Junction Triangle

Meeting information provided by Ward 18 Councillor Ana Bailao's office. You can download the original PDF file here.

PRE-APPLICATION COMMUNITY MEETING
299 Campbell Avenue

I invite all residents to attend a public meeting to review the proposed plans for the possible redevelopment of 299 Campbell Avenue before an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Bylaw Amendment application are filed with the City.

The developer intends to propose the construction of a mixed-use commercial and residential building with a podium height of 6 storeys along Dupont Street and Campbell Avenue. The building would step up and back to 8 storeys and further up and back to 18 storeys in the eastern portion of the site. The proposed redevelopment would have a mix of single, one, two and three bedroom units, two levels of retail/commercial and office space along Dupont Street and Campbell Avenue, as well as Live/work units along Campbell Avenue and three levels of underground parking.

This session is an opportunity to come and see what is being proposed and to contribute your ideas to the process before an official application is submitted.

JOIN US:
Please join us on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 at 6:30pm for a community discussion

LOCATION:
St. Rita Catholic School- 178 Edwin Avenue

For any inquiries, please feel free to contact: councillor_bailao@toronto.ca, or call (416) 392-7012.
Per informazioni in italiano, chiamate Michael Vieira 416-338-5277.
Para informacion en español llame a Anna Kral 416-338-5273.
www.anabailao.ca

NOTE: There is an existing discussion forum for this development here.

The property at 299 Campbell Ave., south-east corner of Dupont St., is proposed for redevelopment of an 18-story mixed-use commercial/residential tower.

From Ana Bailao's meeting announcement:

"The developer intends to propose the construction of a mixed-use commercial and residential building with a podium height of 6 storeys along Dupont Street and Campbell Avenue. The building would step up and back to 8 storeys and further up and back to 18 storeys in the eastern portion of the site. The proposed redevelopment would have a mix of single, one, two and three bedroom units, two levels of retail/commercial and office space along Dupont Street and Campbell Avenue, as well as Live/work units along Campbell Avenue and three levels of underground parking."

The developer is TAS DesignBuild.
The architect is Stephen Teeple.

Timeline:

• May 2, 2012: @Urbanation posts on Twitter:
  "18-storey mixed use commercial & residential building coming to 299 Campbell Avenue at Dupont Street. Project will feature live/work units."
• May 16, 2012, 6:30PM: Pre-Application Public Meeting. Notes are posted here.
• May 26, 2014, 7:00PM: Planning Application Meeting

Other Links:

• Urbantoronto Forum

Will post more details as they come out.

Check out the March 8 2012 article in The Grid about the Junction Triangle's very own puppet shop, Open Door Designs.

While those involved in puppet-making and performance are no doubt aware of how to find the shop, the stretch of Dupont where Open Door is located is a bit off the beaten path. “Foot traffic is a challenge on this strip,” says Bigham. However, this was not always the case. “Evidently, in the early ’50s this was a very commercial street,” Bigham says. “People would get on the train and come down from North Toronto—it was quite a vital neighbourhood.” And, in some ways, with the current influx of young families to the area, Bigham sees it making something of a return to its former self, saying, “the neighbourhood is changing—it’s stroller city!”
In addition to doorway theatres, Bigham also produces larger theatres for schools and libraries—”the first one was commissioned by a grade 10 teacher; now, we’re five years on and we’ve shipped to Italy and all over the states”—and sells a wide assortment of puppets both new, many of her own design and “museum quality vintage,” with the oldest dating back to the ’30s.
She’s currently working on a proposal to take over a building just down the street from her shop to open what would be the city’s only full-time puppet theatre. “I’m hoping it’ll start in October,” she says, “There’s going to be seven performances, once a month on a Sunday. We’ve got this beautiful little venue over here. Five all-ages performances, one adult and one ‘puppet slam’—an open mic for people that are serious.”

You can read the entire article online here, and be sure to look at the gallery of puppet pics.

Joel Richardson has completed his new (replacement) mural on the south side of Dupont St. between Campbell and Lansdowne Avenues. He's having an official launch celebration on Sunday October 23, 5-6PM at the mural. Here are the details from the Facebook events page:

• Time: Sunday, October 23 · 5:00pm - 6:00pm
• Location: Dupont Street Mural - Dupont West of Lansdowne
• More Info: Wear a suit and bring a camera and help me celebrate the finishing of my mural. I would like to thank everyone who has helped to make this happen, I will be giving away free limited edition commemorative buttons to everyone who attends.

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:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JOEL RICHARDSON BEGINS DUPONT STREET MURAL

Joel Richardson has begun to paint his new mural on Dupont Street West of Lansdowne. You can follow the whole process on his blog @ joelrichardson.com/blog as the artist, dressed in a tuxedo, paints a replacement to his mural erased by the City of Toronto earlier this year. The current mural was unanimously endorsed at a community meeting in August.

The artist will be keeping bankers hours at the wall for the next three weeks. Please feel free to drop by and see the progress.

Please Contact: Joel Richardson - joel@joelricahrdson.com

Saturday September 10th
June Harlowe Foods (1627 Dupont St. at Edwin Ave.)

Buy a $5 sticker or a $20 drawing to help support the new Dupont mural.

* Joel will screen his new Fairytale Documentary The Suit man and The Stencil

Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 1 p.m.

Second Floor Meeting Room, Perth/Dupont Library at 1589 Dupont Street

Following the recent public meeting, the Junction Triangle Library Expansion Committee will form a working group to organize the community consultation process and fundraising initiative. The meeting is open to anyone who would like to work on the campaign. If you would like to join us, drop us a line at librarycommittee@junctiontriangle.ca

Today, Torontoist has published A Spotter's Guide to Endangered Library Branches, highlighting some of the Toronto Public Library branches that are in danger of being cut by City Council. The first branch they feature is our very own Perth/Dupont Branch.

A few quotes from the article:

On page 152 of KPMG's core service review report—which identifies City services that could be cut or reduced for cost savings—is a column marked "Key Opportunities" that contains a single bullet point. "Some library branches could be closed," it says.

Specific proposals for cuts are still a long way off. Thursday night's (and Friday morning's) marathon executive committee meeting was only the prelude to a longer fight that will culminate next year, when it comes time to approve 2012's budget. But if library branches are to be closed, it seems likely that the most vulnerable ones will be those that do the least business.

The following notice comes from one of the meeting organizers:

The Perth/Dupont branch of the Toronto Public Library is popular spot in the Junction Triangle. Demand for its services has more than doubled since opening in 1977, and with the neighbourhood thriving, it will surely continue to grow. This bustling branch is one of the smallest in the Toronto Public Library system at 3600 square feet spread over three floors. With just a handful of reading spaces and computer workstations, the library struggles to accommodate groups in the tiny, second-floor meeting room. There is no elevator and washrooms are in the basement.

How can library services in the Junction Triangle be expanded in the current environment of fiscal restraint at City Hall? Is it possible to renovate or build a new library? Councillor Bailao supports the idea of matching contributions raised by the community with City money using Section 37 funds (i.e., fees paid by property developers for zoning allowances on building projects).

Our neighbourhood is undergoing a significant amount of development and the opportunity to obtain Section 37 funds for public projects like libraries now exists in the Junction Triangle. With the active support of the Councillor, a group of local residents is forming a committee to expand library services at the Perth/Dupont branch.

If you are interested in helping a great library grow, you are invited to the first meeting of the Junction Triangle Library Expansion Committee on Tuesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. in the Perth/Dupont Library (second floor meeting room) at 1589 Dupont Street.