Metro News reports on a project from MIT and the World Economic Forum that maps urban tree canopies around the world using new software called “Treepedia.” By counting trees using Google Street View the researchers measured the percentage of each city’s area covered by canopy.
… Read more Toronto’s Tree Canopy: World Class, but Under Stress
The December Annex Gleaner contains a lively account of a “fractious” neighbourhood meeting on Nov. 29. Local residents, the developer, and Councillor Joe Cressy met to discuss proposals for an 11-storey building and eight stacked townhouses on the green space surrounding the heritage-designated building at 666 Spadina.
CBC profiles a resident at Kensington Hospice, 38 Major Street: he appreciates the home-like atmosphere and professional care at the only residential hospice in the city of Toronto. Read the story and watch the video clip at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-hospice-1.3904353.
A big thank you to Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn for hosting the 2016 Volunteer Appreciation Party on November 16th. Also in attendance were the new elected HVRA Board members.
A provincial review of the OMB may limit the role of this powerful appeals board and give more consideration to local planning. A Toronto Star story by Jennifer Pagliaro summarizes proposals to restrict OMB decision-making, and notes that the province will hold town hall meetings between now and Dec.
… Read more Province proposes limiting powers of Ontario Municipal Board
Steve Klein, a valued member of the HVRA Board and NW Area Rep since 2009, died on Sept. 25, 2016, following a long struggle with lymphoma.
Steve applied his professional expertise to many HVRA activities. He liked to get things done,
Walk past the window of this storefront just east of Croft Street, and you’ll see the sign from Mandel’s Creamery, once a bustling enterprise on Baldwin. Read about the sign, the Mandel family, and the long Jewish history in our area in a Toronto Star story by Sarah-Joyce Battersby;
“Though it’s sandwiched between the Annex and a bustling stretch of College, Harbord Village still has a sleepy, tucked-away feel, with its picturesque homes and trees dotting the area.” That’s what a 4-page story in Now Magazine says, headlined “Harbord Village.”
