| # | Name | Comments (optional, but we would like to hear them) |
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| 551 | David Kroh | Here's a thought. Countries like Kenya, and Mexico that depend on tourism, keep all their beaches PUBLIC. Not even 5 star resorts can "cut off" a private portion of beach from the public. Yet those resorts successfully offer many water sports, and attract many tourists.
Why? Perhaps those countries understand that the beach is what makes the resorts attractive and ultimately successful, not the other way around.
The fact that the Martin Goodman trail, goes north of the Palais Royal, and the Boulevard club, and does not continue along the water is a public disgrace. Cities have the power to expropriate public land for public purposes. They will do so for example to build new roads, and we know what a destructive effect the Gardiner had on Parkdale. Why don't they use that power to benefit the people of Toronto? Put ALL of the trail, back along the water, where it belongs! This is the sort of courage and vision needed for the beach, and Parkdale to thrive once again! |
| 552 | Bozena Korczak | |
| 553 | Catherine Gautry | |
| 554 | Ingrid Waisgluss | Keep public space green and democratic |
| 555 | Rui Madureira | |
| 556 | Christina Stanley | |
| 557 | Julien Valmary | |
| 558 | Nathalie Cusson | This can't happen. It is bad enough that we have a highway blocking the lake view... |
| 559 | Anonymous | |
| 560 | Maureen O'Donnell | Waterfront is for walking. Isn't it? |
| 561 | Anonymous | This is similar to the situation in Col. Sam Smith Park in Etobicoke, where we are fighting to keep a large regional skateboarding facility out of a naturalized park area by the waterfront. It is the lack of public consultation which is the biggest concern. Our waterfront public areas are already so small. Travel in Spain last summer convinced me that their approach of keeping large public areas along waterfronts in their cities really improved the quality of life in their cities. |
| 562 | Chris Ross | |
| 563 | Chris Ross | |
| 564 | Tom Nesbitt | |
| 565 | Anonymous | |
| 566 | Veronica Feihl | |
| 567 | Veronica Gershenzon | |
| 568 | Ian Lazarus | We are fortunate to have access to a lovely lakeshore park in such a large city. Lets not let it slowly erode for financial gain. In the long run it definately won;t be worth it. |
| 569 | Christine McMullan (nee Orlowski) | "what price paradise?" |
| 570 | Anonymous | Please do not destroy this beautiful landscape by allowing it to be turned into yet another parking lot. It seems there are a number of good, viable alternatives that would still give Pegasus Group Inc. their required amount of parking spaces without having to destroy this beautiful, waterfront, parkland. |
| 571 | Donna Mitchell | The waterfront should be for the public -- current generations and future. It was my understanding that this is where we were going. How is this latest turn of events possible? |
| 572 | Jennifer Ford | |
| 573 | Camelia LaMorticella | |
| 574 | Camelia LaMorticella | |
| 575 | Anonymous | We are already fighting bad air in that region because of the Gardner Expressway. Our Lake Front area is such a boon to our city and it's Citizens. Please NO parking lot. |
| 576 | Anonymous | We don't need anymore parking lots (or cars!) in Toronto. Thanks. |
| 577 | Jon Harris | The goal of having more people access our beautiful outdoor green spaces in comendable. Paving over them is not the solution. We should be exploring better options for transit and better utilisation of existing parking space. |
| 578 | Melissa Ogilvie | Please stop the craziness. The lake has already been ruined by the Gardiner and the break wall - no more please. |
| 579 | Melissa Ogilvie | Please stop the craziness. The lake has already been ruined by the Gardiner and the break wall - no more please. |
| 580 | Dagny Thompson | Don't cut the trees! If you want to beautify Toronto and build a sustainable city, this is where it starts. |
| 581 | Holly Luffman | |
| 582 | Isabelle Shields | Dictating to your constituency is no way to get re-elected.
NO TO THE PALAIS PARKING LOT! Yes to more waterfront greenspace. |
| 583 | Jacques Charbin | Please preserve our inner-city, natural shoreline and park lands for environmental reasons and for residents and visitors to enjoy. Have shuttle bus service instead of paving precious green space for parking lots. |
| 584 | Tanya Beach | WE NEED MORE GREEN SPACE IN OUT CITY NOT LESS!! |
| 585 | Tanya Beach | WE NEED MORE GREEN SPACE IN OUT CITY NOT LESS!! |
| 586 | Pat Thomson | beach access is scarce enough as it is. was walking humber to boulevard club last night, the whole area is intesnsively used by pedestrians - no creeping private use of the beach, and teh parking lot's 'permeability' is dubious, at best. |
| 587 | Sam Petite | |
| 588 | judy stephens | |
| 589 | Anonymous | Get off my grass!! |
| 590 | Desia Halpin-Brill | |
| 591 | Anonymous | |
| 592 | Gordon Koch | |
| 593 | Lisa Cavicchia | |
| 594 | Elizabeth Gray | The lack of public consultation about this is as egregious as the parking lot itself! |
| 595 | John Gray | Please! Our waterfront has suffered more than its share of ugly despoliation. |
| 596 | jesse boyer | please let me know of any other green projects I can help with |
| 597 | Oliver Girling | The Martin Goodman Waterfront Trail is a gem. We need to push cars further away from it, not invite them onto it. |
| 598 | Rosemary Skiba | |
| 599 | Rosemary Skiba | |
| 600 | Anonymous | |
