Toronto's Largest Megaproject | Villiers Island Port Lands Walk

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  • čas přidán 30. 04. 2024
  • A Toronto walk south along all of Cherry Street in the Port Lands through the new Villiers Island mega development. I start at Eastern Avenue and end at Cherry Beach.
    Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS on Monday, April 29, 2024.
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Komentáře • 40

  • @dennistheman7296
    @dennistheman7296 Před 20 dny +4

    Thanks!

  • @gabygaedecke2411
    @gabygaedecke2411 Před 21 dnem +2

    Thank you so much for highlighting this project, JS! Have lived in T.O. for 30 years, and had never heard the term Villiers Island before.

  • @jim8199
    @jim8199 Před 21 dnem +13

    Hey Johnny, not sure if your familiar with the term cherry beach express. In the seventies the cops used to take detainees, suspects and people they wanted to teach a lesson to, down to cherry beach in the wee hours of the night and beat the crap out of them. There was even a song written about it on the radio by a Toronto band. One victim garnered a six figure law suit settlement so it wasn't just folklore as some people of toronto thought. Your walks generate so many memories of toronto past for us older citizens. Thanks bro, take care 👍

    • @plrt6794
      @plrt6794 Před 13 dny +2

      I got a bone to pick with you
      Not-so-friendly boys in blue
      When you come out of the station and into the street
      Everybody beats a hasty retreat
      Well it was late one Friday, I'm a little bit wrecked
      You're on your way "to serve and protect"
      You buzz out of the cruiser like bees from a hive
      And ask me if I want to 'go for a drive (go for a drive?)
      That's why I'm riding on the Cherry Beach Express
      My ribs are broken and my face is in a mess
      And a name on my statement's under duress

  • @greatchalla3799
    @greatchalla3799 Před 21 dnem +2

    The Keating Channel Pub was a nice little restaurant and place to have a drink, when I use to sail around that area and frequently visited many of the landmarks around the new development. The Otter Harbour is minutes away….as well as the lighthouse bike riding trail.

  • @westinger34
    @westinger34 Před 21 dnem +2

    im excited to see this area finished!

  • @yeshuapleaseprotectthechil2150

    Thank you.

  • @dylanreynolds8264
    @dylanreynolds8264 Před 21 dnem +3

    good morning everyone

  • @tripod5147
    @tripod5147 Před 20 dny +1

    memories of the knob hill farms that was there in the ealy 80's before the t & t supermarket.

  • @azamyahmad
    @azamyahmad Před 21 dnem

    Great job Jhonny and absolutely loved your beautiful sharing and you doing such an amazing job .. million thanks from Montreal QC

  • @martym61
    @martym61 Před 21 dnem

    Enjoyed this walk. Interesting to see this new development.

  • @cainrac
    @cainrac Před 21 dnem

    Here comes the beautiful Johnny Strides! Good day to one & all! Thanks very much for your much appreciated narratives on Toronto's goings on! Are those bridges there to add beauty to the area which, perhaps, was an astronomical cost that could have been used towards the mega project. At least, there will be affordable housing being built but how much of a low cost will it be for ordinary people looking for low cost housing which, unfortunately, many need. Thanks again for this very informative walk, beautiful Johnny Strides, take care of yourself & keep safe! Cheers! 🥰🥰🦅🦅🦅🦅

  • @macedon4049
    @macedon4049 Před 17 dny

    That trolley setup makes Boston's MBTA Green Line look like the joke that it is.

  • @gabriellen.2886
    @gabriellen.2886 Před 21 dnem

    That was an interesting, unusual walk. Area's gonna be pretty once summer hits full swing.

  • @sinansn6499
    @sinansn6499 Před 19 dny

    Nice

  • @issamkyleshihab2343
    @issamkyleshihab2343 Před 21 dnem +1

    Good morning Johnny

  • @shirleyscott8879
    @shirleyscott8879 Před 20 dny

    Interesting walk. Never been down here before

  • @SamSami-sm3oo
    @SamSami-sm3oo Před 19 dny

    I love just canada❤❤❤,i love just toronto❤❤❤❤

  • @patnolche
    @patnolche Před 21 dnem

    Johnny gteat to see this new developments of quiet area to live on lakefront up cherry street did not know of this.😊

  • @Nouvellecosse
    @Nouvellecosse Před 21 dnem +1

    I agree with you actually. They should be installing streetcar tracks right from the gecko.

  • @davemcd9077
    @davemcd9077 Před 21 dnem +1

    .....reminds me of the 80s, when i used to bike through Parliament Street/Cherry Street, along the barren fields of industry, skip through the Spit, to get to the Beaches, then back.

  • @picard2005
    @picard2005 Před 21 dnem +2

    I think that green bridge is where they dumped photobooth over in police academy 1 :)

    • @Modano1973
      @Modano1973 Před 21 dnem

      That is, indeed, the same bridge used in that scene in Police Academy (1984).

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  Před 20 dny

      Interesting!

  • @mxr572
    @mxr572 Před 20 dny

    many thanks. will be Ebiking in the area soon. ps. I believe Cherry St. draw bridge designed by same person who did the San Francisco Bay bridge.

  • @shirleyscott8879
    @shirleyscott8879 Před 20 dny

    I saw Beady Eye at Polson Pier

  • @RichardHartl
    @RichardHartl Před 19 dny

    17:55 Johnny Trespasses... almost 😏

  • @viathemaster5487
    @viathemaster5487 Před 21 dnem

    ما شاء الله عالأمان

  • @BirbarianHomeGuard
    @BirbarianHomeGuard Před 21 dnem

    That opening shot was very Geoff Marshall

  • @mxr572
    @mxr572 Před 20 dny

    ps. take a trail ride eastward along the water to Leslie.

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  Před 20 dny

      I've done that in the past in multiple videos in the other direction, I'm sure I will again :)

  • @laughingkor8643
    @laughingkor8643 Před 21 dnem

    Wonder what happened to that huge Deltro lithium-ion battery facility in the Port Lands? How did they do away with its contaminated soil there?

  • @shirleyscott8879
    @shirleyscott8879 Před 20 dny

    How long did it take you to walk to Cherry Beach?

  • @nose10620
    @nose10620 Před 21 dnem

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @franki3Ru550
    @franki3Ru550 Před 20 dny

    I feel like people are gonna put graffiti on the white poll very soon🙄