Finishing up the Sunnybrook Plaza in 1952
Angela Hennessey on the Post City site has waxed sorrowfully about the disappearing neighborhood plaza and strip malls along Eglinton Ave. and elsewhere. It is a theme known to the pages of The South Bayview Bulldog as well. The east side of Leaside seems alien without the “No Name Plaza” on the southwest corner of Laird and Eglinton. Ms Hennessey speaks with a couple of well-known businessmen Richard Byford of Bonnie Byford Real Estate on Bayview Ave. and Malcolm Firkser, owner of the much-admired Home Hardware at Sunnybrook Plaza. It is a frequent guessing game for those who patronize this store where they might find it in a future time, or anything like a substitute. The coming re-development of the plaza is discussed in the Post article and indeed it appears, as reported in The Bulldog, that finishing touches are being applied to an agreement between RioCan, the City and the Leaside Property Owners Association. A more complete idea of what is to be done may come at the LPOA meeting this Tuesday, November 22, 2016. LPOA agenda to discuss Sunnybrook Plaza, Eglinton zoning. Post City
