{"id":719,"date":"2006-04-24T00:33:59","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T04:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=719"},"modified":"2006-10-08T19:32:01","modified_gmt":"2006-10-08T23:32:01","slug":"motorhead-beachhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/04\/24\/motorhead-beachhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorhead Beachhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/map.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/before.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Beaches vs. The Beach is not the only battle on the beach in Toronto &#8212; a coalition of Parkdale community groups is trying to stop a waterfront parking lot from going in near the historic and soon-to-be-reopened Palais Royale. They produced the above map graphic, as well as these &#8220;before&#8221; and &#8220;after&#8221; pictures of the area in question (never mess with community groups armed with Photoshop).<\/p>\n<p>John Lorinc had a piece in Saturday&#8217;s Globe Toronto section on the issue. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20060422.LAKESHORE22\/TPStory\/?query=lorinc\">his article<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Heading into a summer when tens of thousands are expected to flock to a brand-new watercourse for the world championship dragon boat races, neighbourhood residents are bracing for huge crowds. The western beaches are about to roar back to life. But for reasons that mystify area residents, city officials are simultaneously preparing to hive off portions of scarce waterfront land for a 120-space parking lot and a pair of fenced-off boat storage areas proposed for one of the area&#8217;s few remaining natural beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Those moves have outraged Parkdale residents who frequent the area and are demanding to know why the local councillor, Sylvia Watson, seems to have signed off on what they call a creeping privatization of the lakeshore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- \/Summary --><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/after.gif\" \/>The freeway and railway corridor makes it easy to forget how close Parkdale is to the waterfront. The community coalition also says that the private Boulevard Club and Toronto Sail &#038; Canoe Club are interested in leasing 300 feet of currently accessible beach that &#8220;would be fenced off from public use.&#8221; If you wish you can let the Councillor know your feelings on this by calling her office ( 416-392-7919) or by <a href=\"mailto:Sylvia_Watson@toronto.ca\">email<\/a>. For those interested in this, there is a public meeting tonight and Councillor Watson will be present (her position can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylviawatson.ca\/\">her website<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 24<\/li>\n<li>7:00PM<\/li>\n<li>Palais Royal (1601 Lakeshore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No word on where to park for the meeting. Also check next week&#8217;s <em>Eye Weekly<\/em> Stroll column for more on the Palais Royal area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beaches vs. The Beach is not the only battle on the beach in Toronto &#8212; a coalition of Parkdale community groups is trying to stop a waterfront parking lot from going in near the historic and soon-to-be-reopened Palais Royale. They produced the above map graphic, as well as these &#8220;before&#8221; and &#8220;after&#8221; pictures of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/04\/24\/motorhead-beachhead\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Motorhead Beachhead&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,24,20,5],"tags":[1181,2072,408,2070,1030,1434,1179,2073,19,2071],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-green-space","category-history","category-urban-design","category-waterfront","tag-416-392-7919","tag-boulevard-club","tag-councillor","tag-dragon-boat-festival","tag-john-lorinc","tag-local-councillor","tag-sylvia-watson","tag-the-world-championship","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-sail-canoe-club"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Motorhead Beachhead - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/04\/24\/motorhead-beachhead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motorhead Beachhead - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Beaches vs. The Beach is not the only battle on the beach in Toronto &#8212; a coalition of Parkdale community groups is trying to stop a waterfront parking lot from going in near the historic and soon-to-be-reopened Palais Royale. 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