Early February, snow coming down up above on Eglinton, but 18 metres undergound the LRT construction site was warm enough for workers to be in T-shirts. Four Leasiders were able to view the site and take photos for the rest of us. They were Erica Cooke and John Gaitanakis, of the South and North Leaside Transportation Committees, Ward Councillor Jon Burnside and LPOA co-president Geoff Kettel, on a special invitation from Metrolinx.
Is this the harbinger of what’s to come when the spring real estate market starts in Leaside and Bessborough? Heads turned in February when a North Leaside tear-down home, on a lot 35 feet by …more
It would be hard to miss the large “Upper East Village” postcard in your mailbox; it seems to arrive about once a month. The development application that used to be known only by a street …more
Just over one year ago (November 2016) this column addressed street trees, and whether existing protections are adequate, based on experience of a demolition and redevelopment on Airdrie Rd. But interior (private) trees on the …more
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