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Jazzin’ Up the Tracks?
The sisyphean task of maintaining the city’s streetcar tracks continue. This time it’s Beaches residents that’ll have to contend with welding crews and jackhammers. Until June 30 track construction will shut down streetcar service East of Queen and Lee and Queen and Lark.
But to the brilliant marketing people at the TTC this isn’t just track reconstruction. They’re “Jazzin’ Up the Track.” No word whether they’ll be blaring Norah Jones to soothe affected business owners.
Too bad they didn’t have the foresight to cushion the blow of the College St. repairs with a catchy musical slogan (“the Conga Line down College?”). More importantly will they keep the musical motif when repairing tracks in other parts of the city? “Boogie down Bathurst” anyone?