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Laird planning study finally moving forward

November 30, 2016March 28, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Jon Burnside, Laird in Focus, planning

Leaside residents near Laird Drive will be happy to know the city is moving forward with a neighbourhood planning study that Ward 26 councillor Jon Burnside says is at least a year late.

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Holly St. proposal gets icy reception

May 26, 2014July 30, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Josh Matlow, planning

A controversial development that would see two five-storey condominium floors added to existing 14-storey apartment buildings will not be authorized by the city unless it’s changed

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New apartments in the works for Dunfield Ave.

March 21, 2014June 21, 2014 Shawn Star planning

A community meeting has been set for April 15 to consider a proposal to build two apartment buildings near Yonge and Eglinton.

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CITY BRIEFS: 33 Laird a heritage building?

March 21, 2014June 21, 2014 Shawn Star planning

North York community council has asked the city to examine the property at 33 Laird Dr. in Leaside to see if it meets the requirements for a heritage designation.

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Planners show the green for Yonge-Eglinton

February 25, 2014 Town Crier staff planning

A plan that looks at making the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue area more green also has the potential to make other neighbourhoods green with envy.

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Renovations to Spadina rental units coming

December 10, 2013 Town Crier staff Josh Matlow, planning

The once-attractive, now graffitti-tagged former rental apartment building sits forlorn on its lot at 467 Spadina Rd.

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Revised plan coming for Alaska condo

December 9, 2013March 31, 2018 Town Crier staff Alaska condominium, planning

Developer Bianca Pollak and her associates will present a revised proposal for Sherwood Park’s controversial Alaska condominium development.

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Elgie House heritage status not set in stone

December 5, 2013 Town Crier staff Elgie House, heritage status, planning

City council’s Nov. 14 approval of historical designation status for Leaside’s Elgie House served as the next step in an ongoing dispute.

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Thumbs down on Vanderhoof condo

November 5, 2013 Town Crier staff planning, Scenic on Eglinton

The Committee of Adjustment’s North York panel on Sept. 25 unanimously rejected an application for a 316-unit condominium at 160 Vanderhoof Ave.

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Interns a great help in building midtown plan

February 6, 2013 Town Crier staff ARECA, Madison Homes, Midtown Plan, Montgomery Square, planning, Postal Station K, RioCan, Terry Mills, Toronto Hydro

A Town Crier Community Column

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Knowledge essential when looking to fight development

August 22, 2012 Town Crier staff development, Greg Hamara, planning, Regulations, Sarah Doucette, Ward 13

A Town Crier Community Column

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Study to map street’s future

July 3, 2012 Town Crier staff Greater Beach Neighbourhood Association, Lick's, Mary-Margaret McMahon, planning, Visioning Study

Queen Street E. vision to set development limits

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Old look preferred for new LRT station

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Anna Pace, Chaplin LRT Sation, community consultations, construction, Josh Matlow, LRT, LRT Station Design, planning, St. Paul's, Toronto Transit Commission

Chaplin residents like publicly shown plans but want to save firehall facade

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Got a question about city services? Call a lawyer

July 3, 2009 Town Crier staff Ontario Municipal Board, planning, strike

Some lawyers must be scratching their heads that after three years of law school they have ended up working in

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*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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