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Danforth Church redevelopment plan

Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre July 30, 2023August 2, 2023 affordable housing, Danforth Avenue, Danforth Church, homeless housing, seniors residence, Woodgreen Community Services

Wait times not to be considered for Danforth seniors residence

Seniors’ wait time for subsidized housing will not count toward a space in the affordable residence in the Danforth church redevelopment.

Danforth Church

Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre July 11, 2023July 18, 2023 affordable housing, Bowden Street, Danforth Avenue, Danforth Church, development, seniors, seniors housing

Danforth church redevelopment to provide affordable housing for seniors

Danforth Baptist Church is facing redevelopment to accommodate seniors in an affordable facility without affecting the church’s activities.

140 Merton St.

Dennis Hanagan June 2, 2023July 10, 2023 affordable housing, development, EllisDon Community Builders, Indigenous, Merton Street, seniors

Midtown’s Indigenous-led housing project to get under way in fall

The two-storey building at 140 Merton St. is to be converted into a 15-storey, 150-unit building providing affordable rentals to seniors.

Davisville Starbucks

Streeter staff March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, Avenue Road, bakery, Barry Sherman, bike lanes, bus, café, candy, cannabis, car crash, car thefts, carbon monoxide, child care, child pornography, COVID-19, development, dog poop, Don Valley Golf Course, fire, fire truck, Fraserwood Avenue, gun control, gunshots, hate crime, homicide, Honey Sherman, knife, Lawrence Avenue East, libraries, Little Jamaica, Loblaws, map, McSorley's Saloon and Grill, Metro, motorcyclist, Mt. Pleasant Road, North Toronto Collegiate, North Toronto Hockey Association, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, overdoses, parking permits, patios, Playa Cabana Bar Esquina, pollinator gardens, power outage, rents, Rob Oliphant, SafeTO, schools, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, snow clearing, Sobeys, Starbucks, Stephanie Bowman, subway, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Transit Commission, vaccinations, vaccine, Valentine's Day, vigil, Yonge Eglinton, Yonge Eglinton Centre, Yonge Street

North Toronto Daily Updates

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in North Toronto neighbourhoods.

George Street memorial header

Streeter staff March 5, 2022March 7, 2022 ActiveTO, affordable housing, Alexandra Park, Andrea Barrack, Annamie Paul, anti-Semitism, arson, attempted murder, automated speed enforcement, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street West, break and enter, break-ins, Brian Chang, car fire, Chinatown, Christie Pits Park, Chrystia Freeland, Clinton Street Public School, closures, collision, COVID-19, COVID-19 variant, David Morris, dog poop, Dundas Street West, El Mocambo, encampment, fatality, film festival, fire, firearms, first-degree murder, Food Basics, Friends of 225 Brunswick, goat, graffiti, green plan, gun control, hate, hate crime, homelessness, Howard Street, human remains, indecent act, Jack Layton, Jessica Bell, libraries, Little Italy, Loblaws, Marci Ien, methadone, Metro, Michelle Ross, motorcyclist, New Democratic Party, noise, outdoor recreation, overdoses, Palmerston Area Residents’ Association, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, pollinator gardens, Qi Sushi, Queen's Park, ravines, Remembrance Day, RenovictionsTO, rents, retail robbery, rinks, road closures, road work, robbery, SafeTO, Santa Claus, Seaton House, second-degree murder, sexual assault, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, sinkhole, snow clearing, snowstorm, spitting, St. George Care Community, St. Joseph Street, stabbing, Starbucks, streetcar, subway, tenants, Terry Fox, Toronto flag, Toronto Police, Toronto Urban Design Awards, town hall, trafficking, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Valentine's Day, vehicle break-ins, waste reduction, watermain break, wheelchair, YMCA Child Development Centre, Yonge Street, Yorkville Avenue

Central Toronto Daily Updates

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.

East York Civic Centre header

Streeter staff December 22, 2021January 18, 2022 55 Division, affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, bike lanes, break and enter, break-ins, car fire, collision, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Don Valley Parkway, East York Civic Centre, East York Hockey Associatio, East York Hockey Association, fire, flooding, fraud, Greenwood Station, homicide, Jack Layton, Julie Dabrusin, knife, libraries, luring, Malcolm Kelly, Mamma's Pizza, manslaughter, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing man, Monarch Park, Montcrest School, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, next of kin, O'Connor Drive, Ontario Line, pedestrian, Petition, Presteign Heights Public School, pumpkin parade, rinks, Riverdale Park East, robbery, Second City, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, stabbing, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Health, Traffic Services, vaccination, Vax the Holidays, vehicle theft, Victoria Park Avenue, Wakunda Place, Wilkinson Junior Public School, Youth Leaders of East York

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: July–December 2021

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.

55 Division site to become affordable housing

Eric McMillan November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 55 Division, affordable housing, Dundas Street East, Housing Now, Victoria Park Station

Affordable housing development to be considered for 55 Division property

The city may have found a new use for the site of the 55 Division police station on Carlaw Avenue after it’s relocated to Danforth Avenue.

One of buildings bought by city

Eric McMillan April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 affordable housing, Chinatown, John Tory, Mike Layton, Spadina Avenue, St. Clare’s Multifaith Housing Society, Yonge Street

City buys buildings in Summerhill, Chinatown for the vulnerable

The city has bought two multi-storey buildings on busy commercial strips in Summerhill and Chinatown to turn into homes for people in need.

Church Street mural

Eric McMillan February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 affordable housing, Church Street, homelessness, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, YWCA

A building of ‘new beginnings’ opens on Church Street

This morning Mayor John Tory, Toronto Centre councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and other city representatives re-opened a 13-storey affordable rental building for them at 389 Church St.

Parliament St. meeting header

Streeter staff September 30, 2020October 13, 2020 affordable housing, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Parliament Street

Oct. 14: Discuss Parliament St. rooming house project

A virtual community meeting is planned for Oct. 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. to discuss the project at 502-508 Parliament St.

Foodbank lineup

Streeter staff June 30, 2020October 6, 2020 affordable housing, bank robbery, Bermondsey Transfer Station, break-in, CampTO, Canada Day, child care, child pornography, Dundas Street, eviction, farmers' market, food banks, garden centres, Hollandaise Diner, human trafficking, libraries, Michael Garron Hospital, Mother's Day, Pappas Grill, parks, Paula Fletcher, potholes, reopening, saliva, shooting, ShopHERE, Taste of Danforth, washrooms, yard waste

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: May-June 2020

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.

Streeter staff June 30, 2020September 8, 2020 Access Hubs, affordable housing, bank robbery, boat accident, body, Brad Bradford, camps, Canada Day, coronavirus, COVID-19, crash, Distantly, essential workplaces, eviction, extreme weather, farmers' market, floaty, food bank, garbage, garden centres, gunshots, homicide, John Tory, Jones Avenue, kidnapping, libraries, Main Street Terrace, map, Michael Garron Hospital, Mother's Day, Paula Fletcher, potholes, Queen Street East, real estate, reopening, sexual assault, shooting, ShopHERE, speeding, Toronto Police, trees, washrooms

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: May–June 2020

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville neighbourhoods.

Glen Road bridge

Streeter staff June 30, 2020November 27, 2020 affordable housing, bike lanes, camps, cancellations, car chase, CNE, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, cycling, farmers' market, fire, food bank, garbage, garden centres, Glen Road, gunshots, Harbord Street, homicide, libraries, medication, mischief, Mother's Day, museums, potholes, Pride, real estate, recycling, reopening, road closure, sexual exploitation, shooting, ShopHERE, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library, washrooms, yard waste

Central Toronto Daily Updates: May–June 2020

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.

Affordable housing site

Eric McMillan May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 affordable housing, Beaches Employment and Social Services, Brad Bradford, Danforth Avenue, Danforth/Coxwell Library, Housing Now, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Queen Street East, Sherbourne Street

Two Beaches-East York sites among six selected for affordable housing

Mayor John Tory yesterday announced six locations recommended for the second phase of a plan to build affordable housing.

Shawn Star September 30, 2015August 1, 2017 affordable housing, All IN, Andrew Thomson, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Eglinton-Lawrence, federal election, Joe Oliver, Leah Adema, Marco Mendicino

Group sees development as opportunity to create affordable housing

A group of midtown residents have launched a new community group that plans to tackle issues reaching beyond their neighbourhood.

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That was then.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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