Junction Triangle

Join us on the Railpath at the Wallace Bridge at noon on Saturday the 29th to see the Railpath garden shed named "Hilary's Shed" in honor of Hilary Bell who helped create Railpath. We will also be saying thanks to Rio Tinto Alcan who was kind enough to donate the shed this year.

Meeting notice from Ward 18 City Councillor Ana Bailão. You can download a PDF copy of the meeting flyer here.

I invite all residents to an upcoming meeting to discuss ways to improve local traffic issues.

This is an opportunity to establish a "Local Traffic Working Group" to start creating a traffic master plan that focuses on addressing the issues that many local residents and staff have identified.

JOIN US:

Photo by Martin Reis, in the Junction Triangle Flickr Pool

Sometime during the night of August 16-17, the brand new mural under the Wallace Ave. Footbridge was severely vandalized. It's not the first time that this mural was tagged, including while it was still a work in progress. Artist Richard Mongiat has fixed it each time.

Personally, as much as I actually enjoy good street art and graffiti, simple vandalism of other peoples' work is extremely disrespectful. And it makes me enjoy other street art less.

Proposed 362 Wallace Ave. Development - Aerial View

The following notes from the July 26th 2011 public meeting regarding redevelopment of the 362 Wallace Ave. lands are from Shona Kennedy, a resident of Macauley Ave. Edited by me for web formatting. Photos of the display boards were provided by Joanna.

Please note that all drawings and plans are preliminary, and not finalized! Discussions between the developer, City, and local residents will bring about many changes.

Preliminary Meeting – 362 Wallace Proposed Development

IN ATTENDANCE:

• Councilor Ana Bailao
• Owners/Developers – Fred Ruth (Somerset Homes) Nick & Conrad (Torbel Group)
• Architect – Kregg Fordyce
• Members of the community

This evening, a local resident witnessed someone digging up and stealing plants from the West Toronto Railpath. I received the following email and photos that describe what happened:

Railpath plant thief

I was cycling under the Wallace Avenue bridge about 8 p.m. on Thursday evening. As I cycled through the plaza underneath the bridge I noticed a man digging in the flower bed close to Wallace Avenue where tall white daisies are growing.

I thought at first he was a volunteer planting flowers and kept cycling. My three year old son made a fuss about the rail mural as we cycled south on the Railpath and we ended up turning around and returning to the plaza underneath the bridge. That's when I noticed this man in his late 20's/early 30's with dark hair potting three plants and walking away. I confronted him about why he was taking the plants. He said they were wild flowers and they would grow back. I told him they were planted just recently and he was a thief. He made a fast exit up the stairs of the Wallace bridge as I chastised him. I took two pictures with my iPhone, but could not chase him down because I had my two kids with me on the bike.

Two men under the bridge witnessed the incident and said nothing. Two young women, possibly students, walking up the stairs saw the confrontation, but said nothing.

Despite the nominal value of the plants, I still found myself P.O. at the level of selfishness it takes to steal plants from a public park.

Junction Triangle Resident
June 23, 2011

Railpath plant thief: Closeup

CBC Radio's Metro Morning did a segment about Rail Trails today, with Mary Wiens interviewing Ken Greenberg while on a bike ride along the West Toronto Railpath:

"The CBC's Mary Wiens spoke with author Ken Greenberg about why our city's rail trails are an indication that Toronto is going to get even better. His book, "Walking Home", is published by Random House Canada."

You can listen to this segment on the CBC website here.

Photo by Vic Gedris, from the unofficial Railpath opening ride in 2009.

Community walk regarding the Ward 18 Rail Corridor Study.

When: Tuesday July 19th, 2011, 6:30PM.
Where: Meet at the corner of Queen and Gladstone

Note: If you are unable to make it to this walk, there is another one on Monday July 18th.

Study Description

Community walk regarding the Ward 18 Rail Corridor Study.

When: Monday July 18th, 2011, 6:30PM.
Where: Meet at the corner of Symington and Bloor

Note: If you are unable to make it to this walk, there is another one on Tuesday July 19th.

Study Description

Community meeting regarding the Ward 18 Rail Corridor Study.

When: Monday June 13, 2011, 6:30PM.
Where: Alexander Muir School(Auditorium), 108 Gladstone Avenue

Community meeting regarding the Ward 18 Rail Corridor Study.

When: Monday June 6, 2011, 6:30PM.
Where: Church of Firstborn Apostolic, 72 Perth Avenue