Spring Thaw

Leslieville/Riverside, Riverdale / Playter Estates
While this real time photo shows how nasty and bitter the weather is (and Torontonians too for that matter, given we’re so spent from the barrage of ice pellets and winds that chill to the bone), we thought we’d try put a ‘Spring’ in your step and lighten your spirits…
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How Safe Is Your Neighbourhood?

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, College Street / Little Italy, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
That today is Halloween makes this post rather gruesome and haunting. After all, what’s more scary than the dark side of reality? CBC Toronto recently compiled police data spanning the last seven years to create a comprehensive map of crime occurrences and drug charges in each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods.…
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Loft Redux

Leslieville/Riverside, Style Enhancement
When our client moved his company out of his authentic ‘live/work’ loft, leaving it devoid of most furnishings, we decided a design intervention was the only way to go. After all, when you’re working with a volume of space where the ceilings are 13.5 feet high and the wall of factory windows span nearly forty feet,…
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Termites For Our Anniversary

College Street / Little Italy, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
Recently I was both charmed and horrified when a pair of my fab newlywed buyers gave me a gift as a ‘One year Anniversary’. As I accepted their delicious sweets and treats (Hello Wine!), they saw a look of confusion pass across my face. I couldn’t compute how they had only recently got married…
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November 2011 Home Of The Month – Leslieville

Leslieville/Riverside
Urbaneer.com’s ‘Home Of The Month’ feature is a post showcasing what our Buyers are purchasing in the current City of Toronto marketplace. Here’s November 2011! When my buyers contacted me in the Spring of this year, I’m pretty sure they didn’t believe it would take an arduous seven months of searching,…
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