Four island airport expansion studies underway By Annemarie Brissenden Torontonians attending an open house on Mar. 31 got their first look at what changes could result if jets were to begin flying in and out of the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA). PortsToronto (formerly the Toronto Port Authority) hosted the meeting to report on […]
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PortsToronto planning exercise
May 6th, 2015 · Comments Off on PortsToronto planning exercise
When did the Annex become downtown?
May 6th, 2015 · Comments Off on When did the Annex become downtown?
The City of Toronto’s Official Plan, enacted as of June 2006, is an all-encompassing document providing a roadmap for how, where, and when the city should develop. Its sections set out heritage policies, identify areas best suited for intensification, define the unique characteristics of individual neighbourhoods, and limit height and density where necessary. In short, […]
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Living in a parallel universe
May 6th, 2015 · Comments Off on Living in a parallel universe
By Annemarie Brissenden In apartheid South Africa, Black Beauty was banned from bookshelves. With the words “black” and “beauty” in the title, it was seen as some kind of anti-government propaganda, even though “there are no black people in the book.” Set in nineteenth-century England “it is actually about a horse,” writes Ismé Bennie in […]
Assistance sought in sexual assault case dating to late 1970s
May 6th, 2015 · Comments Off on Assistance sought in sexual assault case dating to late 1970s
A man believed to have babysat children in the Spadina Road and Lowther Avenue during the late 1970s was arrested Mar. 25 for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl from the time she was five until she was eight years old. Police, who are withholding the name of the now 43-year-old victim, believe there may be […]
How do you make it real?
April 17th, 2015 · Comments Off on How do you make it real?
Cautious optimism greets Westbank proposal By Annemarie Brissenden Annex residents could be forgiven for thinking that creative, civic-minded developers are as rare as hen’s teeth. Long accustomed to property owners whose large and imposing concrete monstrosities loom over the area, they arrive at planning meetings prepared to fight. But what happens when the field of […]
Agreement reached for CTS field
April 17th, 2015 · Comments Off on Agreement reached for CTS field
Community guaranteed free access to track during off-school hours By Annemarie Brissenden The field at Central Technical School may be fallow no more. It’s been almost 18 months since the field at Central Tech was fenced off due to contamination in the soil while local residents’ associations and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) battled […]
Police shooting on Spadina Road
April 17th, 2015 · Comments Off on Police shooting on Spadina Road
Toronto Police responded to a call about a man with a knife near 140 Spadina Rd., just south of Dupont Avenue, at approximately 9 p.m. on Feb. 18. The armed man was shot when an exchange resulted between him and the officers shortly after they arrived at the scene. The man, David Andrew Doucette, 49, […]
The “D” word-downtown
April 16th, 2015 · 2 Comments
Amenities matter in city intensification By Joe Cressy I’m proud to live in downtown Toronto. I was born downtown, raised on Walmer Road, and my wife and I live in the Annex, near Bathurst and Bloor streets. Downtown Toronto is a great place to live, but we have much to do to make sure we […]
Smart growth for our community
April 16th, 2015 · Comments Off on Smart growth for our community
Provincial proposal aims to give residents greater say By Han Dong Recently, I attended an event at the Fort York Foundation Visitors’ Centre with the Hon. Ted McMeekin, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, where he announced that the Government of Ontario is proposing reforms to the Planning Act and the Development Charges Act. These […]
A blaze adjacent to “unsafe house”
April 16th, 2015 · Comments Off on A blaze adjacent to “unsafe house”
Residents of the Bathurst and Ulster streets area awoke to sirens early in the morning of Mar. 16 as a two-alarm blaze demolished a garage and did damage to the side of a house on Ulster Street. Vehicles parked in front of the garage suffered serious damage as well but no injuries were reported. The […]
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
April 16th, 2015 · Comments Off on John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Owner/Developer: University of Toronto Status: Under construction Construction is well underway at 1 Spadina Cres., the nineteenth-century Gothic revival building that was previously home to Knox College and Connaught Laboratories. Once completed some time in the 2015/2016 academic year, the building will be a mix of old and new, with the restored historic building facing […]
Mirvish Village and Honest Ed’s
April 16th, 2015 · Comments Off on Mirvish Village and Honest Ed’s
Owner/Developer: 500 Bloor Street Property Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westbank Corp. Status: Proposal pending Community members are eagerly anticipating Westbank’s second open house on March 3, when it will present the initial concept for the redevelopment of the $100-million, 1.8-hectare southeast corner of Bloor and Bathurst streets. So far, Westbank is modelling a new […]