Boo Torontoist Boo!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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by Karina on May 31, 2010 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

I feel used.

by BlindSight on May 31, 2010 2:02 PM EDT reply actions

Booooooo.

Wendel Park is the best name I’ve ever heard.

I envisioned one of those big, bronze military-like statues of Wendel set to rip a wrist shot.

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by JP Nikota on May 31, 2010 2:12 PM EDT reply actions

those are the lamest names ever

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by JaredFromLondon on May 31, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions

I read somewhere that it is Toronto city policy not to name parks after people who are still alive, and that “Wendel Park” no matter how popular was a non-starter.

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by nhlcheapshot on May 31, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions

Mel Lastman square?

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by Fergus30 on May 31, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Again, I just read this somewhere, 2nd hand information.

Maybe it’s just much more rare. Or maybe they just wanted to pick a stupid name like the 8 finalists.

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by nhlcheapshot on May 31, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I called that guy a communist.

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by PPP on May 31, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

From the Torontoist name suggesting site.

Just some commenter though, could just be speculation.

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by nhlcheapshot on May 31, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Isn’t that in North York though, not Toronto proper?

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by Sergei Puckizin on May 31, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Still part of the city that’s run by city council and therefore Toronto City Policy

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by Fergus30 on May 31, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

but

I believe it was named prior to it becomnig part of the megacity

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by Karina on May 31, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

it has been Lastman square for 15 yrs or so now.

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by Sergei Puckizin on May 31, 2010 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Mel Lastman square

was named before amalgamation I believe… North York didn’t care as much maybe?

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by Steve Burtch on May 31, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s it. I’m boycotting the election.

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by puckurgently on May 31, 2010 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

Well who could compete with Kanadario or Tkaronto Park? We have to pay tribute to the aboriginals to assuage our white guilt.

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by Chemmy on May 31, 2010 3:19 PM EDT reply actions

I’m filled with so much white guilt its ridiculous.

by ShahofToronto on May 31, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Got to somehow offset “Blackhawks”.

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by Sergei Puckizin on May 31, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions

This is the worst news. The day is ruined, might as well pack up go home and just sit in bed eating twinkies and watching youtube clips

by ShahofToronto on May 31, 2010 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

can I have some twinkies?

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by Karina on May 31, 2010 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions

There is plenty to go around, I don’t mind sharing. Your twinkies are in the mail.

by ShahofToronto on May 31, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm still

going to call it “Wendel Park”

BS

by MapleLeafMole on May 31, 2010 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Need to make our own sign. Twice as big as the one the city makes, and plant it right in front of their sign.

I still can’t get over how terrible the other options are.

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by nhlcheapshot on May 31, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Bingo

When the sign is unveiled we’ll obviously have a real unveiling.

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by PPP on May 31, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

And Wendel can stand next to it and punch out the blood of anyone that opposes it.

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by Fergus30 on May 31, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Has anyone told Wendel yet? He’s going to be so disappointed.

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by nhlcheapshot on May 31, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

If we get that fountain up, there’s no way they can ignore it.

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by seankelly on May 31, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

haha

BS

by MapleLeafMole on May 31, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

i'm going to call everything Wendel Park in protest

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by pevans on May 31, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

lol rec'd

Innocent Lost Person: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Canada’s Wonderland?

Pevans: You mean Wendel Park?

ILP: No, I mean Wonderland, when did I say anything about a park?

Pevans: Right after I f*cked your mom you dirty, Habs loving, piece of shit..

by Shield on May 31, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

SO many kinds of funny.

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by Kenjamin on May 31, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I fear for the souls of the weak-minded people who picked those names over ‘Wendel Park’.

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by Brad Ackerson on May 31, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

I’m ashamed to even be a Torontonian today.

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by nhlcheapshot on May 31, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Glad I got out before Wendel’s Revenge is brought down on the city.

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by PPP on May 31, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Do you mean a Tkarontonian?

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by clrkaitken on May 31, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

So...

Two generic names (Blue Edge Park, Waterside Park), two silly aboriginal names (Kanadario Park, Tkaronto Park), and four more ridiculous sounding joke names.

These are better than Wendel Park? Really?

Boo hoo!

by Chris Stoikoff on May 31, 2010 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

I'm going to have to say

that referring to the aboriginal names as “silly” is mildly idiotic.

Kanadario is the likely native root word for the provincial name for Ontario which loosely translates to “beautiful” or “sparking” water or lake.

Tkaronto is the Mohawk word that the city’s name is derived from. It means “where the trees are standing in the water”. Basically they used it to describe fishing narrows where stakes were planted to catch fish in weirs. The name was eventually used on maps describing Lake Simcoe as Lac de Taronto and Passage de Taronto for the canoe passage between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario, along the Humber river. Eventually the Humber River was known as Rivier Taronto, and the fort that sprang up next to the end of the Humber on Lake Ontario became Fort Toronto….

These are all things the government will share with you on the internet if you look into it.

They’re directly related to the origins of the name for the city and the province, which to my mind doesn’t make them particularly “silly”. I should say it’s no sillier than naming something after a hockey player you like from less than 30 years ago.

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by Steve Burtch on May 31, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

BOTH ARE LAME

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by JaredFromLondon on May 31, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Doesn't make it any better

Simply because we don’t know who suggested the names. If an Aboriginal group approved and vouched for these names, then by all means, don’t even leave it up to a public vote. Considering that naming a park to assuage a long oppressed and marginalized group is nothing short of insulting, I don’t find an argument particularly convincing when people who normally couldn’t care less about Aboriginal issues throw out token gestures.

Not that this is directed to you, Steve, and I agree with you wholeheartedly about the misuse of “silly”, but I just scoffed when I saw two generic Aboriginal names as finalists. Seriously, what significance does old Regent Park have towards the Aboriginal community?

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by bkblades on May 31, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve read a great deal of comments on the use of aboriginal names and icons since Cox’s ~~phoned in piece of tripe~~ column, and this is by far the most lucid and sensible.

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by puckurgently on May 31, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry, silly was the wrong word.

I’m having a bad day so I can’t really come up with a better word to use, but I stand by my general point.

Boo hoo!

by Chris Stoikoff on May 31, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Which of Cox, Berger or Simmons weighs in with: The park outcome is just like the real Wendel, adored by fans and supporters but couldn’t win the big one when it mattered…

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by mf37 on May 31, 2010 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I’m going to go with Cox, although I have to point out the irony of this being the one instance where Berger would be accurate in blaming the fans.

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by clrkaitken on May 31, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Jerks

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by Marc Pilgrim on May 31, 2010 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

I won’t forget this. I’m gonna go to law school, graduate and sue them for whatever frivolous reason I can come up with. Regardless I’ll get them good.

by ShahofToronto on May 31, 2010 7:13 PM EDT reply actions