Fuzzy Boundaries

Hello community,

I was delighted to see the first signs (likely late) and the excitement about naming our community. I applaud the organizers, and residents for becoming involved, at long last our community will have an identity chosen by the people, I have lived here for 10 yrs and desired this all along.
I missed the name suggestion stage but liked many of the suggestions and have become impartial to several. The voting has caused some discussion in my family which I enjoy, building a feeling of "local citizenship" and "ownership" is always a good thing, esp. among the young.

Community boundaries is yet another great topic/debate and one that is very personal, as many of you have said, the boundaries today may not be the boundaries in future, namely how a person identifies themselves or includes themselves.
At this stage I personally support the rail-line boundaries (even though that may not be the popular opinion in my family), because it is clear and easily identifiable. The future may have its own "FuzzyBoundaries" of where our area will border.

Once again, I am happy to see this community movement, my family & I have voted, I will stress the same for my neighours on both sides of me so we have the best voter turn out, to get everyones input.

I look forward to our "Hood" gathering to do MORE and the uniquely creative things for the betterment of our community and children, over utilizing our community centre, making kids safe-zones that promote cultural literacy, using parklands, our rail-path, pushing for local green initiatives, open markets, visual fairs, arts&culture displays etc

This can be the eclectic area, creatively diverse yet flanked with "ridge" boundaries, this is what will inevitably define us

Kori
(Symington Resident)

Hi! I voted for The Wedge. Why? Because it's interesting, cool, unique and totally defines us. We are The Wedge between many of Toronto's best neighbourhoods. Haven't heard of us? Well you will with a name like 'The Wedge'.Unlike a lot of the names that have too many words or negative connotations like rail or triangle, The Wedge will be heard. And The Wedge was my favourite thing about MuchMusic. Indie alternative rock, just like out hood!

Has there ever been discussion about having the triangle go north of the tracks to cover up to Davenport? I'm on Symington, just south of Kingsley and it's the dead zone where our 'hood really doesn't count in anyone's map. North of Davenport identifies more up there, but us to the south get lost because we're north of the tracks. Davenport makes a nice natural triangle to extend beyond the tracks. My 2 cents!

I'm interested in hearing peoples' comments about the maps that Marcel put together. I recently submitted my own map, and he has added it.

The "change over time" comment above is certainly true. I think my own definition of where my neighbourhood borders are changes daily (hourly?).

Comments on my own map:
Not sure why I included the Value Village into our own neighbourhood on my map. When I go there, it feels more like part of our 'hood than the area farther east. Or maybe not.

I feel bad for doing this, but I also left Ruttan St. and Merchant Lane out of my map. It seems so isolated from the rest of the 'hood that during the few times I've walked into there, I felt like I was somewhere else completely.

I included the Crossways, and properties north up to the Wallace Bridge too, even though they're on the other side of the tracks. That area definitely feels like it belongs more to us than to the "West Bend" / Junction (it never actually was part of West Toronto / The Junction). Also...even the City officially lumped the Crossways corner in with the "Junction Triangle", although they excluded Perth/Sterling south of Bloor!

I also included Wallace/Ward/Lappin east of the rail line.

But I think overall, the triangle within the railway tracks pretty much defines my neighbourhood boundaries on a day-to-day basis.

I find Irmina's neighbourhood map interesting too....much more abstract than the rest.