Spacing has been covering the progress of the City’s new Zoning Bylaw Project, an effort to harmonize the City’s 43 existing zoning bylaws into one. The discussion is technical and complicated, but its results will affect all new development in the City once passed. Today, Spacing examines the section of the draft bylaw covering Commercial/Residential, the section governing main streets … Read More
Put Your Money Where Your House Is: Shop Roncesvalles!
Roncesvalles Village is a great place to shop anytime. During the construction a number of our businesses have special deals and incentives to keep you shopping on the street. For example: Pollocks Home Hardware offers free delivery for any purchase over $50. Alternative Grounds also offers free delivery of coffee to local residents. Just call 416-534-6335. Snap Fitness (183 Roncesvalles) … Read More
Public rally for Clean Air – this Saturday at Sorauren Park, 1 pm
From the Clean Train Coalition website: Saturday September 26 8:30 AM – 4 PM HUMAN TRAIN FOR CLEAN AIR Starts in Weston, ends on Queen Street West Main Rally at Sorauren Park, 1 PM Plan now to hop on board the Human Train to send a message to Premier McGuinty that he must act now to scrap plans to run … Read More
West Toronto Railpath phase one completed. And phase two?
Photo: Bikingtoronto.com The newly-completed first phase of the West Toronto Railpath offers a tantalizing glimpse of what could become a critical artery for west end cyclists. If completed, the path would provide a safe, fast route from the Junction through Roncesvalles and Parkdale, finshing near Strachan and King. While the path does link with the Go train station near Bloor, … Read More
First photos from Polish Festival
Photo: Kevin Gonsalves Toronto photographer Kevin Gonsalves captured some great images from this weekend’s Polish Festival. The photos were uploaded as part of his Project 60, a series depicting 60 themes each with 60 photos shot within 60 minutes over 60 days. The photos can be viewed as a Flickr slideshow here. While the BIA is still crunching the attendance … Read More
Stay awesome, Roncesvalles!
More than a month after heavy machinery rolled onto Roncesvalles, our community seems to be taking the disruption in stride. While plenty of grumbles are heard in local coffee shops, the fact that these grumblings are actually taking place in the coffee shops suggests that the noise and rubble (and the occasional mental image of a giant fireball of death) are not … Read More
Public Realm to lead Roncesvalles redesign, hosting public meeting Sept. 21
Councillor Gord Perks has announced that the City’s Public Realm Section is leading the detailed design phase of the Roncesvalles Streetscape Improvement Project. The project leader will be Elyse Parker, the heavy-hitting director of the Public Realm Section, within the City’s Transportation Division. Ms. Parker’s appointment is fantastic news for Roncesvalles. Before becoming director of Public Realm, she was Project … Read More
Kino Kultura: Revue Cinema celebrates Polish film during festival, Sept. 18-20
From the Revue Cinema website: Where Roncesvalles Ave. and King St. meet, there sits an imposing bronze monument that’s about five metres high and four metres across. The sculpture is rent in half by a jagged vertical fissure, and its concrete base bears a single word running its full width: KATYN. How many of us who’ve walked or driven past … Read More
Gord Perks on gas pipe rupture: “the incident was safely contained”
Earlier this month, with the one-year anniversary of the Sunrise Propane gas explosions fresh in their minds, Roncesvalles residents watched behind barriers as firefighters and construction crews rushed to repair a gas line rupture, damaged during the reconstruction. Many were curious to know how close they just came to being engulfed in giant fireball of death. The answer, according to … Read More
Construction? Festival!
Roncesvalles is under construction, and we are working hard to earn your business. The RVBIA encourages our neighbours to continue to support business on Roncesvalles through this challenging time. Put your money where your house is—shop locally! GREAT NEWS! Everything is a go for the 2009 RONCESVALLES POLISH FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 19 AND 20, 2009. Read all about it here!