx listing is offline now - does anyone have pics of the inside of the church elsewhere? Would love to see what it looks like.
The rocks arrived at 6am this morning. Randolph will have a lockable bar so that GO can access the station. For Ernest Avenue there will be a stronger barrier erected that can withstand the trucks. Sadly the Solways customers trucks don't respond to anything but brute force.
Look for more Railpath new cool stuff in the next month or so.
That's great news, Kevin. Randolph will probably not be done with rocks, because there's a driveway crossing the Railpath to the GO station. But maybe they can put in some kind of lockable/movable barrier.
I noticed recently at Ernest Ave. that the metal "boulder" had been knocked off of its base, I'm guessing by a truck backing into it in front of Solways.
Just back from the Railpath where the City has installed large boulders at the entrances to the park from the side streets. This should finally put an end to cars driving on the Railpath. I saw the rocks at the Ruskin, Wallace and Ernest entrances, but it appears that Randolph is still to be done.
The summer is here, the weather is hot, people are thinking of vacations, barbeques and nice tall glasses of mojitos, especially since the new LCBO had their grand opening earlier in the week. In the midst of all the summer fun, school seems very far away. But before we know it, the CNE will start and that certainly marks the end of summer.
Before we see the end of the long, hot, leisurely days, please remember that Perth PS has a strong opportunity to boost it's academic choices with an early French Immersion program. Adding French Immersion would also pave the way, in a few years time, for the TDSB to revisit the issue of adding grades 7/8.
Please download a pre-written form letter, available just below the introductory paragraph on this web page. You can input all the information in the active fields of the .pdf letter and email as an attachment to PumpUpPerth@gmail.com. We will then print out the letter to collect and add to the others for delivery.
Thank you!
Most of the congregation now lives up near Steeles so most will not miss the drive. The few that still live downtown have told me they will commute to the new location.
Congratulations! Sounds like everyone is doing well.
Soccer was alot of fun. Only 3 adults showed up, but we managed to gather an ever-increasing number of kids of all-ages, and probably ended up with about 25 people. :)
Will definitely try to come out often. I need the exercise. I can ride my bike all day long, but this "running" thing is a whole different matter.
WOn't be out tonight - just got back from the hospital and have to feed the family. As an aside, but pretty relevant, our baby, Flora, was born last night. She looked like a soccer ball inside, and more like a baby on the outside.
See you guys out next Friday - hopefully it is cooler out!
Have fun.
I know the sale has been bitter sweet for some attendees. They are going to miss this great church and neighbourhood location but are looking forward to a new and bigger place with better parking facilities.
Jeff got a soccer ball for his birthday this morning! He will be there..... We'll be on the sidelines cheering.
The fourth and final event in the Junction Triangle Electric Train Music Series is happening this Sunday, July 25 at 12:30 p.m. in Perth Square Park (Perth Ave, 1 Block South of Dupont). Help us "Drum Diesel Out of Town" with a performance by Pound for Pound. The event is free and everyone is welcome.
The church will be a loft conversion. The sale took a while as they had to make sure that it could pass muster at City planning. It will be cool to have new people around but keep some physical history of the past. The church replaced the smaller original church at Ernest Avenue and Perth in 1913. Hopefully the Adventists will enjoy their new home.
Geeze, way to let us down. ;-)
Good luck! And I think you have much more important things to take care of than soccer, so don't worry if you can't make it. Though someone else will need to bring a ball. I don't have one.
Cheers,
Vic
So - my wife is in labour - not sure if I will be around for tomorrow night - you know, these things go according to their own plan. If I can be there - then great. If not, someone bring some soccer balls, and the field you can use will be the southern one - next to the hockey arena and basketball courts.
If you want to play, last week was great and it would be fantastic to see more of the same. I will try to come out, but if I can't - well, I'm sure most of you would understand.
Hope I get to have fun with you!
Cheers.
-cc
The "sold" signs went up on the church a couple of weeks ago. Everyone keeps asking me about this, but I don't know any further details about it. So I thought I'd just revive this forum topic and see if anyone else knows who bought it, what's happening with the site, etc.
Any ideas / insights?
The "Junction Triangle" page that's up there right now appears to be an auto-generated Facebook page for a neighbourhood, based on Wikipedia content. It seems to just tack on other mentions of "Junction Triangle" in the posts.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junction-Triangle/104040339632652
Other examples:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bloor-West-Village/108025022559884?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roncesvalles/105472762820403?ref=ts
There's also this group for The Junction that uses "Junction Triangle" in their description. They should correct that. :-)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2231302787
And of course...all local parents should be following the Junction Triangle Parents FB group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133338083345335
My links were to show the base theory of the paradox because it seems to make no sense if you paraphrase it. Traffic engineers understand how this paradox is applied to traffic and, like the "no sign" theories in Holland, fee per km taxation and and other innovations, the lessons of the paradox are being implemented in the real world now.
http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/cornell-info204/2010/04/13/braesss-paradox-...
Most modern traffic theory books such as "The High Cost of Free Parking" acknowledge the paradox and seek implementation based on its premise. Its worth noting that "congestion" is a catchall phrase that can encompass everything from travel time/destination to quality of street life. I believe that while the paradox in its original form is only about network, in the real world there are many other benefits or pitfalls to whatever the network is in (the community) as the result of the paradox. The two examples in my link deal with that. IN the case of NY I have seen the results first hand and would say that they illustrate the point quite well.
So some idiot on a bike pissed you off. Get over it.
Check out what cars do:
http://www.thestar.com/staticcontent/810060
The articles in the link do not agree with your summary. You state that adding capacity tends to increase congestion. That is not supported by either article. They are closer to saying an increase MAY increase congestion, this would reflect terrible network design. Look at the physical example at the bottom of the davros article. If the middle string carries no load; cutting it would make no difference. Only through extremely contrived conditions could it be so detrimental.
See above - just bringing attention to it...
"If roadways reflected the volume of traffic, there would not be gridlock and cars could enjoy an easy commute".
That's why we must start getting away from the car culture now.
We need road tolls to discourage private cars plus smarter ways to transport goods (rail, smaller trucks, scheduled deliveries/pickup outside of rush hours, etc).
We also need cheap, reliabe, accessible public transit.