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Plan 2456 is attached. Maple Drive is now Sandringham Drive. Blocks A and B on Plan 2456 are now Plan 4580, which comprises Timberland Drive and the houses fronting on Timberland Drive. Glendale Avenue on Plan 2456 was closed by Township of North York By-law 8740, passed 26 Oct 1953. The by-law...

(A) The southern half of the road outlined in red by you was "Northbourne Avenue" created by Plan of subdivision 2456, registered 27 Oct 1924. To the west the plan also shows "Westgate Place". Neither street was ever constructed and no houses were ever built fronting on them. (B) The name of...

The school site: Toronto Lands Corporation, "a wholly owned subsidiary and exclusive real estate services provider to the Toronto District School Board." Minutes, p. 9, Board Meeting June 4, 2019: "Former Canadian Tire Property, Block 20 [Plan 66M-2518] 50 Woodsy Park Lane (Ward 13) The City of...

This evening I was at Sea-Hi Chinese Restaurant at 3645 Bathurst Street . The staff said that the owners were retiring and that the restaurant was closing on February 29, 2020.

Possible sources of info: 1. Condominium Authority of Ontario tel: 416-901-9356 https://www.condoauthorityontario.ca/en-US/Contact_Us_/ 2. Canadian Condominium Institute Tel: 416-491-6216 https://cci.ca/contact Best if you and the other unit owners deal with this collectively through the...

If my memory is correct, this site was originally an open air strip mall. Approximately 20 years ago the stores were demolished and it has been vacant ever since. Similar pace of development as Bathurst Manor Plaza, 221-245 Wilmington Ave. See...

"Why would the government give an exclusive license to Teranet rather than allow many to license it?" The short answer is "Borealis Infrastructure, Teranet's owner, made a $1 billion payment to the province." Borealis Infrastructure is owned by OMERS, the Ontario municipal employees' pension...

The "agent's blog" is David Fleming's Toronto Realty Blog post on June 19, 2015: http://www.torontorealtyblog.com/archives/12599 Note: 311 Bay Street is the municipal address of the residential component on Floors 32-57 registered on December 13, 2012, as Toronto Standard Condominium...

Thank you for your comments, thecharioteer. It was my understanding that the County Registry Office (at 60 Richmond Street East) was constructed in 1875 and not demolished until the 1940's. It was then replaced by the building that bore Jacobine Jones's sculptures until demolition in 2008. We...

CORRECTION: The City Registry Office was at 45 Richmond Street West until 1917 (not East). Sorry, my mistake. Does anyone of any photographs of the exterior of the City Registry Office at 45 Richmond Street West?

Were the four interior photographs taken in the County Registry Office at 60 Richmond Street East (at Berti) or in the City Registry Office at 45 Richmond Street East (north-west portion of the future BAC 3). The 1917 date for Richmond and Berti is wrong. Extracts from the Interim report...

Concerning the origin of the motto "Deeds Speak" below are two extracts from items published by Heritage Mississauga and the Friends of Fort York. Heritage Mississauga Fall 2012 Newsletter, p. 12 "George Sheppard, 'Deeds Speak: Militiamen, Medals, and the Invented Traditions of 1812' in...