Junction Triangle

what community initiative? Claming that this community is nameless in an initative. This community has a name and it was here before I was born. It is called the Juction Triangle. I am tired of reading in the news papers about how this community has no name and Kevin is tired of telling people were he lives. You live in the Junction Triangle it has always been the Juction Triangle. I know that I am not the only one upset about your process, others have written about how they feel and the community that they live in is the Juction Triangle. When someone first moves into the community you ask. We are proud of this little Hamlet. I would not live anywere else. Sometimes I wish I could shake the stuffing out of you and perhaps knock some sence into all of you.

Wikipedia defines ghetto as "...a neighbourhood based on shared ethnicity. By contrast, identification of an area as a slum is based solely on socio-economic criteria, not on racial, ethnic, or religious criteria."

Are you comparing the mural to a slum? Here's a link to a photo of a slum somewhere in the world: http://images.world66.com/sl/um/_q/slum_quarter_in_th_1_galleryfull

Either way -- I just don't see slum or ghetto when I look at the mural.

Its only there for a couple of weeks so chill out. Its a clever short term use of space for the common good. I find the use of the word (correctly spelled) ghetto to seem somewhat loaded. Colour and expression is welcome on a drab building.Be FOR something.

I think it looks better than before. It's a falling-down tin-can shanty that was covered in tags and garbage. At least it's colourful now, and is being used to promote a community initiative during its last couple of weeks before demolition.

Knowing Jack he would rather do what he is doing and keep polititions honest then run for office. He has been ask many times and he always has said "NO". What signs or poster are you talking about?

What a wonderful homage.

I have a feeling that the run up to this year's election will be a hot one at all levels, from mayor, to councillor, and right down to trustee.

Last night there was an unsigned rumour posted here about someone running for trustee, which spawned some responses from that perspective candidate. It turned nasty rather quickly.

Let's keep in mind that rumours are rumours. If you have information to share, make sure it's verifiable, especially when it concerns a person. Keep responses civil too.

Here's a reminder to read the Code of Conduct before posting.

The City of Toronto Archives labels that photo as "Dupont and Perth, northwest corner". Here's what I think:

• It looks like the building was expanded north to take over the land where those garages were (or completely rebuilt?)
• Look at the building next to it on Dupont (yellow top in the 2009 pic). Identical structure and setback, just a different awning and other minor features now.
• The two houses on the north side match up in the old/new pics
• The building on the south-east corner has different windows, and even has an old Cowan's Cocoa mural on it that certainly pre-dates 1958.

I'm 99.9% sure this is the same location.

Thanks for posting this, Scott. You beat me to it. :-)

Some people might wonder why this meeting notice is posted here, and why it's important for our neighbourhood.

One important thing to consider is that this new pedestrian/cyclist link over the railway tracks will be built near the end of Phase II of the West Toronto Railpath. It will be important for the designers of the King Liberty link to take the Railpath plans into account and make sure it all connects together, and that one project does not preclude the other.

Imagine being able to walk or cycle on a car-free path all the way from Cariboo Ave. down to the Liberty Village / Strachan Ave. area, with an easy connection down to the Martin Goodman Trail along the waterfront.....

-Vic

That seems like a crucial point here -- where there are gardens, there is very likely less garbage. Partly because it is more regularly maintained than an ordinary park, by the gardeners themselves, and maybe even because people are less likely to dump their chip bags and pop cans where things are growing. Maybe I'm naive but it makes sense to me. I have also heard from friends who garden at Dupont that there is no rat problem. In a well-maintained garden, that should be the case. We have a garden in our backyard and there are no rats there either!

If the Symington Garden is only a few feet from the CP rail do they have the same problem with rats as the other residents keep talking about or were steps taken to reduce the problem? What were these steps?

FYI: links discussing urban green spaces, whether it's park space or community gardening -- both have their positive points.

http://www.evergreen.ca/en/index.sn
Evergreen is a not-for-profit organization that makes cities more livable. By deepening the connection between people and nature, and empowering Canadians to take a hands-on approach to their urban environments, Evergreen is improving the health of our cities—now and for the future.

The health of Canada's cities depends on our ability to sustain green spaces that provide a natural refuge for our minds and bodies within the reality of on-going urban development.

Many municipalities and community groups are exploring how they can come together to protect and restore urban and suburban green spaces.

Evergreen's team of Evergreen's team of ecologists, environmental educators, urban planners, social workers, community animators and food gardening specialists has a proven ability to conserve, regenerate and sustain nature in urban environments.

http://www.toronto.ca/health/tfpc_hunger.pdf
City of Toronto
Reducing urban hunger in Ontario: policy responses to support the transition from food charity to local food security.

In the past 15 years, our perceptions of food banks have changed dramatically. First seen by policy makers and the general public as an emergency, short-term and caring response to what was supposed to be a time-limited hunger problem, they are now viewed, at least implicitly and often reluctantly, as one of the cornerstones of society's anti-hunger and anti-poverty strategy. Although there is much talk about eliminating the need for them, concrete strategies to effect such an outcome remain elusive.

In this discussion paper we present an evolutionary series of policy initiatives designed to reduce the need for food banks. These initiatives recognize both the government's fiscal dilemmas and the responsibility of many sectors of society for both the current problem and the potential solutions.

http://www.sustainablefood.org/article/articleview/11054/1/484
Sustainable Food
Low-income urban areas in the U.S. have poor food access, high rates of obesity, diabetes and asthma, high unemployment levels, and populations with low levels of education and little or no job training. Grassroots urban agriculture projects provide important, if small scale, relief for all of these issues. Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising rapidly in low-income areas due in part to lack of access to healthy food. Some cities and states address food poverty and access issues with food policy councils that look at physical food access and public food procurement.

http://www.foodincmovie.com/
Food Inc.
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.