Janes Walk is coming up in a few weeks. Here is a great walk happening in our Ward: Complete Streets: the policies and designs that make Toronto's Streets
The walk will start on the Danforth and go right down Logan, a street for dear to us
Details:
Saturday May 2nd 11am sharp
Start point: Pape Subway station, Lipton Ave.
Walk is lead by Adam Popper, the City of Toronto's Complete Streets Project Manager. Read more about the walk here: http://janeswalk.org/canada/toronto/complete-streets-policies-and-designs-make-torontos-streets/
This should be a very interesting walk - hope to see you there!
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Thursday, April 16, 2015
Monday, December 9, 2013
South of Eastern / Port Lands Planning Study - Deadline for Submissions December 12th!
Deadline for submitting you feedback in this phase of the "South of Eastern / Port Lands Planning Study" is Thursday, December 12th!
Online Participant Workbook | http://cityoftoronto.fluidsurveys.com/s/Port-Lands-and-South-of-Eastern/
(see large size: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQJJ1WZHjUJwZH-voyU1ZTUAenen7sHq4XuvF6RIDFWHTum-JPIe8DSJ9QYJThRgDA4iZe_kOpeVP4yu41eCrovu6Ra3USqG5bkPnPW1tkaJttnamYyQgoOPsLECf1GI7L64vppZTsRk/s1600/SmartCentres_Landscape_Annotated_Conceptual_Plan.JPG )
The South of Eastern part of the study includes the Smart Centres proposed development at Pape and Lake Shore - which is a car-centric plan which will pull traffic into the neighbourhood and become a hindrance to Complete Streets connections North/South and East/West.
Notably the Smart Centres' proposal cuts the Lower Don Rec Trail twice - with two entrances to their development site alone - a very bad precedent for future development if this is allowed to proceed with out a radical re-visioning.
There are only 5 streets that cross the Lake Shore Boulevard to the Port Lands - Leslie Street is too narrow for complete Streets + On-street parking - so that's out as a Gateway to the Port Lands and the Waterfront.
Now the next development after the Big Box Shopping and Drive-Thru Extravaganza at Leslie is Pape. The wall of development continues - and connecting neighbourhoods to each other takes another big hit.
Take an hour - read the documents - fill out the Online Participant Workbook (at the link).
.
Online Participant Workbook | http://cityoftoronto.fluidsurveys.com/s/Port-Lands-and-South-of-Eastern/
More Resources at paulafletcher.ca | http://paulafletcher.ca/discover-ward-30/community-planning/#eastern
(At the November 28th meeting Planners said the public feedback deadline is not a hard one - but the web portal will likely close at 11:59pm, Thursday December 12th. Councillor Paula Fletcher has a hard copy link to the Participant Workbook at her site, linked above - so my interpretation is that - for some days after the Close your feedback may be accepted and become a part of the data base in this first phase - depending on the pace of the work of the various Planning teams in this.)
BlogTO - May 14, 2013 | Massive retail development and hotel planned for old Toronto Film Studios site - by Chris Bateman | http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/05/massive_retail_development_and_hotel_planned_for_old_toronto_film_studios_site/
BikingToronto | @Blog_Free_Wheel (me) - May 16th, 2013 | East/West bicycle network considerably harmed by proposed “StudioCentre” development on Eastern Avenue | http://bikingtoronto.com/michaelhollowayblog/2013/05/16/east-west-bicycle-network-considerably-harmed-by-proposed-studiocentre-development-on-eastern-avenue/
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Online Participant Workbook | http://cityoftoronto.fluidsurveys.com/s/Port-Lands-and-South-of-Eastern/
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| Landscape Annotated Conceptual Plan | StudioCentre | Smartcentre | 629 Eastern Avenue Toronto Ontario, Canada M4M 1E3 | Copyright Diamond and Schmitt Architects | 384 Adelaide Street West | Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1R7 |
(see large size: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQJJ1WZHjUJwZH-voyU1ZTUAenen7sHq4XuvF6RIDFWHTum-JPIe8DSJ9QYJThRgDA4iZe_kOpeVP4yu41eCrovu6Ra3USqG5bkPnPW1tkaJttnamYyQgoOPsLECf1GI7L64vppZTsRk/s1600/SmartCentres_Landscape_Annotated_Conceptual_Plan.JPG )
The South of Eastern part of the study includes the Smart Centres proposed development at Pape and Lake Shore - which is a car-centric plan which will pull traffic into the neighbourhood and become a hindrance to Complete Streets connections North/South and East/West.
Notably the Smart Centres' proposal cuts the Lower Don Rec Trail twice - with two entrances to their development site alone - a very bad precedent for future development if this is allowed to proceed with out a radical re-visioning.
There are only 5 streets that cross the Lake Shore Boulevard to the Port Lands - Leslie Street is too narrow for complete Streets + On-street parking - so that's out as a Gateway to the Port Lands and the Waterfront.
Now the next development after the Big Box Shopping and Drive-Thru Extravaganza at Leslie is Pape. The wall of development continues - and connecting neighbourhoods to each other takes another big hit.
Take an hour - read the documents - fill out the Online Participant Workbook (at the link).
.
Documents and Resources:
Port Lands and South of Eastern - November 28, 2013 Public Meeting | PowerPoint Presentation Documents | http://www.portlandsconsultation.ca/sites/all/themes/portlands/files/CCM%201%20%28November%2028%29%20Presentation.pdfOnline Participant Workbook | http://cityoftoronto.fluidsurveys.com/s/Port-Lands-and-South-of-Eastern/
More Resources at paulafletcher.ca | http://paulafletcher.ca/discover-ward-30/community-planning/#eastern
(At the November 28th meeting Planners said the public feedback deadline is not a hard one - but the web portal will likely close at 11:59pm, Thursday December 12th. Councillor Paula Fletcher has a hard copy link to the Participant Workbook at her site, linked above - so my interpretation is that - for some days after the Close your feedback may be accepted and become a part of the data base in this first phase - depending on the pace of the work of the various Planning teams in this.)
BlogTO - May 14, 2013 | Massive retail development and hotel planned for old Toronto Film Studios site - by Chris Bateman | http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/05/massive_retail_development_and_hotel_planned_for_old_toronto_film_studios_site/
BikingToronto | @Blog_Free_Wheel (me) - May 16th, 2013 | East/West bicycle network considerably harmed by proposed “StudioCentre” development on Eastern Avenue | http://bikingtoronto.com/michaelhollowayblog/2013/05/16/east-west-bicycle-network-considerably-harmed-by-proposed-studiocentre-development-on-eastern-avenue/
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