According to a map created using open-source data from the City of Toronto, there are 19 legal laneway suites in the Gleaner coverage area. The Gleaner reached out to the builder of a laneway suite just south of Bloor, along with their client.
NEWS: Laneway suites taking hold (Mar. 2024)
April 7th, 2024 · Comments Off on NEWS: Laneway suites taking hold (Mar. 2024)
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NEWS: U of T’s unique laneway homes (Aug. 2020)
September 9th, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: U of T’s unique laneway homes (Aug. 2020)
The making of University of Toronto’s pilot laneway homes located south of Sussex Avenue on Huron Street, is near completion.
CHATTER: U of T proposes laneway housing pilot on Huron Street (Spring 2018)
May 1st, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: U of T proposes laneway housing pilot on Huron Street (Spring 2018)
The City of Toronto has received an application to build three residential buildings just west of Robarts Library on 366, 368, and 370 Huron St. The applicant would like to build one three-storey residential building facing Huron Street and two residential buildings on the laneway off Huron Street near Glen Morris Road. The plan is […]
ON THE COVER (JANUARY 2017): Putting the city’s laneways to work
January 23rd, 2017 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (JANUARY 2017): Putting the city’s laneways to work
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NEWS (JANUARY 2017): Laneway living
January 23rd, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (JANUARY 2017): Laneway living
Should infill take precedence over upward building? By Brian Burchell With affordable housing at a premium in Toronto, two councillors are proposing to open up the city’s 2,400 laneways to infill development. Arguing that residential growth in the city must not only be vertical and sprawling, Mary-Margaret McMahon (Ward 32, Beaches-East York) and Ana Bailão […]
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Ossington laneway gets a mural makeover
August 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Despite the rain, roughly twenty artists came out to beautify the alley behind Ossington Avenue between Queen and Humbert streets. From Thursday Aug. 9 to Sunday Aug. 12, volunteers painted murals in the laneway, giving it a much-needed makeover. The art-in-the-alley project is one of many initiatives organized by the Well and Good creative collective. […]