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Recent news about Toronto's ranking on various world cities lists...

Mercer Quality of Living Report 2006... Toronto ranks 15 (Top three are Zurich, Geneva and Vancouver)
Link to top 50 cities list PDF

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From the National Post:

Link to article


Lonely Planet guide to cities says we're big on recycling and indie music


National Post
Published: Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Torontonians are mannerly yet standoffish, but serious about recycling and indie music, says a new Lonely Planet coffee-table book. The Cities Book -- A Journey Through the Best Cities in the World ranks Toronto 31st out of 200, behind Vancouver and Montreal. "Torontonians are less hesitant to speak their minds than other Canadians, especially when it comes to criticizing Americans," reads the $65 tome. Our weaknesses apparently include winter weather, summer humidity and "increased numbers of homeless people on the streets." Notable exports include Keanu Reeves, Conrad Black and maple syrup and we get a "gold star" for our waterfront location. Still, Torontonians might be surprised to learn that their city is abuzz with the question: "Can the Libs really be trusted after almost a decade of Tory rule?" according to the guide's "City Speak" section.
 
Thought for new tourist attraction... build a mountain of recycled material over a thousand feet high seen from miles away with viewing decks along the way. Other than that garbage mountain in Malta this would be a first.
 
Ooo - Ed - Mount Garbage proudly looms over Etobicoke's skyline. In fact we have at least four garbage mountains in the GTA that I can think of, and one filled-in valley:

The hills are at
Centennial Park in Etobicoke,
Chinguacousy Park in Brampton,
Brae Ben Golf Course in Mississauga, and
Beare Road landfill in Scarborough, which is not open to the public. (Is garbage still being dumped there?)

The valley is Keele Valley in Vaughan, soon to be Maple Valley Park.

There's also the Brock West landfill site in Pickering - I believe it is still growing higher.

Maybe someday we'll rank number one on the garbage parklands list.

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I always thought Blue Mountain should have taken our garbage so they could build a much more impressive ski hill.
 
Mount St. Louis/Moonstone added to its height a decade ago, but I don't know if it was done via garbage disposal, or just earth moving.

In the case of Blue Mountain, as it is a part of the Niagara Escarpment, there are likely controls that prevent that kind of drastic alteration.

I remember that years ago the Rhinoceros Party's platform included cutting down some of the Rockies and moving them to Saskatchewan to make that province more interesting topographically. We could use a little more elevation here too.

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I think the Portlands was also built out of garbage; and certainly the Leslie spit was built from construction waste.

AoD
 
The Portlands and the Spit and everything south of Front Street was pretty much created by taking whatever was excavated for building basements and subway lines and dumping it in the lake. Some of the Spit was also created by dumping contaminated silt from the mouth of the Don, for example, into the Lake. (The most contaminated bits are now being remediated.)

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Beare Road landfill stopped receiving garbage in 1988. There's a power plant at the base of the hill that generates electricity and money for the city from the methane gas. The site is now being rehabilited by Friends of the Rouge who have been planting native trees and plant species on and around the former landfill. The site is open to the public and many people use it for hiking/biking and other recreational purposes.
 
"I always thought Blue Mountain should have taken our garbage so they could build a much more impressive ski hill"

lol, yeah, I've often thought of that also.
 
Isn't there another garbage mountain type thing SE of the 401/Morningside interchange?

And re garbage depositories, don't forget what a lot of inner-city Toronto's built upon. (It's a reason for a lot of those saggy houses around Shaw north of Bloor. Filled-in Garrison Creek riverbed, y'know.)
 
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