May 18, 2024 Rachel Van Fraassen, Chief of Staff Councillor's Office, Ward 15Rachel.VanFraassen@toronto.ca Dear Rachel Van Fraassen, Eglinton Park Residents' Association (EPRA) has been following the plans for a revitalized Regent Theatre with great interest. To us it has seemed a bold and very welcome project, bringing live theatre and good facilities to Midtown/North Toronto,... Continue Reading →
Canada Square April 2021
Dear Mayor Tory and City Councillors Your agenda item MM31.27, a motion brought by councillors Matlow and Wong-Tam, is a matter of urgent concern to the members of Eglinton Park Residents' Association. Our own turf is small, the nine square blocks of Toronto in the northwest corner where Yonge meets Eglinton. We are houses... Continue Reading →
50-60-90 Eglinton West and 17-19 Henning
March 11, 2021 Jason Brander, Planning Department Dear Jason Brander EPRA opposes the application. It argues that, at 24 and 32 storeys, the projected towers for Eglinton between Duplex and Henning are already tall enough. They should go no higher. Taller towers would cast longer shadows, loom even higher over adjacent housing, and burden infrastructure.... Continue Reading →
Mural support letter Feb 2021
February 8, 2021 Dear Daly McCarten and the Uptown Yonge BIA: Eglinton Park Residents' Association (EPRA) represents the neighbourhood on the west side of Yonge Street from Eglinton to Roselawn Avenue. Uptown Yonge is home to many local businesses as well as a few larger stores. Through our friend Tom Worrall, we have learned of... Continue Reading →
Re: The Proposed Tower at 36 Eglinton West
To: North York Community Council From: EPRA Re: NY 22.4: the proposed tower at 36 Eglinton West Date: 21 February, 2021 Eglinton Park Residents' Association (EPRA) took part in the 2020 public consultation about the proposed 65-storey tower for 36 Eglinton West, proposed by Lifetime Developments. After that date, City Planning issued a report refusing... Continue Reading →
MTZOs January 2021
Eglinton Park Residents’ Association (EPRA), located in midtown Toronto, between Yonge Street and Eglinton Park, desires the Province to respect wherever possible the autonomy of local planning bodies over local lands. We acknowledge that, sometimes, a Provincial intervention might make things go faster, but we are troubled by several recent cases, for instance the Pickering... Continue Reading →
Traffic Study Nov 2020
Dear Councillors Mike Colle, Josh Matlow and Jaye Robinson The EPRA board is very aware of the heavy, and often aggressive, car traffic that the mid-town area has experienced in these past years of LRT construction. Drivers have been using residential streets to avoid choke points on major arteries. As a consequence, many drivers are... Continue Reading →
Request to get Bike Lanes Along Yonge Street
September 25th 2020To: Mayor John ToryRe: IE15.11: Request to get Bike Lanes in Midtown along Yonge Street Dear Mayor Tory: We wrote in July (letter attached to the this email) when COVID-19 was fairly quiet. Now we write in September, as the disease is returning ever faster, and the City of Toronto needs to continue... Continue Reading →
2400 Yonge EPRA Position July 2020
Applicant: Roselawn & Main Urban Properties Party: Eglinton Park Residents’ Association Mediation scheduled for 20-22 July, 2020 SUBMISSION OF THE EGLINTON PARK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION July 7, 2020 INTRODUCTION These are the goals of the Eglinton Park Residents’ Association (the “EPRA”) with respect to the proposed property development on the properties municipally known... Continue Reading →
Revised Submission: 2400-2440 Yonge Street
From Eglinton Park Residents' Association To: LPAT Date: February 13, 2020 Re: Revised Submission: 2400-2440 Yonge Street Background Eglinton Park Residents Association is a party on this file. Our territory is the nine square blocks between the northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton and Eglinton Park. Our eastern boundary is Yonge Street, our southern boundary... Continue Reading →
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