InsideOut Health & Fitness invites you to come out for a fun winter night in Leaside this Thursday, February 9th, 2023. The “Move For Heart Winter Dance Party” will be held at Amsterdam Brewery. Advance tickets are available while they last. Please use PROMO CODE: 5HEART for advance purchase.
Register online by clicking link here
Details:
Thursday February 9, 2023 – 7pm to 11pm
Amsterdam Brewery, 45 Esandar Drive
Featuring:
Free Drink, Dance Lesson, DJ, Games + Prizes!
Artistic rendering of the proposed redesign of the Leaside Bridge, looking east over the Don Valley. /City of Toronto
From toronto.ca/Millwood
The City of Toronto is planning state-of-good-repair work on Millwood Road, Pape Avenue and Donlands Avenue due to the poor condition of the roads. Separately, Metrolinx is planning construction work at the Millwood Road and Overlea Boulevard intersection. Millwood Road provides a vital connection between Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park and Leaside neighbourhoods and Downtown. The upcoming projects provide an opportunity to redesign the street and make improvements.
Map of the project area /City of Toronto
Public feedback, along with technical considerations and City policies and guidelines, will be considered in decisions to be made by staff and City Council in March 2023. Subject to approval, installation would be carried out in phases, with the first phase of changes starting in 2023 followed by road construction.
Virtual Public Meeting
The Virtual Public Meeting will include a presentation followed by a Question and Answer period.
Date: February 6, 2023
Time: 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Join online:
Register – Virtual Public Meeting – February 6, 2023
To join by phone (audio only): Call 416-915-6530 and enter access code 2463 822 6881. Learn more about participating in City of Toronto virtual engagement events. To request accommodation, or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact us at 416-338-1066 or millwood@toronto.ca.
Pop-up Events
Date: February 13 and 16, 2023
Time: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: East York Town Centre, 45 Overlea Blvd. (across from Scotiabank, near Entrance 2)
Feedback
Complete the online feedback survey before February 21, 2023. Contact the City to request a printed copy of the survey. The survey is available in English, Urdu and Greek.
Consultation Materials
Will the development see its shadow? Will you?
“Groundhog Day – Fear the Shadow”
Virtual Community Consultation Meeting: 503 Eglinton Avenue East
(501, 503 Eglinton Avenue East and 383, 385, 387, 389 Cleveland Street)
Thursday, February 2, 2023 — 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
503 Eglinton East is a proposed 13-storey mixed-use condominium building designed by RAW Design for Sierra Communities on the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue East and Cleveland Street.
City of Toronto’s Planning Department has set a date for a public meeting regarding the proposed development. This meeting is a chance for neighbours to see the proposal and provide comments. Please plan to attend the Community Consultation Meeting to ask how all the proposed developments along Eglinton Avenue East will impact your growing neighbourhood. All are welcome to attend.
Register – Community Meeting – February 2, 2023The South Eglinton Davisville Residents’ Association (previously known as SERRA) is a volunteer organization. Please take time to visit their new website and find out more about their many activities.
Michael Erdman (Photo provided by Leaside Garden Society)
Leaside Garden Society will continue their Speaker Series with an on-line-virtual Zoom meeting on February 9, 2023. The special guest is Michael Erdman. The topic is Gardens of Bangkok. The meeting will commence at 7p.m.
Michael Erdman developed his keen interest in gardening and horticulture when he bought his first house in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourhood in the late 80’s. Although his grandfathers in Waterloo had tutored him as a child in the culture of roses and growing vegetables, there was a long interlude between opportunities to get his hands dirty. With a blank slate of a yard at his new house and being a researcher by trade, Michael threw himself into learning about perennials, roses, shrubs and within a couple years had no grass left in his yard. In two years, his garden won first prizes in the Riverdale ward and white Rose Nursery’s city-wide garden contest.
Singapore Botanic Gardens /Vanda Usha
Michael moved to the Beach neighbourhood in the 90’s and eventually became president of the Beach Garden Society. Michael co-authored books on perennial gardening and indoor gardening. His garden has been featured in local summer garden tours, and in numerous magazines, newspapers and TV programs. Michael currently heads up the Greater Toronto Bulb Society.
Michael will take us on a gardener’s journey through the amazing parks, gardens & flower markets of the Bangkok and Singapore Regions. His literary includes Singapore’s world renowned National Orchid Garden and Bangkok’s famed Chatuchak Flower Market. A perfect tropical antidote to our winter blahs.
Leaside Garden Society always welcomes guests and new members to join the Society for their meetings. Visit their website: www.leasidegardensociety.org or email: leaside@gardenontario.org.
Is this snowmageddon, or just January in Toronto? Everything from bus stops to community centres are announcing closures for Wednesday night. Toronto Pearson Airport has cancelled hundreds of flights due to the snowstorm. Drivers being urged to stay off roads as heavy snowfall causes hazardous evening commute (CP24).
We had a little fun and made a video illustrating the progression of snow accumulation on Bayview this afternoon. Enjoy!
According to The Weather Network, we’re expecting another 5+cm of snow, on top of what we have now. The roads are a mess, be safe, and stay home if you can.
It’s been years since we’ve had clear access to the sidewalks around the construction sites for the future Leaside and Laird Eglinton Crosstown Stations. If this has caused you to avoid the area, you will be pleased to hear that you can now stroll along the sidewalks at the south-west corner of Eglinton and Laird, and the south-east corner of Bayview and Eglinton. Joy! Maybe one day we’ll also be able to catch a train. One can hope.
In 2021 the developer (Gairloch Developments) acquired 5 additional lots to the north and south of the original subject site and resubmitted their plans.
The number of proposed residential units has increased from 123 to 216. The previously proposed ground floor retail space has been replaced by 12 live-work units fronting on Bayview Avenue. UrbanToronto
Image captured from Google Streetview (Sept 2021)
Leaside Common site today (Jan 2023)
The cozy patio space at Drink Juice Co. (463 Manor Rd E) has a nice glow at night courtesy of the new(ish) illuminated letters shining down from above. Very snazzy.
Around the corner, you’ll notice that the sign above Verdi Restaurant (1566 Bayview Ave) has been taken down during a kitchen renovation.
The newly opened Bad Blowfish Cafe (1595 Bayview Ave) is looking for local artists to be part of their gallery wall exhibits. If you’re looking display your art, comment on their Instagram post and they will send you the application.
Just before 1 p.m. Thursday, police tweeted that officers were called to the school, located on Overlea Boulevard at Don Mills Road. CityNews
Marc Garneau CI is currently in Lockdown for a police investigation at the school. Nearby Valley Park MS is in Hold & Secure as a precaution.
— Toronto District School Board (@tdsb) January 19, 2023
PERSON WITH A GUN:
Don Mills Rd & Overlea Blvd
12:26pm
– at Marc Garneau Collegiate
– reports of a gun being seen
– police o/s
– school is in lockdown
– Valley Park Middle School in hold and secure
– no reported injuries #GO144101
^se— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 19, 2023
ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. Or, in simple terms, it’s a computer program implementing artificial intelligence that can create advanced prose that doesn’t appear to be computer generated. Skip down below if you want to learn more about the technology.
A Bulldog reader has generated a great little piece about Leaside bungalows using ChatGPT. We enjoyed it, and thought you would too.
ChatGPT Challenge
Imagine that Ernest Hemingway has returned to Toronto after writing the “Old Man and the Sea” and his editor has to prepare an article about a charming craftsman-style bungalow in the garden city neighbourhood of Toronto? Please write this article in the style of Ernest Hemingway using references to boats and the sea.
ChatGPT Response
The bungalow stood tall and proud, like a sturdy boat anchored in the garden city neighborhood of Toronto. It was a craftsman-style home, with a charming front porch and a neatly manicured lawn. It was like a beacon, a lighthouse, in the middle of the city, calling out to those who valued simplicity and craftsmanship.
As I walked up to the front door, I felt as if I was approaching a dock, a safe haven after a long journey. Inside, the bungalow was like a ship, cozy and warm, with hardwood floors, exposed brick, and custom woodwork throughout, all expertly crafted, like a wooden fishing boat built to withstand the storms of life. The bungalow, like the sea, had a sense of timelessness, of permanence and
endurance.
The homeowner, a friendly man with weathered hands, greeted me with a smile and a laugh, like a sailor returning to port after a long voyage, full of tales and memories. He showed me around the house, where I saw the attention to detail in every aspect of the home. The windows were trimmed with handmade wooden casings, and the light fixtures were crafted from copper and brass, like the shining brass fittings of a well-maintained ship.
I left the bungalow feeling invigorated, refreshed, like a cool ocean breeze blowing through my mind, reminding me of the simplicity and beauty of life, the sea and the land. It was more than just a house, it was a home, a place where memories were made and love was shared, like a home port for a sailor, a place to return to, to rest and to refuel for the next journey.
More about ChatGPT
The 71-year-old woman died in hospital more than a week after she was struck by a light pole that had been knocked over by a truck at Yonge and Hillsdale.
Oxford and CT REIT have submitted a thoroughly revised proposal, still for a mixed-use community of five towers plus public space, but significantly reworked.
More: urbantoronto.ca/news/2023/01/revised-plans-5-tower-canada-square-site-ups-public-space-more.50893
