Friday, December 5, 2008

Dragon Alley








Drawing by Moira Bayne


Save Dragon Alley!

Councillor Giambrone: Let's work together. NO PAVEMENT TIL WE TALK!

College and Dufferin. It's not a glamourous neighbourhood. It's not a rich neighbourhood. But its where we live. We raise our children here. Work. Play. Rest. We're bordered by busy streets. Buses full of people pass every 10 minutes. Streetcars shuttle by. Cars zoom, idle, stop, start.

There's no real human-scale meeting place in front of our homes. We're right on College Street. The laneway behind our houses is where children have space to play with their friends, ride bikes, chat with neighbours, where adults can talk together with a little quiet from the noise busy-ness of the streets around.

The City of Toronto wants to fill our laneway with pavement and cars. So far the City has ripped out an established tree (planted by the great-grandfather of 7-year-old who lives here) and dug up decades-old shrubs and plants. The new parking lot will hold over 30 cars in a small space where children have played for over 50 years.

We don't need more pavement and concrete in this neighbourhood. This is excellent earth for growing. It gets full sunshine in the summer.You've done a lot of damage in the last three weeks: Ignored residents, ripped up established trees and shrubs, smashed up an old barn, dug up the earth. Let's generate a local solution for people and parking .... together.

Come and voice your ideas about a new, multi-million dollar parking lot that is being built at 9 Bonar Place (one block north of College at Dufferin). Local councillor and supporter of the parking lot project, Adam Giambrone (ironically, the Chair of the TTC Commission and supposed supporter of a green city) has finally agreed to meet with all local residents for those living in the Davenport neighbourhood of College and Dufferin streets on December 16th.

Local residents have been trying to get a meeting with him for many weeks, while the Toronto Parking Authority promised there would be no work done on the site until spring. Cement trucks have been spotted and everything on the lot has been demolished. Come and help shape your vision of the future for the College and Dufferin community.

When: December 16, 2008 starting at 6:30pm
Where: Location to be announced shortly.
Why: Tell your city councillor if you think a parking lot is good for your community.
Contact: If you like more information, contact Moira Bayne by email at info@huntinghawkcommunications.com.
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1 comment:

psyclebabe said...

Congratulations! This meeting should haave been held BEFORE the council spent over $1,000,000 to buy the property. Glad to see Mr Giambrone has LEARNED from his mistakes on Landsowne.Great Blog Site!