Category Archives: Regent Park

Rebuilding Regent Park – an independent view

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Ryan Kohls

[Ryan Kohls is a student in Ryerson's Masters in Journalism programme. Ryan's blog contains other writings.] As Regent Park enters the second, and largest, phase of its $1 billion facelift, some nearby residents and at least one expert fear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park | Leave a comment

Regent Park dirt

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Trefann

Look at these photos; our neighbourhood continues to get “substandard” service from the city. If they were considerate of the existing Trefann Court residents, TCHC and the City of Toronto would be making more effort to promptly clean construction dirt … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, city services, development | 1 Comment

Busy Beavers

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Trefann

If you have a large enough machine, you can chop down trees so quickly, that almost no one will notice. Regent Street is to be retained as part of the “New and Improved” Regent Park; too bad the city doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park | Leave a comment

Regent Park: March 2011

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Trefann

On March 17, several Shuter residents met with TCHC staff, to get an update on the status of Regent Park phase 2 development.  According to TCHC: 444 existing units to be demolished during phase 2 (demolition almost complete) reconstruction to … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development | 1 Comment

Regent Park: Feb 2011

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Trefann

Here is an official summary of Regent Park redevelopment: about Regent Park:  phase 1, phase 2 status building profiles (what has been built to date) In case the above links no longer work, here is a copy of those pages, … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development | 1 Comment

Regent Park demolition

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Trefann

After awarding itself additional density, the City is moving ahead with more Regent Park redevelopment. Lots of demolition happened during the past 2 months, to make way for Regent Park Phase 2 (which includes the new community centre). In mid … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development | 1 Comment

community centre update

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Trefann

Kudos to the city for its extensive public consultations during the design process for the new Regent Park community centre. Flyers for Feb, March and April meetings were delivered door-to-door to the surrounding neighbourhood (presumably to Regent Park residents as … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development, recreation | Leave a comment

Regent Park: What’s Happening?

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Trefann

The redevelopment of Regent Park was first announced in Oct 2004. Here is the original plan (5.5 mb). To summarize: demolish almost all existing housing; retain the existing community centre, health centre, ice rink, and 3 churches [237 Sackville, 509 … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development | 3 Comments

murky waters

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Trefann

In 2004, our city leaders invested in a Toronto Indoor Pool Provision Strategy; the consultant’s final report offers 3 different options (scenarios); no indication on the city’s website which scenario was ultimately adopted. Also no indication whether the new Regent … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development, recreation | Leave a comment

new Community Centre

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Trefann

The city is planning to rip down the existing community centre (203 Sackville Green) and spend $20 million for a new facility at the corner of Sackville + Shuter. Here are the tentative plans from the March 10 meeting. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Regent Park, development, recreation | 2 Comments