Development

Last August this scribbler wrote about two applications (83 Glenvale and 67 Sutherland) heard by the North York Committee of Adjustment and complained that the hearings were “virtual but not virtuous”. Now I think the …more

The letters “MSF,” placed at the bottom end of the Leaside Business Park, appeared without notice on a map of the proposed Ontario Line on the Metrolinx website last summer. If you asked Metrolinx what …more

Laird is in focus again – this is the seventh installment in Leaside Life! Last time out (Dec., 2019) City Council had approved the plan, which incorporated the Leaside Centre (RioCan) appeal settlement, but since …more

Will Leaside be getting an MZO? What’s that? An abbreviation for musical term mezzo forte (moderately loud)? No – but musical or not, I bet you had not heard of a Minister’s Zoning Order until …more

Semis are the rock of ages in Leaside. Bungalows are going fast, and single detacheds are morphing into “monsters.” But semis stay the same, except sometimes with small additions at the back. Or not! In …more

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

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