King of Kensington
Senior Member
I'd say Willowdale between Yonge and Bayview, and the Bathurst-Lawrence area seem to be the most transformed by this phenomenon.
Start on Glencairn Avenue and go east from Caledonia Road, towards Bathurst Street.
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And the streets north and south of Glencairn for several blocks in all directions.
Don't forget (the primarily) Filipino nannies who take care of the family as well. They also live in those McMansions (albeit in a separate part of them).Yup, along Glencairn and adjacent streets west of Bathurst it's definitely very noticeable. Also north of Lawrence on streets like Bedford Park, Woburn etc. In these areas it seems to be largely Orthodox Jews with large families and not uncommonly, 2 kitchens.
Don't forget (the primarily) Filipino nannies who take care of the family as well. They also live in those McMansions (albeit in a separate part of them).
Quite a lot of this happening in midtown too, however I hope midtown keeps its English cottage/tutor revival style with half timbering.
Some of the new houses look pretty good, say if it's stone on the outside, but some look pretty bad (stucco ones). Generally I do prefer the original brick houses though.
I hate when i see stone (or stone cladding on the front exterior of house) and then the side has stucco. So cheap looking. Just stick with the brick or at least at the side of the house.
Teardowns are happening everywhere where you previously had bungalows. I am in the Keele south of Lawrence area (Amesbury area) and it happening here to since the houses are either bungalows or 1 1/2 storey, except here the frontage of the houses are 50' and they are not being severed with 2 houses built where prevoiusly there was one