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On the former Tower Automotive Property between the West Toronto Railpath and MOCA Toronto.
Sculptor unknown.
Friday, April 3, 2020.
Kathy Toth || Toronto Graffiti Archive || Instagram
Well today's walk certainly was interesting. It seemed like the world was gonna end.
April 15, 2011. Another recent tag by Kismet on the stairs up to the Railpath on the north side of Bloor St. The other one that I posted recently didn't last long, and I don't expect this one to either. The layers of paint are building up fast...
Blogged here: vic.gedris.org/node/392
New mural under the Wallace bridge by @KIZMET32 and @FRANCISPRATT. The city painted over an older mural by the same artists after it started to show its age.
Sterling Road, Toronto ON, 5 Oct 2020
A brownfield site which lay vacant for several years, and grew a fine old field meadow is now slated for redevelopment. Offices are planned. Toronto's Junction Triangle is about to lose another piece of wildscape which has been attracting my visual attention over the years.
This may be the meadow's last autumn.
Last light of day spills over the bar at Henderson's in Toronto's west end, conveniently located on the western railpath for bicycles.
The last time I took a picture of this scene was back in October 16th 2008. Almost five years later and it has changed a lot. It went from having four sets of tracks to only having two.
The Union Pearson Express goes under the Wallace Avenue Pedestrian Bridge on its way to the Dundas West GO station.
Toronto West Railpath Fun — Instagram: 101bunnyhop
Find the bunnies one by one, don’t give up it’s lots of fun!!! 101 bunnies between Dundas and Dupont - how many can you spot?
Henderson's brew pub, West Toronto Railpath, Toronto On 12 Sep 2020
Cycling has resurged in the city in recent years, and has intensified during the pandemic. Cycling routes are starting to generate business activities, and Henderson's has emerged as one of the city's cycling pubs, accessible to the cycle routes of Bloor, Dundas and the Railpath.
Sterling Road,Toronto ON 12 Aug 2020
As cycling re-emerges in Toronto we are seeing the creation of places which thrive on the cycling routes. Henderson's Brewery effectively has become a cyclists pub on the West Toronto Railpath.
I shot this on my TLR in 2007 or 2008 when every demolition seemed to happen in Toronto in a 5-6 span. It smelled so bad here, for months on end. They were cleaning up the old Glidden Paints factory which had closed in 2001. I missed this factory, and I think almost everyone else did in the community as well since I've never seen interior shots of it,
Some history....
Three culprits
A controversial story in the Junction Triangle’s history involves the Glidden Company factory that opened on Wallace Avenue in 1911. The plant produced paint and varnishes for several decades, as well as a huge amount of pollution. Residents grew increasingly concerned about the pollution and complained to the city about the smells and the possible health effects of the pollution caused by the Glidden factory.
Finally, in 1981, Toronto mayor, Art Eggleton (in office 1980—1991), introduced a bylaw to give the city more oversight of the area’s industries. The bylaw required manufacturers to obtain approval before making any major production changes or expanding operations in the Junction Triangle. This news was not well received by the neighbourhood’s corporations. Glidden Paints, Viceroy Rubber and Plastics, and Nacan Products Limited (formerly National Adhesives Co.) filed official objections. After review, a land use committee recommended that both Glidden and Nacan be exempt from the new bylaw restrictions.
Toxic incidents
The recommendation was delivered on April 5, 1982. Less than 24 hours later, the Nacan Products Ltd. plant had one of the worst chemical spills in the neighbourhood’s history. A night shift operator noticed he had miscalculated when mixing raw chemicals. In an attempt to cover up his mistake, he illegally dumped nearly 4,000 litres of toxic chemicals into the city’s sewers. By the following morning, April 6th, the city began receiving panicked calls from residents about an awful stench coming from their sewers and basements. Three neighbourhood schools were shut down temporarily, and seven residents were hospitalized from the effects of the chemical fumes. In addition to the catastrophe at Nacan, two valves were left open on a tank at the Glidden plant in 1983, allowing 2,000 litres of flammable liquid vinyl to spill out into the sewers. Several households were forced to evacuate.
Call for action
Residents were angry and allied for the City to finally start taking the Junction Triangle’s pollution problem seriously. A study was conducted exploring the health effects of these industries on residents. According to a Toronto Star article from May 11, 1984, it found that that children living in the area were six times more prone to health issues such as runny noses, itchy skin, and throat irritation. As a result, in 1983 the Ontario Municipal Board denied Glidden Paints and Nacan Products’ objection to the bylaw that had passed in 1981. Glidden continued to operate for two more decades in the area before finally ceasing operations in 2001.
Aftermath
Glidden left behind the need for a massive clean-up job. A 2008 Now Magazine article called the site “some of the most contaminated former industrial land” in all of Canada. When soil remediation began the year of the plant’s closure, residents were once again bombarded with unusual smells, headaches, and nosebleeds. These were likely caused by Volatile Organic Compounds, also known as VOCs, which were uncovered during remediation. The process was completed in late 2009, at which point the land was deemed safe for residential use once again. Homes now occupy the former site of the Glidden factory, closing this chapter of the Junction Triangle’s history once and for all.
Bloor Street / West Toronto Railpath - Graffiti.
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Sterling Road,Toronto ON 12 Aug 2020
As cycling re-emerges in Toronto we are seeing the creation of places which thrive on the cycling routes. Henderson's Brewery effectively has become a cyclists pub on the West Toronto Railpath.
West Toronto Railpath, Toronto ON 12 Jul 2020
Outwood Cafe sponsors a socially-distanced dance party on the West Toronto Railpath