Comments on: Not In My Back Yard: A Storm on St. Clair http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/04/not-in-my-back-yard-a-storm-on-st-clair/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: mondo lulu http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/04/not-in-my-back-yard-a-storm-on-st-clair/comment-page-1/#comment-291174 mondo lulu Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:39:21 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/04/not-in-my-back-yard-a-storm-on-st-clair/#comment-291174 Hi Christopher, A little update on the situation on St. Clair West. Two years later, construction is well underway and the street looks like a huge crater for a two-mile stretch. Business is struggling due to the noise and dust, and many have fallen by the wayside. On a good note, new, upscale shops and restaurants have moved into the nabe, on their prescience that things will boom when the construction ends. These include a breakfast place (though not a proper replacement to my dear, departed Tivoli Restaurant), a choclatier and a cupcakery. To combat the dip in foot traffic, the Business Improvement Associations in the area have been doing small awareness campaigns that defiantly tell the neighbourhood that they're still open for business. Here's one that I shot for my local BIA: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dzgnboy/3654375302/ I'm hoping than next year does bring positive change with the completion of the streetcar line. Lord knows we need it. mondo lulu st. clair west toronto Hi Christopher,

A little update on the situation on St. Clair West.

Two years later, construction is well underway and the street looks like a huge crater for a two-mile stretch. Business is struggling due to the noise and dust, and many have fallen by the wayside.

On a good note, new, upscale shops and restaurants have moved into the nabe, on their prescience that things will boom when the construction ends. These include a breakfast place (though not a proper replacement to my dear, departed Tivoli Restaurant), a choclatier and a cupcakery.

To combat the dip in foot traffic, the Business Improvement Associations in the area have been doing small awareness campaigns that defiantly tell the neighbourhood that they’re still open for business.

Here’s one that I shot for my local BIA:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dzgnboy/3654375302/

I’m hoping than next year does bring positive change with the completion of the streetcar line. Lord knows we need it.

mondo lulu
st. clair west
toronto

]]> By: Gethin Davison http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/04/not-in-my-back-yard-a-storm-on-st-clair/comment-page-1/#comment-46533 Gethin Davison Tue, 08 May 2007 03:59:39 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/04/not-in-my-back-yard-a-storm-on-st-clair/#comment-46533 Hello, I read this article and thought I would email as I am currently studying the relationship between NIMBYism and 'place-identity' I am looking for cases where new mixed-use development (urban densification) has been completed at or close to subway or rail stations and which encountered NIMBY or neighbourhood opposition at the planning stages. I am interested at investigating the ways that the design of the scheme incorporated these views. Any suggestions for cases in Toronto would be great- the study is based in Australia. Hello,
I read this article and thought I would email as I am currently studying the relationship between NIMBYism and ‘place-identity’ I am looking for cases where new mixed-use development (urban densification) has been completed at or close to subway or rail stations and which encountered NIMBY or neighbourhood opposition at the planning stages. I am interested at investigating the ways that the design of the scheme incorporated these views.
Any suggestions for cases in Toronto would be great- the study is based in Australia.

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