AVENUE STATION CONSTRUCTION UPDATES MINING UPDATE Mining operations are underway at both the Secondary Entrance and the Main Entrance sites. Mining occurs on a 24 hour schedule. Read the construction notice for more detail.   The mining excavation sequence continues between the Main and Secondary Entrances and east of the Secondary Entrance. This sequence includes drilling roof supports, removal of earth and coating exposed surfaces with shot-crete.      Mining work between the Main and Secondary Entrances will be completed in late October. Once completed, activities in the cavern will shift to permanent works which include waterproofing and concrete works to build the permanent station structure underground.     Crews also continue to excavate to the east and are currently underground mid-block between Oriole Parkway South and Eastbourne Ave. These activities include removing earth and drilling horizontal roof supports underground. During the next 3-4 weeks regular excavation works will be underway.   In mid to late October, crews will be required to complete some demolition activities within the cavern which may be more noticeable for those closest to the construction location.   Based on the location of your property and the type of activity being completed some works may be more noticeable.   The general mining activities occur in a continuous sequence – drilling roof supports, excavation under the roof supports and spraying of concrete to finalize exposed areas underground. Within the excavation portion of the sequence, periodic removal of concrete sections of the existing tunnels is required as well as periodic chipping of temporary concrete linings. When possible, crews complete higher impact works during the day, however due to the sequence nature of the work and the engineering requirements related to ground stability and cavern integrity, it’s possible some of this activity may occur during the overnight hours. Noise and Vibration Mitigation Noise and vibration impacts to your building depend on your proximity to the source and how the vibrations travel through the soil and interact with the foundation and structure of your building. Crosslinx Transit Solutions has implemented several noise reduction measures on site to mitigate the impact felt by the community during mining activities. Enclosures are used to cover equipment like generators and pumps, silencers are used to reduce noise from fans, and delivery routes and times are selected to minimize disruption – just to name a few. If you experience disruption from mining activities, please call our 24/7 phone line at 416-782-8118.   CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ONGOING & NEW NEXT WEEK   ACTIVITY & AREA WHAT TO EXPECT DURATION TENTATIVE DATE Concrete Pours Concrete pours will occur approximately once per week over the next year.   Concrete trucks will be staged in the existing laydown area on the north side of Eglinton Avenue and exit the site at the gate on the west end of the site.   Some of the trucks will be required to back into the west gate of the secondary entrance due to coordination with other construction activities that will be underway during the concrete pour.  6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Weekly   Connection Bore Holes West of Main Entrance *more details in CLC deck from September 4 Additional connection holes to the tunnels are required to facilitate final lining activities and deliver concrete to the cavern level   Drilling of the bore holes will occur just west of the Main Entrance. Drilling will take approximately one (1) week.   Concrete pours will begin in late October Mid-October Dewatering Well Maintenance Periodic maintenance of dewatering wells as required. Periodic maintenance will be ongoing and require a short duration (1 day) enclosure around the well in the right of way   A compressor and occasional hydrovac truck will be used to complete the maintenance Ongoing 9am to 4pm   Monitoring Work   Equipment is installed in various locations around the station are to monitor ground movement during construction.   Read the construction notice for more detail. To install the monitoring equipment in the ground, crews move from location to location around the station area. Typically a drilling machine is used to drill the hole where the monitor will be installed.   If on the sidewalk, pedestrians may need to be routed around the work zone (sidewalks stay open). If on the roadway, a short term lane closure may be required. Readings will be taken regularly for the duration of the project.   Installations planned to be complete in the next few months.   Ongoing monitoring Currently installations are focused east of Secondary entrance

In October 2019, crews will conduct two closures of Berwick Avenue between Duplex Avenue and Yonge Street to perform supporting construction activities for TTC’s Line 1 Subway Facility Services Building. Due to the location of the new building, the work can only be carried out safely while the subway is not in operation. Details to follow. Please check the construction notices on the website and visit TTC’s website under “Scheduled Subway Closures” for update-to-date TTC service information.

As part of TTC’s system-wide upgrade, Crosslinx Transit Solutions is constructing a new tunnel ventilation shaft for TTC Line 1 subway. , A new work zone will be erected in the middle of the roadway on Yonge Street between Eglinton Avenue and Roehampton Avenue. This work is expected to start in October and will last for six months. More details will be posted on the Crosstown website.  

Metrolinx is building the Eglinton Crosstown, Toronto’s new 19-kilometre light rail transit (LRT) line that will run along Eglinton Avenue. The Crosstown will connect Mount Dennis in the west to Kennedy Road in the east, and the new service will be up to 60% faster than the bus service today. With 25 stations and stops and connections to 3 TTC subway stations, 54 local bus routes, 3 GO Transit lines and the UP Express, the Crosstown will improve travel times and change the way we move through the heart of the city. You’re invited to our fall open houses! Come out to learn about the future Crosstown stations and stops in your neighbourhood and the progress on the new Eglinton line now under construction.

The Open House for our area is as follows:

Central (Chaplin, Avenue, Eglinton, Mount Pleasant, Leaside) October 15, 2019 @ 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Yonge-Eglinton Centre 2300 Yonge Street

The City of Toronto is undertaking consultation to help develop a strategy to reduce single-use and takeaway items. Please complete an online survey, join a telephone town hall, and share information with your networks. Comments will be accepted until November 4, 2019. Details: www.toronto.ca/single-use

• Online Survey 
• Telephone/Web Town Hall 

This City is seeking feedback on the proposed approaches, items that will be targeted, and timelines to reduce specific single-use and takeaway items in Toronto. A single-use or takeaway item is any product designed for a single-use after which it is disposed of in the garbage, Blue Bin (recycling) or Green Bin (organics). Typically, these products are not designed for durability or reuse.

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Waste Strategy

www.toronto.ca/wastestrategy

wastestrategy@toronto.ca

416-392-3760

The OPA  in conjunction with community members including the Oriole Park Junior Public School Parent Council is pleased to announce that commencing this Fall a pilot 3 way stop project at Oriole Parkway and College View Avenue will be initiated.

The approval was facilitated through the efforts and coordination of Councillor Josh Matlow's office in  the establishing the Oriole Park Traffic Working Group who worked in conjunction with the City of Toronto Transportation Services.

SAVE THE DATE!!

The Annual General Meeting for the Oriole Park Association is to be held on Thursday November 7, 2019 commencing at 7:00PM  in the gymnasium at Oriole Park Junior Public School.

Confirmed speakers include: Councillor Josh Matlow , Jill Andrew MPP and Staff Sergeant James Hogan of Toronto Police Services. 

Further details to follow.

On September 18,2019 CBC released a summary of dangerous intersections - especially for pedestrians in the City of Toronto .

The Oriole Park Association catchment area has 3 intersections listed in the article and they are :

1. Chaplin Crescent / Eglinton Avenue West

2. Yonge Street  / Eglinton Avenue

3. Yonge Street / Soudan / Berwick Avenue

The link to the article and interactive map  is:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-dangerous-intersection-map-1.5288295

Beauty of Oriole Park’s white pine an inspiration for art

By Megan OgilvieData Reporter

Sat., Aug. 31, 2019timer2 min. read

Tree of the Week showcases some of the biggest and most beautiful trees in the GTA, as compiled by Megan Ogilvie. 

Here Brenda Webster Tweel tells us about one of her favourite trees, a white pine that grows in Toronto’s Oriole Park, and which she sees nearly every day while walking to and from the Davisville subway station.

For the last two decades I have been living a double life, straddling the worlds of urban designer by day and artist by night.

This white pine, which grows in the middle of Oriole Park, near the edge of the baseball diamond, brings my two lives together.

As an urban designer, I speak to the power of trees to make our streets more vibrant and to help our cities thrive. By cleaning our air, storing rain and ground water and protecting our shorelines, trees work hard every day.

While performing all these important duties, trees also provide beauty, helping to clear our minds. I like to think of them as agile caretakers, stretching out their limbs and inviting us to enjoy all that our cities have to offer.

As an artist, I enjoy communicating through the silent power of image.

My medium is cyanotype, a photographic printing process developed in the 19th century that creates a striking blue and white print. I work only with iron salts, sun, water and paper to create my images, often experimenting with the chemistry and composition of the technique and always aiming for my prints to showcase a vivid Prussian blue.

Cyanotype is a form of photography that does not require a camera. Having worked with blueprint machines in architecture school, I’m drawn to both the process and product of this medium

I have spent 20 years working in cyanotype and my work has grown from hand-held explorations to human-scaled portraits. I’m often drawn to creating cyanotype portraits of trees.

I feel that this particular cyanotype portrait, showcasing this white pine in Oriole Park, truly brings together my double life as city builder and cyanotype artist.

This tree, to me, is a particularly proud white pine. It holds a striking evergreen presence in the landscape and brings joy to all those who pass by.

The way I produced the cyanotype of the white pine is deliberate: I wanted to capture the power of this tree. By making the tree appear to float in this 19th century photographic medium I am underscoring the tree’s constancy in our rapidly transforming city.

I’ve read that the white pine was once referred to as the Tree of Peace. For me, this deep-rooted symbolism plays out in a subtle way every day. As I rush to and from the Davisville subway station, commuting between my home and work, I look for this tree and it brings me a moment of peace. I’m grateful that it is a constant companion in my daily routine.