As everyone knows, the top of the ravine slope on Eglinton Avenue East, east of Brentcliffe Road and above the East Portal where the LRT emerges from the tunnel to the west, gave way on …more
“We’re off to the TLAB.” You and your neighbours might have heard that term if you were involved in a Committee of Adjustment decision that was appealed. What is the TLAB? The Toronto Local Appeal …more
Not to be outdone by Bayview, midrise is also coming to Laird’s west side. True, midrises already inhabit Laird’s junction with Millwood (25 Malcolm – the former post office site at 2 Laird) and Millwood’s …more
Mid-rise is coming to Bayview! Last month this column mentioned three projects: • 1408-1420 Bayview. Midblock between Merton and Davisville – the project rezoning is approved and the site plan is under review. • 1466-1500 …more
One hundred issues of Leaside Life, nine years of community building and place-making – stories that link people and place. My contribution over that time has been to maintain a watching brief (and a measure …more
You may recall the Friends of Toronto Cemeteries (FTC) court win against the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries (MPGC) (Leaside Life, issue #81, February 2019). Well, no surprise, the MPG appealed, and in a recent …more
A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Leaside Part 3 – Bayview Institutional Lands Preface The Kilgour Estate In the early 1900’s it became fashionable for Toronto’s wealthy elite to have a country estate on the northern edge …more
Neighbours of a proposed rebuild on Glenvale Boulevard waited in vain to have their say at the Committee of Adjustment on June 23rd. Struggling to manage under COVID-19, most City services are not operating as …more
The third guided walking tour of Leaside deals with the institutional lands accessed from Kilgour Rd. This is north of Glenvale and south of Burke Brook. But is this Leaside? The historical boundary of the …more
The second solo guided walking tour of Leaside takes us to North Leaside. Where does North Leaside in fact start? Typically, we think of North Leaside as that part north of Eglinton. If you look …more
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