Month: July 2008Page 1 of 2
Thinking of buying an older house in the Junction? Ok, well the vast majority of the houses are just old, with only a few new townhouses around …new being…
Art of the Junction is a series of posts on creative happenings in the junction currently being posted by the Arts Junction Blog. Their method of a series…
Freed Development’s Six50 (650) King West – 214 Unit Residential Condominium project has begun demolition – quietly it seems, questioned a office worker- a project manager –…
The Gardiner Expressway is raised well above ground level but one can barely see the lake from this spot just west of High Park where a new Lakeshore…
This house even without all of the selling agents buildup is a home, at least it’s looks like it is from the outside. The home offers a veranda…
Today a paper arrived, it’s new? What is it for? Why do the publishers of this paper think the Junction community needs a paper from an American company…
In August of 2006 the community had a meeting in Vine Ave Parkette with the local councilor and the park manager – the outcome was… the money wasn’t there…
Glass vessels entering a Lehr Picture Credit – junctioneer Owens-Illinois, Inc is closing it’s Kipling Ave Plant in West Toronto totally on Sept 30 ’08. This is a…
Its a perfect day in the neighbourhood! A variety of Mimico residents, politicians and local activists are celebrating the opening of Phase 1 of Mimico’s new waterfront park…
Picture Credit – Metrix X Flickr August 6th is the next meeting of the new Junction Residents Association meeting, at The Troubadour Bar – 3071 Dundas St. West. …
St Joesph Health Centre in the past year or so converted this house at Parkdale Rd and Glendale Ave too a design means more suitable for the the…
Between Keele Street and Dundas Street West and for Dundas Street West between Glenlake Ave. the City of Toronto is conducting a study will identify a vision for…
For many years the city has been encouraging apartment and condo dwellers and the owners of these buildings to engage with the city’s wider waster diversion (recycling) programs. …
Picture Credit – Gary J. wood Flickr Mimico will celebrate partial rejuvenation of its waterfront Monday, July 28 from 2:00 – 5:00pm at 2445 Lakeshore Blvd. West, behind…
Either the owner of this building at Clendenen Ave and Dundas St or the retail tenant has planted grass and erected a fence along the rear yard of…
The city of Toronto is holding public consultations on the proposed new LRT line which would replace bus service along Finch from Yonge St to H27. According to…
Picture credit – Robbie1 Flickr Ah……… potholes seem to be the bane of our communities existence! The pot hole ridden roads are reminiscent of lesser developed countries. Our…
A casual passerby might be surprised to find out that this house with good street presence on a quiet tree lined street was a rooming house. Listed for…
Canadian Pacific Railroad has been cutting the branches of any trees that overhang it’s property, for example along park fences and streets that dead end on their tracks….
Cafe du Lac, a new restaurant on 2350 Lake Shore Blvd. W. has, in little over a month, become a popular spot. Despite Corey Mintz’s (http://www.thestar.com/living/article/460817) review which…
Lying between direct land and building, home ownership and condominium shared space and maintenance fees sits Co-Ownership. And sit it does – hardly used in the Toronto area,…
Picture credit – Grant MacDonaldThe BAPS Swaminarayan Complex on 61 Claireville Drive, in Rexdale -Toronto encompasses: the Stone Mandir, the Wooden Haveli and the Educational Museum. Open to…
On the north side of Trethewey Drive just west of the Black Creek Business District is something a little like the suburbs. Although the lots and houses are…
Is there so little selection in condos available in Toronto’s west end that all these warnings are needed? Toronto is currently in a condo building boom where there…