There is a time-honoured tradition in Canada of loading up omnibus budget bills with all kinds of legislation the government of the day wants to quietly sneak through. The Ford government here in Ontario included proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act in their recent… Read More
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
Yesterday late afternoon, the last front yard tree was taken down across the street at number 6. It looks from here like he’s left one poplar tree in the back. All of Alma’s extensive shrubbery has been run through a chipper and is gone. This… Read More
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
We received the following notice from Councillor Grimes yesterday, outlining some very positive steps in managing development in our community. For those who have not seen it, I’ve pasted it below. Kudos to Councillor Grimes – this will help even the playing field. After discussions… Read More
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
At 7:30 this morning, the heavy equipment rolled up and started to bash down the house at 2 Twenty Seventh, across the street and a little south of our place. This house has been empty for quite some time. The property was bought by someone… Read More
Blog TO has identified LongBranch & New Toronto as among the top 5 neighbourhoods on the rise in 2015. They have noticed what local residents have been seeing for some time. Developers have targeted our area in a significant way – they see gold in… Read More
A post I made here, and cross-posted over to Twitter prior to the municipal elections received some renewed play today and I thought I’d add a few additional thoughts. First, since I posted those thoughts, Mark Grimes squeaked out a victory and retained his post… Read More
There’s a house coming down on Lake Promenade, just west of 27th Street. I wonder what’s going to go up in its place? Will it be a giant monster home – there are some – or perhaps they’ll try to cram a couple tall skinny… Read More
27th Street 