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Board members from BPRO and three neighbouring resident organizations recently met with representatives from First Capital (developer), Bousfields (community consultants), and Councillor Colle’s office to discuss our concerns regarding the redevelopment plan for the northeast corner…
Painting of Fort York, 1804. Library and Archives Canada, C-014905. For nearly 20 years, the settlers around the town of York expected an invasion by the Americans. Yonge Street had been conceived in 1793 as…
The Preliminary Staff Report regarding First Capital’s proposal for the development of the northeast corner of Avenue Road and Lawrence was adopted by the North York Community Council at their meeting, September 10, 2020. The…
Sketch of the Sun Tavern on Yonge Street, circa 1830, typical of an early 19th century tavern. Illustration courtesy of Toronto Public Library Digital Archives. Thomas Hill opened the neighbourhood’s first tavern – near today’s…
Collaborative letter to North York City Council. BACKGROUND The City of Toronto released their Preliminary Report regarding First Capital’s development proposal for Avenue Road and Lawrence. The report can be seen in our previous posting…
Preliminary Report for the development at Avenue Road & Lawrence. BACKGROUND First Capital submitted detailed plans for their proposed development at Avenue Road and Lawrence on June 9, 2020. PRELIMINARY REPORT BPRO has received a copy…
York Mills plaque, Sam Heron’s Mill. Source torontoplaques.ca. Hauling lumber, McGlashan Road, Hogg’s Hollow, c 1896. Courtesy Toronto Public Library Digital Archives. As the pioneer farmers continued to push the treeline back from Yonge Street,…
Leonard Marsh and Mary Kendrick, Marriage Bonds 1803-1806 (RG 5, B 9, Vol. 13), Public Archives Canada. Attempting to describe what most Bedford Park area properties looked like exactly 200 years ago isn’t too difficult.…
Photos by Jess Hungate & John Mills. In the midst of a pandemic, when all schools (and much of everything) was closed, lawn signs popped up all over the neighbourhood marking where graduates lived. BPRO…
Illustration of Seneca Ketchum’s younger brother, Jesse Ketchum, 1782 – 1867. Reproduced courtesy of the Toronto Public Library Digital Archives. When Seneca Ketchum arrived in the village of York in 1796, he really wasn’t in…