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Author: Jason Shvili

Dogs in off-leash area
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Rules suggested for dog owners in park

December 10, 2019December 17, 2019 Jason Shvili dogs, off-leash area, Withrow Park

Off-leash dog parks have their problems, including a sheer lack of etiquette and respect for fellow dog owners, according to one.

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Traffic waiting behind streetcar
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New streetcar tech could get traffic moving

October 12, 2019 Jason Shvili bike lanes, cycling, Danforth Avenue

Our leaders at City Hall know all about the new technology that can get Toronto’s traffic moving faster. So why aren’t we using it!?

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Missing bike lanes on Danforth
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Danforth experiment proved benefits of bike lanes

September 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Jason Shvili bike lanes, cycling, Danforth Avenue

A pop-up demonstration of bike lanes gave us a glimpse of what Danforth could look like, reconfigured to give cyclists and pedestrians priority over cars.

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Pedestrians using phones crossing the street
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Heads up, pedestrians! Taking that call not worth your life

October 4, 2018October 8, 2018 Jason Shvili cellphone, Danforth Avenue, pedestrian

Every day pedestrians are seen with their heads in their cellphones strolling down the sidewalk or crossing the street without paying attention.

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Bloor-Danforth line
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When do we get upgrade to Bloor-Danforth subway line?

August 28, 2018October 7, 2018 Jason Shvili Pape Station, subway

The Bloor-Danforth subway line s being sorely neglected by the city while the Yonge-University-Spadina line gets all the improvements, rider says.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Jason Shvili

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Jason Shvili
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Jason Shvili
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Jason Shvili

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