Ahh, I love Squibb's! I used to go there in the 80s/early 90s every day after school. I still have a geometry set I bought from there when I was in Grade 7/8; one of my prized possessions back then. Congrats on hitting the 90 year mark!

Huh, well that still won't work. Junction BIA (link) doesn't cover St. Clair, at all. I know there is a lot of controversy over what "the junction" is (having just moved out of the area 6 months ago), and most consider the tracks as the "Northern Border". I'm literally on the wrong side of...

I couldn't find a thread dedicated to the St. Clair West & Keele area in the Neighbourhood Node, but then again, I might have not known what the "official name" for the area is. I did see a smattering of posts in the generic St. Clair west thread, but that thread seems to try to tackle all of...

Hi. Looking around at condo listings I listings for "1 bedroom + den" , "bedrooms: 1+1", "1 bedroom + media", etc. Are there any standards as to what this means? If a unit is listed as "bedrooms: 1+1", does that mean there are two bedrooms? Or 1 bedroom plus an additional room? Case in...

Hm. I've been doing some additional reading and quickly learning about pure-apartments vs. "rooming houses", the lines of which are usually defined by separate entrances, shared facilities (e.g. shared kitchen = rooming house, not an apartment), etc. Much of this was driven by my research on...

My wife and I have recently started looking for a house, and are now realizing that there are a large number of houses which have been converted to apartments/multiplexes. Moreover, the work seems to be shoddy and/or poor quality.. I'd say that at this point about 60% of the "single family"...

Absolutely. The Fords say that they are giving the people what they want, and so do those who voted against an all-subway solution. I don't remember anybody asking me, or anybody I know, what they want. At the end it is a dollars and cents activity. Personally I love subways, but everything...

Where would one get the stats on the quality of the schools? I went to St. John's as a kid and as far as I know it is still a decent school. For the Separate Schoolboard folks, Chaminade College (my high school) is about 5 minutes walking East from Jane Street -- not technically Weston...

I thought I saw a sign up recently that said that the McBride area had been purchased, this was recent (since November 2011). On another note, there is a nice new organic grocer in the neighbourhood, located on the North-East corner of Dundas & Keele, I think beside the TV station. I had a...

So what can we do? Can you elaboroate on which units are community housing? I actually don't know what is, or what qualifies for it. In lieu of hair salons, dollar stores and payday loans, what kinds of businesses do you think local residents would support? As a resident myself I'd love to...

I have a friend who owns a business at Weston & Lawrence (the photography studio in the base of the apartment building) and we were discussing this recently. How Weston really was a jewel of a neighbourhood, but in the past 10+ years we've seen it deteriorate. I'm curious, what can be done...

None. You have to purchase the information package ($100 when I bought mine), which includes the original floorplans. If you go forward and purchase a unit the cost is credited to your purchase price. It should be noted that the information package (at least, the one I had) doesn't have all...

Thanks for all the tips! Thanks for all the tips. You say, "based on your experience", what kinds of things have you seen, have the above methods been very successful? What kind of turnaround have you been seeing? I planned on taking a small digital camera with me on my way to work now...

I haven't been able to find anything concrete on any of this, so I thought I'd throw it out to the experts. :D Which businesses, in everyone's opinion, spur gentrification? Even better, based on geographic footprint? I.e., some areas can support large scale operations (upscale grocery...

I've lived in Weston all my life but have recently started taking the bus more often in an attempt to become greener. In the process I have a certain route I walk in the morning to get to my bus stop atJane and Lawrence. On the north-west corner of Jane & Lawrence is a plaza that is absolutely...