Yonge and Eglinton is for people

WALK LEADER : Colleen Bailey

More Neighbours t-shirt and a light blue umbrella on the Northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton

DATE : Saturday May 4, 2024

WALK START TIME : 1:00 p.m.

WALK END TIME : 2:15 p.m.

WALK START LOCATION : Yonge and Eglinton, Northwest corner

WALK END LOCATION : Redpath and Eglinton

(about 3 blocks East of Eglinton station, on the Eglinton bus route)

Join More Neighbours Toronto for a walk and discussion of what growth and change have meant to the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood.

Despite covering only a few blocks, we will journey through three different land use designations and too many city zones to count, three provincial ridings represented by three different political parties, and a variety of building types and tenures.

From high-rise to missing middle, from co-ops on libraries to condos atop schools, from the heritage preservation of Postal Station K to those weird alien sculptures.

Collectively, this area has the variety that Jane Jacobs often admired, but adherence to the “blind superstition” of some planning rules have also created divisions within it, attempting to dictate what (and who) belongs where.

The result might not be the Jacobsian ideal of organic change but, as Jacobs herself noted, communities often thrive despite our expectations about what ought to be.

Vibrant city sidewalk ballets of all sorts can be found amongst the condos for those who care to look.

Feel free to join us afterward for a post-walk gelato and discussion of upcoming housing advocacy opportunities.

LANGUAGE : English

THEMEs :

• Advocacy and Politics
• Architecture and Urban Planning
• People and Communities

ACCESSIBILITY :

• Busy sidewalks
• Dog-friendly walk
• Family-friendly walk