Rose Park Dr. concrete-block home gets addition

The little well-cared for concrete-block home at 142 Rose Park Drive is a curious anomaly to the neighborhood and it no doubt has been since it was built heaven knows when. They just don’t build houses out of concrete blocks anymore. The front of 142 is nicely stuccoed and the gardening is top notch. But when Rose Park Drive was being developed in the 20s and 30s, the area was a hodgepodge of building styles, construction methods and antique bylaws. There are many homes around it in Moore Park which still have rubble basement walls. Rocks, rubbish and whatever the contractor had on hand was just dumped into the excavation with some cement to hold it together. But now it appears that 142 Rose Park will get an addition and deck at the rear. City of Toronto tree fencing is the tip off that the work approved last year is coming soon. Moore Park people who have read here in the Bulldog about plans to make Leaside a heritage zone of sorts will perhaps smile at the idea of a similar attempt to preserve the character of their Oak-treed home. Which character would that be? Which one of these heritages are we going to save?