Notice

In my 'hood, every other block or so, you see signs like the one above. This particular sign is at the intersection of Carlton and Yonge Streets, on the site of a building with a distinctive mid-century-era facade since obscured by advertising. You can see it next to the brightly illuminated Toronto Hydro building in the photo below, taken in February/March 1967.

The new 73-storey structure is going up across Yonge Street from another giant tower currently under construction and is one block north of the newly-built Aura tower, which is, for the time being, the tallest residential condominium in Toronto. That will change when a 96-storey tower, kitty corner to the Aura at the intersection of Yonge and Gerrard, is built. There's also a new tower going up one block north of the 73-storey structure, and another a block north of that. A seventh towering monolith is slated for development just north of the one currently under construction across the street from 2 Carlton. 

If each of these new towers holds about twelve hundred  people, that's 8,400 new people added to a four-block stretch of Yonge Street.

If all these people want to get around by car, the streets may get a bit congested. And that may explain the surmise in the sign below, that, even though only 2% of Torontonians currently ride their bike or walk to work, all of that is about to change.

Also Noticed

Early one Saturday morning, on my way to the gym, I saw this on the steps leading to the courtyard of the condo complex we live in.

Leaving behind something like a hidden object puzzle (can you find the sock, the hairbrush, the apple, the five syringes?), a local had strewn the contents of their bag, and their bag, on the steps.

This is not trash. People don't pick up litter in my neighbourhood, but by the time I returned home, all the pieces, and the bag, were gone. 

Thanks for reading!

Happy New Year!

Karen