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blogTO's Derek Flack reports about the latest developments of my neighbourhood's Geary Avenue.

Geary Avenue TorontoOne of West Queen West's most iconic landmarks in the late 2000s was Thrush Holmes' neon-adorned gallery and studio space. Located just west of Dovercourt Rd. beside what would become the sales office for the Bohemian Embassy, it was ( Read more... )

The title of the Jane's Walk "Walk the Green Line: Infrastructures of Park Space" refers to the Green Line, a proposal to transform the chain of parkettes and green hydro corridors stretching southeast from Earlscourt Park almost to Dupont into a single linear park. Walk leaders Hon Lu and Netami Stuart did a great job of explaining the nature of ( Read more... )

Especially if you include my Friday visit to the Jane at Home exhibit, this weekend has really been one dominated by the legacies of Jane Jacobs. As my aching feet remind me, this Jane's Walk weekend I did three different walks, each taking me around a different part of my broader neighbourhood.

• Saturday morning, as I mentioned, I did "The Steps ( Read more... )

My Dupont Street lies south of Davenport Road, which lies at the bottom of the escarpment that marks the ancient shoreline of Glacial Lake Iroquois. This, an Ice Age version of Lake Ontario distended by the ice dam that prevented the lake from draining down the St. Lawrence, covered what is now downtown Toronto, changing the geography of the modern ( Read more... )

I hope the experts referred to in Tess Kalinowski's Toronto Star article are right.

Residents say a plan to build a three-storey rail bridge north of Bloor St. will cut their Davenport neighbourhood in half. The city favours burying the train tracks in a tunnel and trench ( Read more... )

CBC notes continuing controversy at Dupont and Davenport over a new downtown rail crossing.

To the province, a proposed rail overpass just north of Dupont Street is an essential piece of infrastructure, key to expanding GO train service along the busy Barrie line. But for many residents of the Davenport neighourhood, the overpass they're calling a ( Read more... )

David Rider's Toronto Star article notes what I might call a certain NIMBYism on the part of the inhabitants of this neighbourhood.

Toronto city council is blasting Ontario’s transportation agency and its plan for a big elevated rail bridge through Davenport neighbourhood, demanding Premier Kathleen Wynne intervene ( Read more... )

Here's another Tess Kalinowski Toronto Star article, this one describing controversy over a new rail bridge at Davenport. In my humble opinion, NIMBYism is a bad idea, especially when it comes to transit improvements we need.

Residents along the train tracks may have lost the fight to stop Metrolinx from building a three-storey rail overpass near ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes Yonge Street probably beats out Davenport Road as Toronto's oldest street.
• The Dragon's Tales notes simulations of Earth's early atmosphere that might help us determine if exoplanets host life.
• Joe. My. God. notes an American Christian who thinks France deserved ISIS.
• Language Hat notes how song lyrics help preserve the Berber dialect of ( Read more... )