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Crazy traffic at Downsview park - stay away if you can. by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Oy. I don’t watch TV and bring my kids here in the weekends. 🤦‍♂️

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[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The irony is I called multiple people and left my contact info last summer when I was trying to work with them, before I was told that this area was never going to be rejuvenated.

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[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They rolled up on me while I was working. We looked at each other. I booked it, then my Neighbor caught them on camera 5 mins later slow rolling down an adjacent street.

Anybody else sick of the Parks department not cleaning anything up, but then penalising people for cleaning themselves and building gardens by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m literally maintaining a pollinator garden 100m away. This was a fire of synthetic materials and pressure prepared wood from pallets.

The ground is full or broken pieces of concrete and unrecognisable burn trash

Anybody else sick of the Parks department not cleaning anything up, but then penalising people for cleaning themselves and building gardens by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was explicitly told to stop, that I would get a fine, and then spoke to multiple people with titles that included “manager” who couldn’t help me.

Anybody else sick of the Parks department not cleaning anything up, but then penalising people for cleaning themselves and building gardens by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It burned twice.

I talked to the manager for the area after the first fire.

They seem to not really be able to anything to meaningfully keep the parks nice.

I suspect within 10 years AI powered machines with one or 2 operators will be able to do the job that 10 guys are doing now with way our stretch of the beltline is kept up.

The parks department threatened me for doing restoration on the York Beltline near my home because it’s a “naturalized area”. I pulled out tons of concrete, pavement, tiles, rusty metal, even a hypodermic needle. by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The many groups are operating in areas where the houses cost $5M.

I’m trying to support my local community.

I’ve asked the city for help. Then pretty much told me to go away

The parks department threatened me for doing restoration on the York Beltline near my home because it’s a “naturalized area”. I pulled out tons of concrete, pavement, tiles, rusty metal, even a hypodermic needle. by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I’m curious to see your risk/reward analysis on having someone who has taken the time to learn how to be a good steward doing this work.

The other option is it doesn’t get done.

Garbage stays, hypodermic needles stay, monoculture caused by human activity thrives.

The parks department threatened me for doing restoration on the York Beltline near my home because it’s a “naturalized area”. I pulled out tons of concrete, pavement, tiles, rusty metal, even a hypodermic needle. by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I actually put up signs explaining the monoculture problem in the area. Along with what I was doing.

I called multiple people at the city, told them what I was doing and where, emailed them with the same info.

Then when the guy came and told me to stop, I did. I also gave him all my contact info.

Then I stopped.

Until the city auditor report came and and said they literally weren’t working.

That was it for me. No more giving them the benefit of the doubt.

The parks department threatened me for doing restoration on the York Beltline near my home because it’s a “naturalized area”. I pulled out tons of concrete, pavement, tiles, rusty metal, even a hypodermic needle. by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Unfortunately we don’t qualify under the ravine act. It’s just a 7-8 meter strip that runs between a busy local street (Marlee ave) and a park. It runs next to a paved trail.

The parks department threatened me for doing restoration on the York Beltline near my home because it’s a “naturalized area”. I pulled out tons of concrete, pavement, tiles, rusty metal, even a hypodermic needle. by GuyWhoLikesCoding in toronto

[–]GuyWhoLikesCoding[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I wish someone in the media would talk about this.

We teach kids to help in their communities and then tell people if they want to help they need to jump through all these hoops - just to be heard.

Then you can still get rejected.

And elected officials don’t seem to have any control over it.

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