By Joshua Tusin on 5/27/2009 7:54 AM

There's no doubt that Roncesvalles Ave and the surrounding communities are rich with history. Some buildings have been around seemingly forever, there have been tracks down the street for 100 years or more and so on. But, naturally, there are also changes, big and small, that have occured through the years with the addition, removal or rennovation of buildings here or there, a change in the trees or the addition of a billboard. Rick McGinnis at blogTO seems to be doing a series of intersection histories along Roncesvalles, having started with Queen/King/Roncesvalles and then moving north to High Park (Fermanagh)/Roncesvalles.

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By Joshua Tusin on 5/21/2009 4:18 PM

With warm weather well on the way and summer schedules soon to take hold, not to mention a significant hurdle cleared, Roncesvalles Renewed held a meeting to recap the group's accomplishments over the last few years and to start talking about the next steps. With the Environmental Assessment essentially complete (approval by the PWI committee is a good indication it will pass through the rest of the process), it's time to turn our attention back to what the group has wanted to focus on all along: trees and sustainable infrastructure. Councilor Gord Perks even stopped by to share his plan for the detailed design process and hear what everybody had to say.

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By Joshua Tusin on 5/12/2009 8:49 AM

This is an exciting time for Roncesvalles Renewed; a major hurdle was cleared last week when the Public Works and Infrastructure committee at City Hall unanimously approved the Environmental Assessment (EA). The discussion about how to rebuild Roncesvalles Ave has - as readers of this website know well - gone on for years. But the EA process was long and necessarily drew attention and focus away from our focus, which includes things like trees and making Roncesvalles greener. Now we begin the process of getting back to the trees.

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