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Europe’s urban advantage leaves us in the shade

May 12, 2024

Every time I come home from a trip to Europe, I feel a little ashamed. Ashamed and perplexed. Why is everything so much better over there? The parks, the public transit, the highways, the squares, the museums – even the garbage bins are better than ours.

Arriving in Toronto, where I live, feels like crossing into the East Bloc from the West during the Cold War. Everything looks so shabby. The main route into downtown from the airport is in scandalous shape. Rusting guardrails. Garbage and weeds on the shoulders. Potholes and bumps. The inbound drive along the Gardiner Expressway is like a ride on a decrepit roller coaster…

Dog Off-Leash Areas – have your say

Published on: May 9, 2024 | Last Updated on: May 10, 2024

Toronto’s Dog Off-Leash Areas (OLAs) play a vital role in our community. They’re not just spaces for our furry friends to frolic; they’re hubs of social interaction, exercise, and shared experiences. However, they can also create noise disturbances and impact the park experience for other users.

The city of Toronto is conducting a review of Dog Off-Leash areas to try and better balance these impacts, and your input is important.

Digging up the past for future benefit: the lost waterways of Toronto

Published on: April 27, 2024 | Last Updated on: June 7, 2024

ABCRA’s own “lost brook” had an important role in shaping our neighbourhood.

Seven new ‘supertall’ buildings are coming to Toronto — is that a good thing?

Published on: April 26, 2024 | Last Updated on: September 3, 2024

Toronto could soon have the fifth highest number of mixed-use residential supertalls in the world, alongside cities like NYC and Hong Kong.

The supertalls, defined as being more than 300 metres tall by global non-profit Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), have divided housing observers.

Avenue Road improvements – Interim Streetscape Improvement Strategies

Published on: April 15, 2024 | Last Updated on: September 3, 2024

ABCRA commissioned the Planning Partnership to produce a study to provide recommendations for near term improvements with a lifespan of approximately 10-15 years, which constitute the interim condition for the Avenue Road streetscape, until such time as the final condition can be constructed.

Create a paradise for bees and butterflies

Published on: April 7, 2024 | Last Updated on: July 27, 2024

As our minds turn to Spring and the garden here are some ideas to help you help nature.

1134-1140 Yonge Street – Proposed Development Re-Submission

Published on: April 2, 2024 | Last Updated on: September 4, 2024

At the ABCRA & Community Planning meeting on February 26, 2024, and again at our meeting on April 02, 2024, it was revealed that the developer for 1134-1140 Yonge Street has approached community planning with a request for an additional 3 floors, and is planning to submit a proposal through the Committee of Adjustment.

A 3-floor addition constitutes a 33% height increase and we believe should not be considered minor. We believe that the developer is manipulating the planning system to get around the LPAT settlement and increase the height of the project in a way that protects them from further appeal.

Toronto can learn from Hoboken and make Avenue Road safe

March 8, 2024

The death of an 89-year-old pedestrian in 2017 was the last straw for the mayor of Hoboken, N.J. ““I felt it wasn’t acceptable.”
Hoboken, New Jersey hasn’t had a traffic fatality in 7 years.

Running below one of Toronto’s most historic neighbourhoods, the pathway located on the south side of the road can be followed from Park Road to Bayview Avenue.

The ravine next to Rosedale Valley Road is an unusual escape in the middle of Toronto

February 18, 2024

Rosedale Ravine Lands isn’t tucked away in a forest like some of the other walks in the city but the stretching pathway that follows the Rosedale Valley Road makes for a picturesque stroll in its own right.

Running below one of Toronto’s most historic neighbourhoods, the pathway located on the south side of the road can be followed from Park Road to Bayview Avenue.

Someone in Toronto just bought a huge $18M condo and it’s pretty spectacular

Published on: February 8, 2024 | Last Updated on: February 18, 2024

One of the most expensive condo units in Toronto history has been purchased for a whopping $18 million — and it doesn’t even exist yet.

An undisclosed buyer has scooped up a luxurious penthouse unit on the top floor of a proposed boutique condo development at 1086 Yonge Street, known as One Roxborough West.