On June 12, 30 volunteers counted wrong-way traffic and incomplete stops at Harbord Village intersections to better understand the risks to pedestrian safety. We spent from 7am to 10am and from 3pm to 7pm at eight residential street corners and the Harbord-Robert crosswalk.
… Read more Counting the Risks: Pedestrian Safety in Harbord Village
ACTION: Tuesday June 12 is car-counting day in Harbord Village. Residents will watch at problem intersections from 7 to 10 am, and from 3 to 7 pm, recording counts of vehicles, wrong-way vehicles, and failures to stop at stop signs.
… Read more Deterring Wrong-Way Drivers? Engineering Students Share Ideas
UrbanToronto.ca tells us that Knox Presbyterian Church has filed an Official Plan Amendment application with the City of Toronto to redevelop its property on the southwest corner of Spadina and Harbord. The application presents two options, both calling for more residential density (including affordable units) along with an expansion of the existing church.
The Fort York Food Bank has moved to 380 College at Borden. Opening times are 9am to 2pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Around 60 clients a day now visit the site, and trucks from Daily Bread and Second Harvest deliver supplies twice a week each.
As a downtown residential area, we don’t get the same snow-removal service as other areas of the city. On Jan. 24, HVRA Board member Bob Stambula wrote to the Mayor and our Councillor depicting the problem vividly. He also pointed towards potential solutions.
On Friday, Dec. 22, HVRA was sent updated plans for the University’s proposed Sussex-Spadina residence. They will form the basis of the OMB pre-hearing scheduled for Jan. 3, 2018. The documents can be downloaded from this link [link no longer active, sorry].
The right-of-way on the western flank of the grocery store at Bloor and Robert will become a parkette.
The Nov. 24 Gleaner News carries a page 2 note by Geremy Bordonaro on plans for more green space along Bloor from Madison to Bathurst.
On 17 October 2017, Toronto and East York Community Council unanimously passed a rezoning application to add an 11-storey infill to the south of the “tower in a park” apartment building at 666 Spadina. As part of the rezoning package, Cromwell Developments agreed to cede the green space along Sussex to the City for a public park and will create a second park space along Sussex Mews Laneway,
