Month: November 2009

bikewest

BikeWest on CKCU radio

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I was interviewed by Danny Ghosen   of CKCU radio (Carleton U), on BikeWest, a week or so ago. Danny is from The Netherlands, the world’s most condusive nation for cycling. He is in a state of shock at the conditions cyclists are supposed to ride in here. “Riding a bike on Bronson Avenue … you’ve gotta be nuts” he told me in a conversation before the interview. Click the link to listen to the interview. Unfortunately, the first few seconds and intro are not on the tape:http://www.ericdarwin.ca/CKCU_Interview_1.mp4 Continue reading BikeWest on CKCU radio

855 Carling, Bayview-Carling CDP, Carling Ave, condos, Dows Lake, infill, intensificatioin

Out with the old, in with the condos

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The printing establishment currently located at the corner of Hickory Street and Champagne Avenue is the only remaining industrial use in this section of the Bayview-Champagne corridor. It once was an industrial heartland of the city, with convenient rail access (the tracks were relocated into the cut in 1963, before that they ran at street level). The old Sunoco fuel depot site has been cleaned up and is currently zoned for a 40,000 sq ft building. The former Campbell Iron and Steel plant at the corner of Carling/Champagne (now a satellite parking lot for the Civic Hospital) is in process to become … Continue reading Out with the old, in with the condos