The first concrete slab sections of the new Gardiner Expressway off-ramp are in place as shown in the update offered by Urban Toronto. It notes that the concrete abutment structure marking where the ramp will touch down at Lower Simcoe has also been finished.
Intersection of Bayview Ave & York Mills remains closed due to a water main break. Video credit: Shin Lee pic.twitter.com/dVSjsPKS71
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) July 24, 2017
Bayview Ave is closed Monday evening and the 11 Bayview bus is diverting both ways via Lawrence, Yonge and Sheppard because of it. The break is at York Mills and there are fears the rupture is related to a sinkhole.
Dorothy Rose has suffered a serious injury, fracturing her left arm just below the shoulder and as result, her appearance at the Leaside Pub next Saturday is cancelled. Dorothy fell on a step while leaving Scarborough’s Victoria Pub where she had sung Sunday with Dinny’s All Stars. In great pain, she was taken to Scarborough General Hospital where she will stay until she can be relocated to a recovery unit. Saturday was to be Dorothy’s 95th birthday celebration. Let’s all hope for a speedy recovery. Chris Daniels has promised to keep friends informed of her progress.
Many friends of Aristotle & McGregor’s at 525 Mt. Pleasant Rd. have written to express their regret on the pub’s closing. Owner “Joe” wrote to his customers on July 16 on Facebook to say he planned to move on to other ventures after a long career as a publican. He wrote in closing: “I want to thank everyone for the great memories and friendships that we made. I hope to see all of you in the near future. Joe.”
Amid the fury of residents and the patronizing responses from City Hall about the unlovely kayak rental concession on the eastern Beach, the question must be asked: “Why does the Beach need a kayak rental?” Or, for interested Leaside residents: “Why does Trace Manes Park need a kite rental trailer?” Relax. There is no such kite rental planned for the Millwood Rd. park nor for Davisville Park, or anywhere around South Bayview (so far as we know). But the question puts the justification of the kayak trailer rental into perspective. Mary-Margaret McMahon (Ward 32) says it’s so the Beach can be shared. “We’re very spoiled in the Beach. We view it as our backyard, but it’s for the GTA, for Ontario,” she told the CBC. She says businesses like the kayak rental help to “animate” the area, making it more attractive to visitors. So there you are. Our quiet otherwise non commercial places — beaches, parks and perhaps even ravines — need to be animated by tacky trailer businesses to make them attractive. They’re already open and available to everyone — just like the Beach — but not attractive enough. Drop a trailer in there. Maybe its the Beach air or just a City Hall state of mind but Councillor McMahon seems quite detached from her spoiled constituents.
Friends of Norma Innell may pay respects to the long-time Ranleigh Ave. resident on Wednesday, July 26 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Humphrey’s. She and her husband Harold, who predeceased her, raised their two sons there. Mrs. Innell remained active to her final days, volunteering to serve tea and lunch to fellow seniors two days before her passing. Obituary
Graduates of Leaside High School class of 1957 met in June at Fantasy Farm in the Don Valley and posed for this truly wonderful picture. Alumnus Peter White set it up and then dashed into the rear row. Front Row: Anne High (Shields), Sally Hergert (White), Greg Kasparian (School Captain), Jackie Hough(Williams) and Ron Williams. Back Row: John Cowan, Gary Hodgins, Stan Litch, Marie Allen (Plummer), Stewart Halliday, Peter White, Al Pounsett, Betty Pounsett, Nancy Doige (Wahlroth), Don McCrossan, Joy Bingley(Upland), David Martindale, Marie Ellis(McCready), Liz Brown (Fletcher),Doug Linton, Barb Ferguson (Bassett) and Ellen Phin (Thompson).
East York horticulturist Nancy Lewis is an active gardener who shares her lovely work on Instagram. nancyalewis
A middle-aged woman has been seriously injured in the collision of her motorcycle with an SUV at the intersection of Albion and Islington Rds. Saturday night in northern Etobicoke She is in Sunnybrook HSC. Photos seen above were posted by DR@media371 to Twitter about 11.45 p.m. Albion and Islington is a wide intersection with traffic lights.
The extension project and renovation at 111 Airdrie Rd. (door on Hanna Rd.) is proceeding. The City fencing to save trees is also used to protect the lawn and landscaping along Hanna.
This occurred in Fresno California and while police say the gentleman with the chair is a hero, they don’t recommend it. Good for free coffee though.
