Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'lansdowne'
August 11, 2007
Photo by Jason Thompson Photography. As TTC Chair, Vice-Chair of the Works Committee, and Ward 18 Councillor—among an ocean of other positions that he holds now or has once held—Adam Giambrone's influence spreads far across the city of Toronto and to some of its most contested issues: transit, the environment, and development, to name a few. Depending on who you ask, he is either the city's best archaeologist-turned-politician or its worst. His term as......
Continue Reading "Tall Poppy Interview: Adam Giambrone"June 18, 2007
This morning at about 10 a.m., Ken Wood and some of the other residents living on Lansdowne Avenue heard buzzsaws. Today was the day when construction on their street was to begin, with the aim of narrowing it down from four lanes to two. The move is already contentious: residents are unhappy about, as the Globe put a few days ago, "increased congestion and...a lack of consultation [with councillor Adam Giambrone]," and every other......
Continue Reading "Tree Hassle"