Quarry Lands Rally

As the signs say: 1960's zoning does not make good planning.

A rally against the idea of 7 highrises full of teensy apartments is happening Sunday at 2:00 pm. If you live anywhere within 10 miles or more of Gerrard & VicPark/Warden you should be there.

UPDATE: Despite cold and threatening weather many hundreds of folk turned out to this well-organized event.

Representatives of all levels of government expressed support for changing the current planned development.

It shouldn't be this hard. The thing was zoned for this sort of density in 1968 when the "vision" (nightmarish, but a vision) was high-density housing overlooking the Scarborough Expressway! There is now no freeway, thank goodness; but nobody got rid of the zoning and so far, nobody seems able to.

For lots more informed information, got to www.gerrardclonmore.com . Join. Participate.

HELP! Beach Biffy Bodies Beseeched

If you have been strolling the boardwalk lately, you may have noticed the washrooms have been locked due to the strike. Without getting into the civic/labour politics, this is a problem for this time of year. Alan Burke is the pres. of the EBCA, an East Beach neighbourhood organization. It appears he and some helpers spent a witching hour a few days ago pushing a toilet/trailer from Ashbridge to Woodbine Beach.
The result is that, at least during prime hours on nice days a bio-break is possible without breaking public decency regs.

But he needs help staffing the trailer. This involves keeping an eye on things (not those things), collecting donations (to go toward the rental cost) and helping a bit with cleaning. High school students could score some public service hours.

If you can give a hand, give Alan a call at 416-566-0949