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St. Nicholas of Bari Catholic Church, at 1277 St. Clair Avenue West in the heart of Corso Italia, is a bit of an unusual church, built to fit into the streetscape of this traditionally Italian-Canadian neighbourhood. Still, the stained glass windows stand out, even from across the street at twilight.
[PHOTO] "Jesus Saves", take 2
Apr. 19th, 2020 11:24 pm
This is the second time that I have taken a photo of the "Jesus Saves" sign at Faith Impact Ministries on 1780 St. Clair Avenue West; the first take is here. The starkness, of the sign as much as the message, is eye-catching. What, I wonder, will it look like come lush warm green summer?
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
Dec. 22nd, 2019 05:48 am- Some of the apartments hit by the Gosford apartment fire have been repaired and opened to their tenants again. Global News reports.
- Steve Munro maps the 70 O'Connor bus route in action as a case study, here.
- Condo developers have created the new neighbourhood of "West St. Clair West" out of, among other established neighbourhoods, Carleton Village. blogTO reports.
- The plans for the controversial new Pharrell Williams condo development at Yonge and Eglinton look interesting. blogTO shares.
- Should Toronto have free public mass transit? NOW Toronto makes the case.
- Brian Doucet at Spacing Toronto takes a look at the Toronto CLRV streetcars in their North American context, here.
- The repeated flooding of the Toronto Islands, as NOW Toronto points out, surely demonstrates the reality of climate change for Toronto.
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
Nov. 27th, 2019 02:17 pm- A beautiful Toronto would be nice, but this goal will take planning. The Toronto Star reports.
- Sean Marshall writes about the sad ironies of suburban neighbourhoods in Toronto unsafe for pedestrians.
- Jamie Bradburn takes a look at Davenport Road in the past, here.
- Transit Toronto notes the arrival tomorrow in the GTA of the Holiday Trains of the CPR, part of a fundraising campaign for foodbanks.
- Spacing shares an essay considering the idea of a map of Toronto according to runnability.
- Sidekick West, a new comic shop in the Junction Triangle, has unfortunately closed down. blogTO reports.
- Toronto Life breaks down the references in the massive 10-story mural painted by BirdO at Yonge and St. Clair.
The St. Clair/Silverthorn branch of the Toronto Public Library, on St. Clair Avenue in Earlscourt, looks great after its completed renovation.
- blogTO notes that there is, for a short while, a Toronto-themed version of Monopoly available for sale.
- The iconic Toronto sign in front of City Hall is set to be replaced with a more cost-effective one. The Toronto Star reports.
- I like the controversial statue of a man 25 feet tall placed in front of a new condo development on St. Clair Avenue West. The Toronto Star reports.
- The National Post reports in depth of the plans of Google's Sidewalk Labs to transform the Portlands.
- Sean Marshall looks at how the concrete barriers put up in front of Union Station disrupt, particularly, non-car traffic there.
A couple of Sundays ago, I went exploring with Jim down in the Nordheimer Ravine, just south of St. Clair West station. We came across some sights of interest, not only the emergency exit used to evacuate subway passengers in the 1995 Russell Hill crash but an additional entrance to St. Clair West station, exiting in the forest on the south side of St. Clair Avenue West. The sight of this apparently fully functional exit, opening out not onto tiles but onto grassy forest floor, was magical.
- At Spacing, John Lorinc notes that mayor John Tory is allowing waterfront transit plans to get delayed.
- blogTO notes that there is apparently controversy over the correct spelling of Christie Pits.
- CBC Toronto profiles the humble apartment at Bathurst and St. Clair that was home to Ernest Hemingway.
- These photos of stackt, at Bathurst and Front, look amazing. Retail Insider has them.
- blogTO notes that three new Jollibee locations are scheduled to open in 2020, including one downtown at Yonge and Gould.
- Making the King Street pilot project permanent is at least a small victory for Toronto. CBC reports.
- Urban Toronto shares the remarkable plans for the transformation of the Galleria Mall.
Last night, I went with a friend down to Yonge and St. Clair to take a look at the Tunnel of Glam. An eighty-foot tunnel lined with 14 million reversible sequins at 1503 Yonge Street, the Tunnel of Glam us certainly eye-catching. It was still reasonably full of visitors at 8 o'clock, taking in the spectacle in the warm winter air.
- Lauren Pelley at CBC Toronto notes how, despite trying hard, Jennifer Keesmaat was unable to displace John Tory as the clear front-runner.
- Mark Gollom at CBC notes that John Tory may be able to find ways to work with Doug Ford, though the province will remain the dominant partner in any relationship.
- Many of the tenants displaced from 650 Parliament Street were happy to return briefly to their old homes, to retrieve belongings. The Toronto Star reports.
- blogTO shares these vintage photos of St. Clair Avenue a century ago, to all appearances just another rural road.
- Urban Toronto shared a gorgeous aerial photo of Toronto, looking south from a point in the Don Valley towards the downtown.
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