{"id":3530,"date":"2008-09-04T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/09\/04\/the-effects-of-cne-parking-in-parkdale\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:25:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:25:44","slug":"the-effects-of-cne-parking-in-parkdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/09\/04\/the-effects-of-cne-parking-in-parkdale\/","title":{"rendered":"The effects of CNE parking in Parkdale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the start of August, the southern part of Parkdale is transformed by two major events: Caribana and the CNE. A huge influx of people descend on the area, leaving behind a not-so-pleasant legacy. Caribana sees a variety of out-of-town visitors run rough-shod over the area: people urinating on residents’ fences, garbage thrown from cars onto lawns and the rail tracks, and a cacophony of noise from flatbed trucks filled with mostly speakers and one or two performers.<\/p>\n

But it’s the parking of CNE patrons that has the most profound effect on the neighbourhood. For some reason, the City waives almost every bylaw on the book to allow residents to turn their front yards into makeshift parking lots for the duration of the CNE. From morning ’til dusk, home owners and apartment superintendents stand in front of their property (see photo above) waving at drivers to hand over $10 for prime parking spots within walking distance of the Ex. If fireworks are planned, or when the air show starts on Labour Day weekend, the situation gets even worse.<\/p>\n

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The CNE grounds offers parking at $25 a pop, so the residential parking spaces are a huge discount. But the effect it has on the neighbourhood is depressing. The driveways and parking lots that are often filled with kids playing are now devoid of any human activity (doubly sad since it’s the last days of summer before they head back to school). Each night you can see the effects of wheels ripping up grass, and even worse, driving over delicate tree roots. With the rain that has saturated Toronto this summer, lawns are soft. I’ve seen about five yards with deep trenches formed from spinning wheels.<\/p>\n

I recognize that a number of Parkdale residents are in dire need of the extra cash generated and I’d hate to be the one to deliver the news that parking on their front lawn is a poor decision from an environmental and neighbourhood perspective. The challenge of convincing drivers to take transit to the CNE is difficult when the over-crowded 29 Dufferin bus, two streetcar routes, an unpromoted specical Exhibition Rocket from Dundas West station, and the unreliable GO train are the only mass transit options.<\/p>\n

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The other effect CNE parking has on the neighbourhood is in Marilyn Bell Park. As I mentioned last year in a post on this topic<\/a>:<\/p>\n

…Once I approached the Exhibition grounds I was amazed to find that most of the parkland and green space on the south side of Lake Shore Blvd., stretching between Strachan and Jameson, had been converted into makeshift parking lots. Nothing was paved over, but cars were parked on the grass I sometimes lie on during lazy Sunday afternoons. Vehicles were parked just inches away from trees, which means they were sitting on top of delicate root systems. Camper vans and mobile homes were parked right up to the edge of the waterfront pedestrian path, idling their engines while their generators ran at full tilt.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I find it unbelievably reckless for the City to turn one of its few active green spaces along the waterfront into a makeshift parking lot to accommodate the massive influx of automobiles. The effect of cars driving on the soil is tremendous (Spacing<\/em> contributor and urban forest expert Todd Irvine says the ground of Marilyn Bell Park is not much different than cement). What’s worse is that Toronto’s tree advocate, councillor Joe Pantelone, is also a director of the CNE and has previously defended the decision to place cars on the park. I’d hope that the bylaw protecting trees on private property during development — a fenced-off area at the base of a tree — could (and should) be applied to the public trees at this park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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