#danforth avenue

Multiple Shooting Victims in Toronto Greektown Neighborhood

According to Fox News, a man with a handgun walked down Danforth street in a Toronto Greektown neighborhood, and opened fire, killing two and wounding 12 others. The gunman is dead as well, unknown at this point whether he killed himself or died in the exchange of gunfire with police.

Screenshot of gunman

Police responded to a 911 call of the sound of gunshots on Danforth Avenue in Greektown just…

Danforth Avenue, Toronto, 1982

[PHOTO] Three photos taken from around Broadview and Danforth in late evening

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[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: fall, Danforth church, 51 Metcalfe, No Name, Toronto Zoo

blogTO notes that this fall in Toronto is likely to see erratic temperature swings.

This sign on the lawn of a church on the Danforth warning off trespassers might have a defensible rationale, but it still seems off to me. The Toronto Star reports.

This rental at 51 Metcalfe Street does seem sad to me. blogTO describes it.

I rather like this No Name mural. blogTO shows it.

As argued hereat the…

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: skiing, skating, Scarborough, UP Express and Presto, homelessness

I am glad that the new snowfall has made the ode of Shawn Micallef in the Toronto Star last week to the joys of skiing in Toronto relevant again.

Urban Toronto reports on the new Rink Social initiative being promoted at community ice rinks across Toronto, to encourage skating and community city-wide.

blogTO notesa perhaps unattractive home in Scarborough, at Danforth and Warden, that literally…

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Metrolinx map, carding, Ontario Place, HIVE, density

Metrolinx shares a glorious map depicting traffic and trends at the different stops on its many routes.

NOW Toronto notes how Doug Ford may yet enable carding-like practices by police.

The criticism by an Ontario government minister of the state of Ontario Place is worrisome. The Toronto Star reports.

Urban Toronto shares a photo of the construction at the vast Hive site downtown.

George Popper…

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Superlinx, Dean Lisowick, environment, Danforth, #infinityago

Steve Munro takes a critical look at the idea of an uploading of southern Ontario mass transit to a broader regional board, a Superlinx.

The Toronto Star reports on the funeral ceremony given to Dean Lisowick, victim of the Church and Wellesley serial killer.

Toronto’s ravine system and its inner harbor are on the verge of ecological collapse, with invading species of plant and animal life taking…

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: violence, mass media, Vegandale, fentanyl, Twitter, Silver Dollar

This story about the assault of a photographer for the Toronto Sun by protesters highlights something alarming. The Toronto Star reports.

NOW Toronto highlights the role played by the Toronto Sun in putting forth an alt-right-tinged view of the Danforth shooting.

Natalia Manzucco at NOW Toronto looks at the continuing issues, economic and otherwise, surrounding “Vegandale”.

Fentanyl is killing…