Even with Hallowe'en just around the corner it was hard to pass the sandwich sign with 'Kawartha ice cream'. Queen's newest convenience store is run by AJ and Venoth, both friendly and eager to learn more about the GDNA. They were welcomed to the 'hood, and yes, the ice cream is scrumptious!

Great to see the style of the new garbage bins. This looks terrific, clean and well-designed. As the poster says, let's all help to keep the city clean.

Around the corner from Queen on Denison past the outdoor stage...

If you enlarge this photo you will see the designers paid homage in this bench in the playground area to St. Andrew's Playground with a bit of history.  Very cool! 

Great to see these banners celebrating the beauty and history of Queen Street. Take full advantage!

How fabulous to see the new colourful plantings along Adelaide (pictured here), Queen, and throughout downtown. These baskets are all thanks to the BIA who also ensure regular watering.

Perfect timing for all those who visit this famous alley of murals. Clean as a whistle too!

Looking south to Richmond - what a transformation!

Thank you to all who came out to our community cleanup yesterday! It was part of Clean Toronto Together, a city-wide initiative to beautify neighbourhoods on the weekend closest to Earth Day. The city provided logistical support by providing bags and gloves (we used the surplus we had from previous years) and they arranged pickup of the garbage later on.

Thanks to the staff and friends of The Ace Hotel for their cleanup of St. Andrew's Playground Park the day before. A Rotblotts employee joined us on the day of our cleanup, and we are grateful for their support. (Don't think we didn't notice that they put one of our posters on their front door!) 

Below are some photos from the event. At the bottom, you can see how much garbage there was lying around in our little catchment between Spadina and Bathurst, Queen and King.

Our MPP, Chris Glover, was there (our secretary ran into him midway), so we thank him for pitching in the effort as well.

Last but not least, the results of our efforts. What a load of garbage!

What great weather today to drop off dead batteries, old paint tins, and other hazardous household materials at various truck spots along Wellington. People walked, biked, and drove up to do their part.