Junction Triangle

A young girl gets her face painted while waiting for the Human Train to arrive.

A child, dressed as a skeleton, holding a placard.

A band plays some music under the Wallace Ave. pedestrian Bridge while we wait for the Human Train to arrive.

Looking down from the Wallace Ave. pedestrian bridge at the band who were playing while watiting for the Human Train to arrive.

Local residents hang a Clean Train Coalition banner on the Wallace Ave. pedestrian bridge.

Railpath Litter Cleanup: Some of the volunteers who gathered to clean up litter on the West Toronto Railpath.

Last night, as small (but good looking) group of neighbours met up on the West Toronto Railpath do do a quick 30-minute litter cleanup. We met up at the Wallace Ave. bridge, and then split into two groups heading north and south. We spent close to an hour cleaning up the Railpath, and there was hardly a speck of litter left from Cariboo down to south of Bloor when we were finished. The southernmost end, beyond Tower Automotive could still use some help.

It's almost like the City was anticipating this cleanup event. Earlier in the day, some of the new garbage / recycling containers were finally installed near some of the path entrances (you can see part of one on the right side of the top photo). This will hopefully help keep the litter down from now on, though I'm sure some manual cleanup will always be required.

This type of community cleanup on the Railpath will likely happen often, as a "Railpath Stewardship Group" builds up.

So get out there and enjoy the path. And don't be afraid to get your hands a bit dirty once in a while if you see some litter or anything else that needs fixing around the neighbourhood. Just watch out for the poison ivy near the Bloor St. bridge!

All photos by Vic Gedris. Click for larger versions.

Some of the volunteers who gathered to clean up litter on the West Toronto Railpath.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-09-23.

Michael helping clean up litter on the Railpath, south of Bloor near Tower Automotive.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-09-23.

Some spray paint cans and other litter that was cleaned up on the West Toronto Railpath.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-09-23.