See the article in Toronto.com. The city wants to make a new sidewalk on Dwight Ave and plans to destroy a stand of mature trees to get it done, in the face of a petition from 1400 residents asking them not to do it. What… Read More
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Another big tree coming down in Long Branch
It is no surprise to anyone around here that the huge dying silver maple at 2 Twenty Seventh is being taken down. Here is the history. The Committee of Adjustment approved the lot severance at 2 Twenty Seventh. We appealed to the OMB, who upheld… Read More
Is Long Branch becoming a city planning battleground?
Yesterday, what I consider to be a wrong-headed one page leaflet was dropped into my mailbox and in the mailboxes of my neighbours, criticizing something called the Urban Design Guidelines Template. What is the Urban Design Guidelines Template? City Planning has initiated a study for… Read More
Long Branch Parking Sweepstakes
I won big in the Long Branch parking sweepstakes today after several losing efforts. First of all, those of you not from these parts should know that half of our community has free street parking along the Lakeshore strip and the other half has pay… Read More
The Changing Face of Twenty Seventh Street
It is one thing to contemplate proposed changes in our community, to argue, to organize, to attend hearings, to raise concerns, to write to the Committee of Adjustment, to write to Urban Forestry, to write to our City Councillor; it is quite another to see… Read More
Public meeting on Long Branch severances
Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes and the City planning group held a public meeting last night at the Assembly Hall to address the growing frustration of Long Branch residents who have been coping with an explosion of applications from developers to chop up 50 foot… Read More
Trouble on 27th Street
The first problem occurred Saturday afternoon, when the work crew at what was 2 Twenty Seventh Street knocked out power to part of our street for hours by hitting power lines with their equipment. In the past few days they also dug up the roots… Read More
The Gate
A gate has appeared at the off leash area at the R.L. Clark filtration plant. This is at one of the holes in the fence that runs along the east side of the area. A number of dog owners have wanted to see gates put… Read More
27th Street 