The South Bayview Bulldog

Thousands of motorists were bottled up inside Thorncliffe Park Drive Sunday (November 30, 2014) by repaving on Overlea Boulevard. Northbound and southbound Overlea traffic was forced to share the west lanes, one lane each way. Delays were significant during the busy afternoon activities. The contractor, who was identified by workmen as Tito Paving, decided to completely block off the north exit of Thorncliffe Park Drive at Overlea (top inset). Cars trying to get out were forced to enter the East York Town Centre, which had all exits to Overlea southbound blocked. They had to travel through the mall and try their luck at the south exit. As residents know, there are no secondary exits from the long crescent-shaped Thorncliffe Park Drive. Normally one can get out at the south or the north end. The intersection at the south end was chaotic as traffic streamed out of the town centre onto Thorncliffe. Anyone else trying to leave was backed up almost to the Thorncliffe Park Public Library. Most people could not understand why Thorncliffe Park was blocked at the north end. Be warned. Work continues. 

Free on Bayview Ave. are ad-packed copies of NOW magazine, where this month the editors can hardly believe that City Council is so wretchedly white. Here we’ve just had an election which seemed open and now this. Did something go wrong? Is it your fault? We suspect that the ideal answer would be that it is indeed your fault whatever your colour. An equally perplexing question is why the skin ads in the fetid pages of NOW’s Adult Classified are so white. What’s going on? Could it be that nobody cares?

Here we see shoppers ducking under the security gate as it’s lifted to open business in Philedelphia. Whoa! Sure hope they survived. 

Part of auction circular

Tori and Cates Cupcakes will auction off baking, kitchen and sales equipment this Sunday, November 30, 2014. A printed circular from Michael Takis, restaurant auctioneer, has been dropped off at restaurants on South Bayview Ave. Although there has been no announcement to this effect, it would be certain that the cupcake shop is closed permanently. A $200 refundable deposit is required to bid and the items include such things as a Blodgett oven with legs, a 20 quart dough mixer, a sink, marble counter top, refrigerator and freezer plus an under counter refrigerator, a cash register and other items. There is a phone number for Mr Takis: 647-704-8113.