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My commute from work began much earlier than I expected Tuesday evening, at 7. I got down from Eglinton station to Yonge and Wellesley to shop, just in time to catch the intense blues of the twilight sky on the Yonge corridor. The 94 Wellesley bus west to Ossington came in a timely manner, that done, putting me back in a neighbourhood made strange by the day.
My commute to work Tuesday, which turned out to be the last one I will make in some time, was a bit odd, with buses and subway cars half-empty and a strange ambient mood.
[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.
[BLOG] Fifteen Toronto links
Dec. 18th, 2019 11:29 am- blogTO reports that Toronto has been testing Eglinton Crosstown trains, here.
- What TTC routes might be changed by the Eglinton Crosstown? A map illustrates, over at blogTO.
- The new tower proposed for 888 Dupont, at Ossington, will even include a vertical farm. blogTO reports.
- Venerable Agincourt Mall is going to be a new condo development. blogTO reports.
- Is co-ownership actually the only way most people in Toronto will end up owning a home? blogTO considers.
- Residential tenants in a Leslieville building who complained about their landlord may end up getting evicted from a building never zoned for residents. CBC reports.
- The City of Toronto has taken over the deserted shopping arcade at Queen Street West and John. CBC reports.
- Katrina Onstad at Toronto Life tells the story of Katharine Mulherin, the Queen Street West gallery owner who changed her neighbourhood but was broken by gentrification.
- The bar Tequila Bookworm is closing, displaced by rising rents. NOW Toronto reports.
- NOW Toronto interviews night mayor Michael Thompson, here.
- Steve Munro considers the TTC's express bus services, here.
- Terra Lumina, the nighttime cultural event at the Toronto Zoo, looks fantastic in these photos over at Toronto Life.
- Oh, what the map of Toronto subways could have been if only we planned! blogTO shares one.
- Steve Munro examines the TTC's plan for 2020-2024, here.
- The TTC may not act to decrease overcrowding on some routes. blogTO reports on why.
[PHOTO] Construction at Eglinton Station
Dec. 7th, 2019 11:28 pmFriday, I was on the rooftop patio at the Yonge Eglinton Centre, looking down at the Eglinton Crosstown-related construction at Eglinton station. The old bus terminal is now completely done, and they have excavated deeply.
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
Dec. 6th, 2019 05:00 pm- Transit Toronto celebrates the life of photographer John Bromney, here.
- blogTO explains, with photos, the cause of the subway shutdown on Line 1 Wednesday night.
- blogTO notes that the TTC wants to create five transit corridor for buses, including one on Dufferin Street.
- Toronto is apparently the top tech city in Canada. blogTO reports.
- John Lorinc at Spacing considers what affordable housing actually is, especially in the context of real-world constraints less generous than often imagined.
- The displaced residents of Gosford have seen nothing from their apartment block's owners about housing options. Global News reports.
- The TTC plans to have even more subway closures in 2020 than in 2019. Global News reports.
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links
Dec. 3rd, 2019 03:12 pm- NOW Toronto reports on the long-time independent weekly's sale to a venture capital firm, here.
- The Yonge-Eglinton Centre now hosts a venue where people can nap in peace. Toronto Life has photos, here.
- The family of North York van attack victim Anne-Marie D'Amico hopes to raise one million dollars for a women's shelter. The National Post reports.
- Toronto Community Housing, after a terrible accident, has banned its tenants from having window air conditioners. Global News reports.
- blogTO reports on the ridiculous heights to which surge pricing took ride fares on Uber and Lyft during yesterday morning's shutdown.
- blogTO notes that the Ontario government has provided funding to study the idea of extension of the Eglinton Crosstown west to Pearson Airport.
[URBAN NOTE] Eight Toronto links
Dec. 2nd, 2019 07:51 pm- blogTO notes the strange house, a fantasia inspired by Greece, at 1016 Shaw Street.
- blogTO shares photos from inside Paradise Theatre on Bloor, reopened after 13 years.
- blogTO notes that GO Transit will now be offering customers unlimited rides on Sundays for just $C 10.
- Photos of infamous Toronto chair girl Marcella Zoia celebrating her 20th birthday are up at blogTO, here.
- Many residents displaced by the Gosford fire in North York have been moved to hotels. Global News reports.
- A TTC worker has launched a court case against the TTC and city of Toronto over issues of air quality. Global News reports.
- Jamie Bradburn reports on how the Toronto press covered the opening of the Suez Canal, here.
- Transit Toronto explains what, exactly, workers are building at Eglinton station and Yonge and Eglinton more generally.
Downsview Park subway station is impressive, spacious in the right ways. If only it was more heavily used!
[URBAN NOTE] Nine Toronto links
Nov. 25th, 2019 05:56 pm- Metrolinx using paid influencers to promote the Ontario Line is certainly a choice. The Toronto Star reports.
- Union Station retiring an old mechanical system 90 years old used to control TTC vehicles is a landmark event. The Metrolinx blog reports.
- Jamie Bradburn looks at the birth of the Gardiner Expressway, here.
- Alok Mukherjee at Spacing questions why police in Toronto have stopped enforcing traffic regulations.
- Protesters charged with blocking the Bloor Viaduct during the Extinction Rebellion have had the charges dropped. Global News reports.
- Sean Marshall shared his account of his address to the Toronto Police Services board, here.
- Jamie Bradburn looks at the history behind the mid-20th century expansion of Church Street.
- NOW Toronto notes that workers at the Broadview Hotel have become unionized.
- Samantha Lui writes at NOW Toronto against the false negative stereotypes applied by so many--even briefly by Google--to Scarborough.
- CBC notes that a lawsuit surrounding benefits fraud by TTC employees has been settled, expensively.
[URBAN NOTE] Ten Toronto links
Nov. 23rd, 2019 05:32 pm- The vicious homophobia exhibited by TCDSB trustee Mike Del Grande is, IMHO, another reason to defund public Catholic education in Ontario. Global News reports.
- The CCLV streetcars of the TTC are set to be pulled by the end of November. Global News reports.
- The Scarborough Bluffs are set to see some worthwhile investment. blogTO reports.
- CBC notes growth in food bank usage in Toronto and Mississauga.
- Presto users are being mischarged based on GPS mistakes. CBC reports.
- Renovictions have spiked 300% over the past four years. blogTO reports.
- The cost of rent continues to grow in Toronto. blogTO reports.
- A new project hopes to make Yonge and Eglinton less congested. The Toronto Star reports.
- New regulations about Airbnb should make the real estate market easier for renters. NOW Toronto reports.
- Owing to family request, a new street in Etobicoke will not be named after former Toronto mayor Rob Ford. Global News reports.
