#eglinton

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Toronto - gentrification of Eglinton West

under the false promise of a subway system being built (which was later revealed to be a streetcar that just runs partially underground) Eglinton Avenue has been left in disarray for nearly 14 years.

This has lead to displacement of residents, forced closure of businesses, gridlock and un-forseeable event such as the 2020 lockdowns taking a toll on businesses/significant spaces

Eglinton West is considered "prime real estate" specifically the struggling Little Jamaica stretch and many developers have had their eye on turning the entire stretch into condos. Eglinton Avenue could've been saved if the city declared it an official protected neighborhood like China Town sadly it was only declared as such after a decade of construction impacted businesses

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On August 28th 1839 The Eglinton Tournament began.

By the 1800s, tales of romance and chivalry inspired an interest in the costume and events of the Middle Ages.

At the famous Eglinton Tournament, held at Eglinton Castle, Ayreshire, Scotland, the Earl and his guests dressed themselves in medieval-style costumes and took part in processions and competitions.

The tournament was open to the public and attracted tens of thousands of spectators. Participants had spent the previous year in training, both in private and in public, building up huge public interest in the event. A variety of commemorative souvenirs was produced, such as jugs or textiles.The painting of Lord Eglinton, dressed in gold armour showed his hopes and dreams for the occasion.

The form that the tournament took was a 16th-century ‘Triumph’ whereby knights on horseback attempted to strike each other’s shields by tilting with lances. It was agreed that a pitched battle, or mêlée, would be too dangerous, although a small mêlée was held at the end of the third day between two teams of four knights.

Oh and there was a small level of Health & Safety, Lord Eglinton had been warned by the Sheriff of Ayr that if anyone was killed during the tournament the guilty party would be charged with manslaughter, or even murder. In the end the tournament that the Earl imagined was somewhat different, as a Glasgow newspaper reported....

"Two knights ran towards each other, at a very moderate pace indeed and attempted to poke each other with their poles, mistakenly called lances, in a manner so utterly harmless that a child need scarcely have dreaded the encounter. Not a single knight was unseated, or even made to reel in the saddle."

According to one source around 100,000 people from all over the world attended the event, but on the first day of the tournament, the clouds were much darker than the picture shows . By coincidence the new rail line from Ayr to nearby Irvine was opened only 3 days before the Tournament opened on 28 August, 1839. On the first day, the new rail service carried almost 3000 passengers to Irvine to view the festivities. Steamships brought visitors from Liverpool and Glasgow.

At noon on the first day the skies opened and the spectators in their fine costumes found themselves soaked to the skin and not even able to see very much. The reporter continues,

"I once caught a glimpse of a horse's tail, and once a hurried view of the end of a lance. Another time I just distinguished, for an instant, the nose of a combatant, and once afterwards obtained a full view of the Marquess of Waterford, who seemed really to enjoy the fun, and to like it all the better for the mud below and the moisture above… "

The following two days the weather improved and the tournament was a resounding success and brought a renewed interest to all things Scottish, perhaps in the same way Braveheart did in the late 90′s

The newspapers covered stories about it for months afterwards. Those who took part later had portraits painted in their armour and medieval costumes, some with their Lance's medals and trophies they won that day.

Although the Earl lost a reputed £40,000 it did not dampen his enthusiasm and he went on to organise a large-scale commemoration of Robert Burns.Such was his fame after the tournament Karl Marx described him as ‘the Don Quixote who wanted to resuscitate the tournaments of chivalry

’The Eglinton Estate is now a country park, very little of the once grand castle remains, the Tournament Bridge however was recently restored to it's former glory and looks fantastic.

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Canada’s first subway opened along Yonge, running 4.6 miles from Union to Eglinton in 1954.

The first stretch of the Yonge Street line took four years to build and was designed to move a peak load of 40,000 people per hour in the downtown core. It opened in 1954.

[fieriframes]

[Guy, two pans is better than one. Two pans! Eglinton laughed. Alright. So, 50 minutes. Let them proof.]

[asiannothingness-blog]

Coco / Midtown

square-jawed sansa GOT

[bunnyfromsomewhere]

I lost some spikes and I have lost the battle

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Waiting for the Bus

Waiting for the Bus

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Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto

Toronto in the Early 1960s

[muirneach]

‘waaa toronto subway map is so sparse compared to other cities’ SHUT UPPPP THEYRE NOT SHOWING THE STREETCAR LINES IN THAT MAP. THEY BALANCE IT OUT. christ alive

[dreamertrilogys]

my life would be so much easier if they just stopped fucking around and finally finished the crosstown lrts

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Eglinton Avenue West before an 11+ year government transit project killed the businesses

Little Jamaica, Toronto

feat Randy's take out, Pizza Pizza and the Cash Store

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New interview and photoshoot with Faye for The Title

Interview - Charlie Gowans-Eglinton

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[I just got to see if I can get the one quintessential bite -- and laughed, unmarried, at Eglinton Johannes, of arts a bachelor. There's some salad. [ Laughs ]]

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Magic Trick The Eglinton Rope Test

Magic Trick The Eglinton Rope Test. The Eglinton Rope Test is a classic escape illusion that leaves audiences baffled. This trick utilizes clever knotting and misdirection to create the appearance of a tightly bound performer who miraculously escapes. Continue reading Magic Trick The Eglinton Rope Test

[bunnyfromsomewhere]

we all have a battle with our inner demons but I battle with my outer aliens