Lorna Krawchuk was announced as LPOA’s Honorary Member for 2012 at our AGM. Newer Leasiders may only know of her as Publisher of Leaside Life, but she’s been serving Leaside for decades. As our East …more
The Elgie family home, 262 Bessborough Dr., one of the settler “farmsteads,” is now for sale. Believed to have been built in the 1840s (not 1880s as I had said in the May Leaside Life …more
“We’re at Ground Zero” was this column’s headline in June. Ground zero referred to 68 Parkhurst Blvd.’s role in the effort to protect Leaside’s residential-built heritage. This house is still threatened with demolition and replacement. …more
Many Leasiders believe that their homes are located “a safe distance away” from any of the currently proposed local development projects, so they will not be affected. They are wrong. They think that because their …more
We often hear nowadays, “Oh it’s a teardown.” How did this happen? Is there anything we can do about it? Every two weeks the city’s Committee of Adjustment reviews applications for so called minor variances, …more
A public meeting was held on Sept. 24 regarding the proposal to build a seven- or eighty-storey condominium on the 2 Laird (at Malcolm) site of the old Leaside Post Office. This location is literally …more
The former municipal building for the Town of Leaside, at 235 McRae Dr., is for sale for $4.43 million. A review of the building’s history and its predecessors reveals an interesting story of municipal governance, …more
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