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If you want to find out what’s going on with our local ravines, head on over to the two new sites launched by the Midtown Ravines Group, a confederation of ten residents’ associations seeking to revitalize the ravines in Toronto’s midtown core.
Digital Waters is a Toronto-based non-profit developing affordable, made-in-Canada water monitoring technology to better understand and protect our local waterways. We were inspired by Toronto’s ravines. They are amazing veins of nature that stretch across town, always lush and green in the summers and the perfect way to take a break from life. But nothing lives in the waters that carve out Toronto’s ravines.
Two local ravine walks in October – get out and enjoy the fall colours on Saturday, Oct. 4 or Saturday, Oct. 18 and learn about the ravines and trees in the neighbourhood.
Proposed for the corner of Avenue Road and St. Clair Ave. W., this huge tower, both in height (49 floors) and in footprint, generating a massive 540,000 sf of space and 631 suites, towers over the adjacent condos to the east and west and the single family detached homes on Foxbar.
This huge double tower development of 37 and 43 storeys is almost FOUR times taller than the closest apartment building to the north. Immediately across the road are single family homes.
On July 24, 2025, City Council unanimously passed a motion to provide $1.5M in funding for a new design and plan for the Vale of Avoca to address its accelerating erosion, its trail network and accesses and for ongoing maintenance.
We had an amazing turnout at the AGM in June, and perhaps the most moving part of the evening was the celebration of our past President, Cathie Macdonald’s service to Deer Park. She has been on the board for 25 years and held the position of President for several periods.
Members of the Deer Park Residents Group voted at the June 11, 2025 Annual Meeting to extend the boundaries of the DPRG to include Foxbar Road.
The plan for two buildings at 38 and 43 storeys at the southeastern foot of Lawton Blvd (at Lonsdale) has alarmed many in the neighbourhood for its scale and density on a narrow street with low rise buildings and single-family dwellings.
On a steamy June 23, some heat tolerant members of our community had the opportunity to be briefed on Crime Prevention and Safety by members of our local Division 53 and the head of Neighbourhood Watch.