LPOA Annual General Meeting November 26, 2013

The Leaside Property Owners’ Association annual general meeting was held on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m. in the William Lea Room at Leaside Memorial Gardens. Special guest Toronto Star columnist Royson James spoke about “The Mayor We Want; The Mayor We Need”. The meeting was well-attended (despite the inhospitable weather) and we’d like to thank …

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LPOA Comments on Planning Recommendations proposed at Eglinton Connects Open Houses October 7,8,9, 2013

Building Encourage mid-rise buildings through as-of-right zoning We appreciate that mid-rise may be appropriate for certain parts of Eglinton. However we have two caveats. First, while the current zoning situation has been pejoratively described as “shrink wrap zoning”; however the reality is that developers invariably “push the envelope” so that much larger and taller buildings than …

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News release: Talbot tenants fight to prevent eviction

July 17 2013 Tenants of Talbot Apartments on Bayview are fighting eviction notices for the end of August issued by their landlord. Some of the tenants are at the Landlord and Tenant Board as early as next Wednesday July 24. The tenants of the three apartment buildings have been pressured, indeed harassed, by the landlord to …

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Garden Court – letter from Architectural Conservancy

To: Garden Court Tenants’ Association1477 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4G 3B2 Re: Proposal by the owners of to convert Garden Court from rental housing into condominiums 25 June, 2013 Garden Court, built in 1941, is a magnificent specimen of Art Deco architecture and a provincially designated heritage building. This status will not change if Garden …

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Garden Court Community Consultation Meeting June 20

Community Consultation Meeting on Rental Housing Condo Conversion and Demolition Application For Garden Court Apartments located at 1477 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Thursday June 20, 2013 – 7 p.m.St. Cuthbert’s Church1399 Bayview Avenue We Need Your Support – Please Join Us!!! Help tenants keep their homes by preserving affordable rental housing in Leaside! Garden Court …

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Costco coming to Thorncliffe?

Thorncliffe Community MeetingWednesday 19 June7pm – 9pmJenner Jean Marie Centre48 Thorncliffe Park Drive Councillor John Parker together with representatives from Costco will attend to discuss possible redevelopment of the Coca-Cola site at 42 Overlea Blvd. in Thorncliffe.

T.A.N.G. updates

Concerned about increased aviation noise over our neighborhood? The Toronto Aviation Noise Group (TANG) has a petition online. If you haven’t signed at the door, please sign the petition online asking NAV CANADA to engage in effective dialogue with our federally elected representatives to resolve noise issues in our neighbourhoods due to NAV CANADA airspace re-design (February 2012):

Eglinton Connects

Eglinton Connects is about planning for the future Eglinton Avenue, and how to best leverage investment in rapid transit for the benefit of our communities and our city. See the Eglinton Connects Final Report for more information. Online survey Several online surveys were conducted in 2013. The third survey included images and asks about options …

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Leaside 100

The Leaside 100 display panels will be on display at Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd., from July 3-14, so if you didn’t get a chance to see them at the Library, or want to see the display again, you will have another opportunity.

2 Laird Drive goes to OMB

We have received notification that KCAP LAIRD INC. has appealed to the OMB (under subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, c.P.13) as amended: “from Council’s neglect to enact a proposed amendment to Zoning Bylaw No, 1916 of the former Town of Leaside to rezone lands respecting 2 Laird Drive to permit the development of …

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