ACTION: Tuesday June 12 is car-counting day in Harbord Village. Residents will watch at problem intersections from 7 to 10 am, and from 3 to 7 pm, recording counts of vehicles, wrong-way vehicles, and failures to stop at stop signs.
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UrbanToronto.ca tells us that Knox Presbyterian Church has filed an Official Plan Amendment application with the City of Toronto to redevelop its property on the southwest corner of Spadina and Harbord. The application presents two options, both calling for more residential density (including affordable units) along with an expansion of the existing church.
The Fort York Food Bank has moved to 380 College at Borden. Opening times are 9am to 2pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Around 60 clients a day now visit the site, and trucks from Daily Bread and Second Harvest deliver supplies twice a week each.
As a downtown residential area, we don’t get the same snow-removal service as other areas of the city. On Jan. 24, HVRA Board member Bob Stambula wrote to the Mayor and our Councillor depicting the problem vividly. He also pointed towards potential solutions.
On Friday, Dec. 22, HVRA was sent updated plans for the University’s proposed Sussex-Spadina residence. They will form the basis of the OMB pre-hearing scheduled for Jan. 3, 2018. The documents can be downloaded from this link [link no longer active, sorry].
As always on November 1, Harbord Street was glowing with pumpkins from Spadina to Borden. There were ghouls and ghosts and monsters and super heroes and, of course, one or two Donald Trumps. The chill of the night was warmed by hot cider from Her Father’s Cider Bar and Clay Design and steaming chai from Elchi Chai Shop topped off with cookies and butter tarts from Harbord Bakery.
On Saturday, 14 October, The Doctors’ Parkette and Margaret Fairley Park were officially opened. Councillor Cressy praised HVRA for providing support and interest in helping to create these two wonderful, green additions to the neighbourhood. Special thanks were given to Richard Longley for his vigilance and interest in the renovation of The Doctors’
On 17 October 2017, Toronto and East York Community Council unanimously passed a rezoning application to add an 11-storey infill to the south of the “tower in a park” apartment building at 666 Spadina. As part of the rezoning package, Cromwell Developments agreed to cede the green space along Sussex to the City for a public park and will create a second park space along Sussex Mews Laneway,
