Railpath 30-Minute Cleanup
Kevin Putnam has organized a cleanup of the West Toronto Railpath. The City has not installed garbage bins along this park yet, though we're told they are coming soon, so there have been some issues with litter accumulating along the path. Here are the details for the cleanup effort:
A group of volunteers is meeting on Wednesday evening (Sept. 23) at 6:45 p.m. at the foot of the Wallace Street bridge to clean-up the garbage on the West Toronto Railpath. If you would like to join us, just bring a pair of work gloves and we will provide the bags. It's a great opportunity to do something nice for the hood, meet a few neighbours, get a little exercise and make the place look better for the hundreds of people who are using the trail everyday.
As always, if you're out walking in any of our local parks, why not stop to pick up some litter when you see it? If everyone can pick up a few pieces once in a while, the whole neighbourhood will be much cleaner, with just a small effort.
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The Railpath 30-Minute Clean-up
A group of volunteers is meeting on Wednesday evening (Sept. 23) at 6:45 p.m. at the foot of the Wallace Street bridge to clean-up the garbage on the West Toronto Railpath. If you would like to join us, just bring a pair of work gloves and we will provide the bags. It's a great opportunity to do something nice for the hood, meet a few neighbours, get a little exercise and make the place look better for the hundreds of people who are using the trail everyday.
Is the graffiti going to get
Is the graffiti going to get cleaned up as well? Why can't we have anything nice in this neighbourhood? The bridge st Bloor was tagged even before they had finished painting it. At least they were able to paint over it. And the one decal that was added has already lost his head. Someone has to know who is doing all this tagging.
Graffiti removal
Graffiti removal would take longer than a 30-minute cleanup.
It may also require some harsh chemicals, and/or a power-washer.
I would be extremely careful about using chemicals in a park for obvious reasons (kids and other people, dogs, plant growth etc.).
The City's website has some tips for graffiti removal, though they don't specifically name any "cleaning agents" that work well for this purpose, or anything that's actually safe to use.
Graffiti Removal
It appears that Toronto Hydro cleaned the graffiti off the side of their building at the end of Ruskin (which partly faces onto the Railpath). The tagging on a number of the light standards was also removed over the past couple of days, but it appears someone tagged a number of the poles south of Bloor Street last night. As Katie said above, someone must know who is doing all this damage to the Park?
Full marks to the Red Cross! They are vigilant and have cleaned the side of their building at least three times since they moved in and (at the moment) it is completely free of any graffiti.