With many COVID-19 restrictions being lifted, small businesses are ready for some love. To help promote main street, a #ShowLoveTO heart has been installed in the Bloor Annex BIA parkette at Bloor Street and Brunswick Avenue.
ON THE COVER: Show Bloor Annex Love (Winter 2022)
March 14th, 2022 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Show Bloor Annex Love (Winter 2022)
NEWS: Light sculptures appear on Bloor (Apr. 2021)
May 12th, 2021 · Comments Off on NEWS: Light sculptures appear on Bloor (Apr. 2021)
If you find yourself walking down Bloor Street and suddenly entranced by a pile of colanders, it might be time to stop and consider that you’ve effectively engaged with a piece of interactive art. There are now three different colander columns on Bloor Street to choose from, located at the new parkettes on Brunswick Avenue, Robert, and Major streets.
ON THE COVER: Keeping an eye on our greenspace (Aug. 2020)
September 9th, 2020 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Keeping an eye on our greenspace (Aug. 2020)
ON THE COVER: Keeping an eye on our greenspace (Aug. 2020)
FORUM: Making it green (Aug. 2020)
September 9th, 2020 · 1 Comment
Parks must grow with the city By Mike Layton As summer slowly comes to a close, it is important to reflect on the ways that our city has developed during these challenging times. Our response to the pandemic has uniquely highlighted that investing in public green spaces and active transportation infrastructure means a better quality […]
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CHATTER: Horn on the Cob and the Social Distance (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 2 Comments
READ MORE LOCAL COVID-19 COVERAGE: EDITORIAL: Ontario gets a failing grade (May 2020) FORUM: We are here to support you (May 2020) FORUM: COVID-19 has exposed issues in long-term care homes (May 2020) FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (May 2020) ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020) ON THE COVER: Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020) NEWS: Keep Your Rent campaign emerges (Apr. […]
CHATTER: Human bones found during Brunswick re-build (Mar. 2020)
March 24th, 2020 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Human bones found during Brunswick re-build (Mar. 2020)
In late January police were called to a house located at 410 Brunswick Ave., where workers had dug up human remains while doing renovation work. Toronto Police Constable Victor Kwong said contractors discovered the bones buried in the backyard. At the time, police said, they suspected the remains had been buried there for decades. They […]
FORUM: Safer streets for bikes and pedestrians (Mar. 2020)
March 24th, 2020 · Comments Off on FORUM: Safer streets for bikes and pedestrians (Mar. 2020)
Redesigning the roads with necessary rules By Mike Layton There are changes coming to local road infrastructure that will be a big step towards improving safety for all road users in our neighbourhoods. These changes will bring a new bike lane on Brunswick to just south of the Annex, connecting to a larger cycling route […]
Chatter (Nov. 2017): Bloor Annex BIA updates street revitalization plan
November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on Chatter (Nov. 2017): Bloor Annex BIA updates street revitalization plan
The Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area (BIA) met this month to discuss the upcoming, and much anticipated, Bloor Street revitalization plan due in 2019. Spanning Madison Avenue to Bathurst Street, the BIA intends to replace the tree planter boxes with new trees that will be level with the sidewalk. A proprietary root system has been […]
Top four empty spaces in the Annex (and one you may have thought was empty but isn’t)
September 15th, 2011 · 10 Comments
By Julia Manoukian 287 Brunswick Ave. 287 Brunswick Ave. was once home to one of the area’s wealthiest real estate owners. Anne Racz, better known as Annie of the Annex, invested in a great deal of real estate in and around Toronto with her husband, Leslie Racz. Her entire estate, which is rumoured to be […]