r/Etobicoke

Just found this 1856 plan of the Township of Etobicoke in Arcgis. It's always interesting to see how much and yet how little has changed in 170 years. I could go over this for hours.

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html

No need to have a login. Click Browse Layers (plus sign on top left) and under Living Atlas search for Toronto (or Etobicoke); it's the only overlay available. To compare, play around with the transparency or blending (multiply under darken is what I have here, which is perfect to clearly see both the overlay and the underlying map).

I've been looking into the city council race in Ward 1 and couldn't find any debates or Q&A events. If you know of one, please share!

There are 10 candidates running:

Vincent Crisanti (current city councilor of Ward 1)

Ala'a Adib

Saima Babar

Chloe Brown

Nathen Masri

Hard Parmar

Kristian Santos

Abraham Abbey

Norman Hamilton

Joseph Martino

For context, I'm not a fan of the councillor that is currently representing us. He has a high number of missed council votes, opposed the school food program, and supports Ford and Bradford. I'd like to hear what others think of the candidates, especially on transit, housing, food insecurity and road safety. I've personally noticed more car accidents lately, though that's just anecdotal.

I'll add a link to the TPL site where you can learn about the candidates.

https://knowyourvote.to/races/ward-1-etobicoke-north

I hope to see all you beautiful people out there voting on the 26th!