The Rex

On my way over to brunch at the Queen Mother Cafe, I happened to look up and see two guys painting a mural on the side of this building.

For those of you who are not familiar with this intersection.....it's The REX.

This is where Jazz lives on Queen West.





If you go to their web site; not only will you hear some jazz; but you can see the finished mural.

Cable Cars

I was browsing through Spacing Magazine's web page and happened upon an article about cable cars as a form of transportation, here in Toronto.

The title was "It's Time for Toronto to Get Cable Cars".

Apparently, there is a planner who thinks that cable cars, rather than streetcars are the answer to the T.T.C. problems.


Some people have grasped the idea, and it may very well FLY (pardon the pun), sometime soon.

The naysayers, of course will believe that it is more expensive and will become problematic in winter.

But, there a number of gondolas, cable cars, aerial lifts (whatever you want to call them) throughout the world in areas that are snow covered year round.

Banff is a good example, as well as France and Switzerland.

Probably the most famous lift is the Vanoise Express that links La Plagne with Les Arcs in France.

It was officially opened in December of 2003, but has had a few safety problems since.





I personally like the Sky Train in Vancouver.
It is the longest (49.5 km) automated rapid transit system in the world, and carries 271,000 passengers daily.






I would rather see this type of train linking the airport with the city, than an extension of the Yonge University subway line.

But then, that's just me.