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26 August 2010, early AM and rather blurry--next time I'll take the extra 5s of thought required to find a trash can to use as a temp tripod.
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Roncesvalles Reconstruction
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26 August 2010: Late night:
StIdes
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I didnt know they were tearing up that section of dundas st w aswell!
W. K. Lis
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507 to be routed up Roncesvalles to Dundas West Station... sort of.
From the TTC Service Advisories:
From the TTC Service Advisories:
catcher_of_cats
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Construction has ground to a crawl this week with virtually no work done. I am uncertain as to why.
W. K. Lis
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Long weekend or (cough!) extra long weekend.
Darn, paper cut. Have to wait until it heals before continuing my comment.
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Perhaps because they are running on schedule (good weather and all that) and need to wait for the pre-determined closure dates for intersections. I also think that theTTC move staff around from project to project and they have certainly been quite busy on Parliament this week - to get it pretty much done from Dundas to King and ready for the work to start on the King/Parliament section - this starts on Tuesday.
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From the Roncesvalles Avenue Reconstruction TTC Track Reconstruction, Road Reconfiguration and Reconstruction / Resurfacing, and Streetscaping website, click on this link to download the PDF Construction Notice.
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Meanwhile...
As the Roncesvalles Polish Festival is postponed until September, 2011 because of the construction, from the Roncesvalles BIA:
As the Roncesvalles Polish Festival is postponed until September, 2011 because of the construction, from the Roncesvalles BIA:
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Roncesvalles: The origin and history of that name...
WKLis: The name "Roncesvalles" has intrigued me for a long time and I was wondering if you knew or can direct me to find out what the origin or history of that name was?
To me it is an absolutely Toronto name that sticks in my mind...
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WKLis: The name "Roncesvalles" has intrigued me for a long time and I was wondering if you knew or can direct me to find out what the origin or history of that name was?
To me it is an absolutely Toronto name that sticks in my mind...
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W. K. Lis
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Walter O'Hara named the street after the Battle of Roncesvalles which took place in the Roncesvalles gorge in Spain in 1813 against the retreating army of Napoleon.
See Wikipedia as a starting point.
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This is on the Roncesvalles BIA's site:
Early History
Much of the land west of Roncesvalles was once part of Sunnyside Farm, owned by John Howard, Toronto's first surveyor and one of Canada's greatest architects. In 1873, Howard donated a large chunk of land to the City of Toronto. In 1890, he also donated his beloved Colborne Lodge and the surrounding land. These great gifts formed most of what is today High Park, the largest in Toronto.
Colonel Walter O'Hara owned most of the land on the east, living on a large estate he named West Lodge. He named Roncesvalles after the gorge where he fought during the Battle of the Pyrenees in 1813. Many other neighbourhood streets have an O'Hara connection, such as Marion (named for his wife), and Constance (named for his daughter). Fermanagh is the county of his birth in Ireland. The Colonel died in 1874.
Residential homes began to appear from the early 1900s on, as Toronto experienced a massive building boom. For the first half of the 20th century, Roncesvalles residents were mostly of British origin. In the post WWII years, a large number of Polish immigrants settled in the area, setting up churches, banks and businesses which remain important local institutions. Every year, Roncesvalles celebrates the Polish contribution to Toronto's cultural mosaic with the Roncesvalles Village Polish Festival.
Early History
Much of the land west of Roncesvalles was once part of Sunnyside Farm, owned by John Howard, Toronto's first surveyor and one of Canada's greatest architects. In 1873, Howard donated a large chunk of land to the City of Toronto. In 1890, he also donated his beloved Colborne Lodge and the surrounding land. These great gifts formed most of what is today High Park, the largest in Toronto.
Colonel Walter O'Hara owned most of the land on the east, living on a large estate he named West Lodge. He named Roncesvalles after the gorge where he fought during the Battle of the Pyrenees in 1813. Many other neighbourhood streets have an O'Hara connection, such as Marion (named for his wife), and Constance (named for his daughter). Fermanagh is the county of his birth in Ireland. The Colonel died in 1874.
Residential homes began to appear from the early 1900s on, as Toronto experienced a massive building boom. For the first half of the 20th century, Roncesvalles residents were mostly of British origin. In the post WWII years, a large number of Polish immigrants settled in the area, setting up churches, banks and businesses which remain important local institutions. Every year, Roncesvalles celebrates the Polish contribution to Toronto's cultural mosaic with the Roncesvalles Village Polish Festival.
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17 October 2010:
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I was on Roncesvalles today having brunch at Brad's Eatery before going for a walk in High Park. I lived on Geoffrey St. last year and see construction is still trudging along, how much longer until the sidewalks are worked on and everything is completed?