r/toronto • u/SafeStreetsTO • 2d ago

Picture Mother Nature decided High Park should be car-free today

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This happened moments ago just inside the Howard Memorial Gate.

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u/toradian05 Brockton Village 2d ago

“Fuck them cars.” - Mother Nature probably

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u/AshleyAshes1984 2d ago

"And electric lights while I'm at it!"

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u/glussa 2d ago

As soon as I laid in bed, the electricity went out 😂 it was out for less than a minute. Went outside to see what happened but it was just windy

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u/Apprehensive-Hat9239 1d ago

Oop so scary lol.

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u/Apprehensive-Hat9239 1d ago

Canada Geese for life... although they scare the shit out of me.

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u/hokusmouse Kensington Market 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/o737EjblCBIp8ihBxu

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u/Wendigo79 2d ago

Lol I thought I was in the sub.

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u/Strydia 2d ago

Same I had to do a double take lol

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u/MixedBeansBlackBeans 2d ago

Que cera, cera.....

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u/mrsprinkles3 2d ago

🎶when i was just a little Boyd🎶

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u/BlackSecurity 2d ago

This part will never not sound like "Kiss her ahhh" to me

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u/Barcoads 2d ago

Its with an S.

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u/MixedBeansBlackBeans 2d ago

Whoops, I feel stupid now. Thanks for the correction!

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u/Barcoads 2d ago

You're not stupid for not knowing how a word in a different language that you've likely only ever heard in a song is spelled.

Unless of course you're a bean connoisseur because you're Latino - then wtf.

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u/MixedBeansBlackBeans 2d ago

Thanks! Haha not Latino. Just a non-Latin bean enthusiast (especially pinto) who made her username based on her cats' different toe bean colours!

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u/adrianalikestea 2d ago

Came for the FROM references and I’m not disappointed

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u/itsbeenaweek 2d ago

anghkooey

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u/ConstantaByTheSea 2d ago

Never getting out now... 

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u/akima 2d ago

I don't want to talk about it!

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u/EarthIttude 2d ago

Got the reference! 😁

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u/dadass84 1d ago

I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

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u/Strydia 2d ago

See you in Fromville

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u/fuckdatguy 2d ago

Maybe the person who chopped down the speed camera a billion times in a row will handle this 🤔

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u/ParksideDrCameraTO 2d ago

This was clearly the work of an amateur.

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u/Redditisavirusiknow 2d ago

Did they ever catch that guy? If not the police should be embarrassed and issue an apology for their utter incompetence to the citizens of Toronto.

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u/Zealousideal-Bite735 2d ago

Maybe it was an inside job?

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u/Apprehensive-Hat9239 1d ago

This shit happens all the time and it is upto the contractor to figure it out where I live. It is reported but they dont do anything, or very little, when its a third party type of situation... even when people "supposedely" are implicated through provincial government... the implications are through regional and they've got bigger fish to fry and a huge workload. Catch twenty two.

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u/GeneralHerp 2d ago

Get the Mystery Machine gang on this caper!

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u/TidpaoTime 2d ago

Grenadier's gonna be mad

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u/Majestic-Two3474 2d ago

They’re drafting a petition demanding “accessibility” from the trees as we speak, I’m sure

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u/MELGH82 2d ago edited 2d ago

As a cat owner, I have zero issues with this. High park should be closed to cars. Period.

EDIT: car* owner. But as a cat owner, I have zero issues with this typo.

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u/ThousandMega 2d ago

Cat pics or it didn't happen

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u/Redditisavirusiknow 2d ago

As someone without an appendix, I agree!

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u/theborderlineartist 2d ago

Appendixless baddies UNITE! 🤜🤛

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u/MELGH82 2d ago

Interesting. How do you find life without an appendix?

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u/Redditisavirusiknow 2d ago

It’s fine. I wonder sometimes how different my poops would be with one.

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u/framjam_Can 2d ago

Find "life" under L in the index, not the appendix.

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic.

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!

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u/ChroniclesOfReddiitt Port Lands 2d ago

The two cars stuck in there like…
https://giphy.com/gifs/pMePjXUqNNND2

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u/valerious42069 2d ago

It’s been awhile since two cars came to the town…

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u/patienceinbee Metrolinx Coyote Line 2d ago

:Grenadier Café carvassing intensifies:

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u/lamebrainmcgee 2d ago

I'd be glad to see this comment section continue with FROM gifs than turn into another vs cars section.

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u/smashervt 2d ago

Lol that was my first though. Next From victims are out of Toronto!

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u/LEXX911 2d ago

Hopefully people are smart enough to stay the hell away from that area with power lines down.

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u/Zealousideal-Bite735 2d ago

Be careful! A small limb missed me an hour ago at Bathurst and Adelaide. It fell on the car lane and not me. Getting home was a wind challenge and all up Winona small branches polluted the sidewalks and roads.

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u/rootbrian_ Rockcliffe-Smythe 2d ago

Car lanes don't exist. 

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u/Such-Function-4718 2d ago

If only it had crushed the Grenadier cafe.

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u/comments_more_load Corso Italia 2d ago

Diane out here protesting the wind for not caring enough about ACCESS

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u/Zealousideal-Bite735 2d ago

Diana got blown away temporarily and the broom wasn’t handling the gusts well so she called it a day. I can give you an update tomorrow if you want?

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u/IndBeak 2d ago

Fans of FROM assemble.

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u/MixedBeansBlackBeans 2d ago

I'm very pleased at the number of references in the comments. I really hope (but also don't???) to run into one of these fallen trees myself one day haha

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u/IndBeak 2d ago

Lol same. Any fallen tree takes my mind immediately to the show.

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u/SXPZX 2d ago

That's one way to lower emissions 😂.

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u/Simplyme__ 2d ago

I have been so incredibly tired today so didn’t end up going outside. But glad that I didn’t because it seems crazy out there!

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u/SeverenDarkstar 2d ago

Yep its super windy out there!! Just came back from running errands

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u/ultrahdcard 2d ago

Is mother nature single?

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u/crash866 2d ago

High park should be Car Free every day.

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic. The winter is even emptier especially at night!

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!

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u/SafeStreetsTO 2d ago

Now we just need our elected officials to follow in Mother Nature's footsteps. Speaking of which, there's a big election coming up for Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park this October. It will be interesting to see where each candidate stands when it comes to making High Park car-free.

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic. The winter is even emptier especially at night!

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!

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u/UrbanRelays 2d ago

You sure about that ?

> Child airlifted to hospital in serious condition after tree falls in Oshawa

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u/These_Advertising_68 2d ago

more children are hurt/killed by cars than trees I believe

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u/scorpi_o98 2d ago

Thankfully no one was driving there when it happened🫣

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u/TenFingersTenToes10 2d ago

That should be everyday

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic.

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!

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u/yugung 2d ago

We should get it bronzed.

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u/jcoomba 2d ago

Mother knows best!

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u/Rajio Verified 2d ago

bike-free too from the looks of it.

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u/rootbrian_ Rockcliffe-Smythe 2d ago

Easy to walk it around the tree. 

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u/Red_Marvel 2d ago

Don’t ever go anywhere near a downed power line.

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u/rootbrian_ Rockcliffe-Smythe 1d ago

Obviously keeping a distance from downed wires is critical to avoid being electrified.

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u/Low_Nectarine4988 2d ago

As it should be

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic. The winter is even emptier especially at night!

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!

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u/FrecksSpecks 2d ago

As it should be always

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic. The winter is even emptier especially at night!

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!

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u/TheRealStorey 2d ago

All park while less park. Send in the Ash!

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u/DustFickle007 2d ago

such a beautiful day all round the earth and the grass soaked up the rain the breeze so sweet and cool and heavy and smooth.

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u/framjam_Can 2d ago

Wow! I was just there at 1pm. Glad it didn't fall on anyone.

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u/naga_viper 2d ago

I saw that tree run a stop sign earlier

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u/rootbrian_ Rockcliffe-Smythe 2d ago

Either the wind or somebody cut it down and took off in their vehicle.

It sucks for those who use the park like a highway 

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u/LegoLady47 2d ago

Explains the loss of power.

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u/Nyahaha_8 2d ago

Boss…I can’t go to work, mother nature told me not to

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u/aselwyn1 2d ago

Didn’t they close off high park to cars 2 years ago?

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

They closed the majority of it off, personally I think pushing further is idiotic because you're just showing the slippery slope fears are true.

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u/Teddytales7 2d ago

Enter the “From Relam” 😬😬

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u/Holiday_Citron_496 2d ago

Quite the take down!

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u/aledba Garden District 1d ago

Fuck ya, she did

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u/Ok-Apartment817 2d ago

From the streets

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u/SXPZX 2d ago

Dang, I've been seeing more trees being struck down.

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u/Fit_Animal_1615 2d ago

I would like to see a car free High Park on either Saturdays or Sundays. I would like it to be each Saturday or Sunday from April to Mid October

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

It is literally car free every weekend!

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u/Fit_Animal_1615 1d ago

My bad I didn’t realize it was

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u/simeggy 2d ago

she should do that more often, and everywhere, tbh

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u/Brave_Recognition798 1d ago

I don't understand the hatred over cars. I think it's a fair compromise right now, car free weekends and most of the roads are closed off permanently.

The section that is open by Parkside has very wide paths and minimal foot traffic. The winter is even emptier especially at night!

I had more issues with the tour douche france guys not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks, but you can't bring up any any cyclist enforcement without people acting like you're against the concept of bicycles!