Despite months of growing opposition to the six storey condo proposal for 1960-1962 Queen St. E. – currently the home of a Lick’s restaurant – Toronto and East York Community Council voted unanimously on May 15 to allow the project to go ahead. Dozens of Beach residents attended the Community Council meeting to voice their concerns […]
Tag: Friends of Queen Street
City planner ruins the party at Queen Street meeting
The Friends of Queen Street had some of the wind taken out of their sails at a meeting they hosted on April 12, thanks to a surprise admission related to the development proposal that inspired the formation of the group in the first place. Gregg Lintern, Director of Planning for the Toronto and East York […]
News in Brief
Friends of Queen Street will be hosting another community meeting about development on Queen Street East, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, April 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Kew Beach School gymnasium. Ward 32 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon will be in attendance as well. Check the Beach Metro News website at beachmetro.com for confirmation of […]
News in Brief
The Danforth East Community Association (DECA) and the newly-formed Gerrard East Community Organization will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, March 7, to address concerns about the increasing number of empty and derelict storefronts in both neighbourhoods. Organizers have invited guest speaker Marcus Westbury to talk about how he single-handedly revitalized the downtown core of […]
New group unites residents associations
A large umbrella group covering the Beach has formed to encompass seven different residents associations, as well as to cover the areas that currently fall in between existing groups’ coverage areas. The Greater Beach Neighbourhood Association will cover the area from Coxwell to Victoria Park, and from the lake up to the rail corridor. Organizer […]
