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The following articles are from roncesvallesvillage.ca BIA site
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It's underway! Toronto's Roncesvalles is under reconstruction. Roncesvalles Renewed is a group of residents, business owners, politicians, city planners, and transportation officials working together.
Our key priority is to ensure that plans include the condition necessary for trees to flourish. We are also working to create better sidewalks, beautiful public spaces. And please buy and dine locally while the street is being torn up, to show your support for a great street and help our businesses get through the Dig.
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Dig This! Reconstruction News and Updates
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Joshua Tusin |
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5/12/2009 7:49 AM |
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Roncesvalles is getting a facelift (and a major infrastructure overhaul) and everybody has their own vision for the new look. I'll be writing about the news, ideas and opinions through the design process and beyond to help keep residents and those interested informed, engaged and sharing ideas. Join the discussion! |
By Joshua Tusin on
11/21/2009 8:40 PM
Roncesvalles Renewed met on November 12th so that area residents could present ideas and discuss options for the new Roncesvalles Avenue. With the detailed design process rapidly coming to a close this is one of the last best opportunities to push the city on key street elements. Figuring out which items are the priorities was, indeed, the focus of the meeting.
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By Joshua Tusin on
9/20/2009 7:33 AM
The Public Realm Section of Toronto's giant Transportation Division is now managing the design process for our new Roncesvalles, a task that until now was assigned to the Economic Development office. The change, along with comes project design leader Elyse Parker, is welcome news for the future of the trees and pedestrian spaces on our Avenue.
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By Joshua Tusin on
8/4/2009 12:55 PM
Let the digging begin! Roncesvalles from High Park/Fermanagh to Westminster is all dug up (as is a southern stretch) and the traffic pattern is definitely disturbed.
All of this, of course, is for the good overall plan to replace aging utility infrastructure and eventually aging streetcar tracks - not to mention get ready for new streetcars, to be delivered starting in 2011 - but there's no way around some short-term headaches.
Still, all the digging means some pretty amazing construction equipment has taken up residence on the street, not to mention an awfully fascinating view into the depths of a major Toronto street. One local who can't help but check out the digging said he was sure he smelled horse during the initial demolition - perhaps a vestige of the days of horse-drawn streetcars?
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By Joshua Tusin on
6/7/2009 10:26 AM
A good crowd came out to walk Roncesvalles from south to north, stopping to discuss trees, bump outs, furniture, lighting crosswalks and more along the way. We had vigorous discussion and a great walk on a beautiful day, with photos to prove it.
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By Joshua Tusin on
6/5/2009 9:49 AM
Rick McGinnis has featured several intersection along Roncesvalles and his third (and likely last) feature - of Roncesvalles and Dundas West - chronicles some of his thought process as he prepares to leave the neighbourhood he has called home for 20 years. A bit less history than his previous posts and a bit more musing about the changing neighbourhood demographics gives this one a different tone, but is still awfully darn interesting.
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Discover more about Roncesvalles Renewed friends and members; and share stories with the fans of this one-of-a-kind main street.
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