Neighbourhood Watch: How the east Annex became Toronto’s trendiest ’hood
Neighbourhood Watch: How the east Annex became Toronto’s trendiest ’hood
By Toronto Life | December 6, 2011
By Toronto Life | 12/06/2011
Photographs: Houses by Daniel Neuhaus; faces by George Pimentel and CP Images
Elbow-patched academics, keg-emptying frat boys and earthy middle-incomers have long ruled the Annex. But lately, a clutch of moneyed, high-powered Forest Hill and Rosedale types have wandered south, looking for cool downtown bustle without having to give up the acreage. And who can blame them? The east Annex is a natural geographical nexus for the intellectual and moneyed elite, what with U of T and all the museums to the south, and the revamped Bloor Street promenade—not to mention Whole Foods—a short stroll away. The choicest address is Admiral Road, a winding, bucolic boulevard with huge heritage homes ripe for renovation. Margaret Atwood is its most famous resident; she’s lived there since ’85. Ex-GG Adrienne Clarkson became her neighbour in ’05. Adrienne’s ex-hubby, eminent egghead Stephen Clarkson, is down the way on Lowther—a strip dotted with luminaries like George Cohon of McDonald’s and real estate king Jimmy Molloy. Above, we chart the most recent arrivals to Toronto’s newest Golden Mile.
106713 Galen Weston Produce pusher<br />
Bought for $5.8m in May 2010 1 | 62 Bernard Avenue 1 | 62 Bernard Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex1.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex1/ dec11annex1 0 0
106714 Michael Cooper Distillery District developer<br />
Bought for $2.9m in May 2006 2 | 77 Admiral Road 2 | 77 Admiral Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex2.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex2/ dec11annex2 0 0
106715 Thor and Nicole Eaton Horse breeder; senator<br />
Bought for $2.2m in May 2011 3 | 92 Bedford Road 3 | 92 Bedford Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex3.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex3/ dec11annex3 0 0
106716 Cléophée Eaton Department store scion <br />
Bought for $1.237 in March 2008 4 | 53 Boswell Avenue 4 | 53 Boswell Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex4.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex4/ dec11annex4 0 0
106717 James Eaton Head of family holding company <br />
Bought for $2.2m in November 2009 5 | 14 Admiral Road 5 | 14 Admiral Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex5.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex5/ dec11annex5 0 0
106718 Victoria Jackman Inveterate blueblood<br />
Bought for $2.8m in August 2008 6 | 75 Lowther Avenue 6 | 75 Lowther Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex6.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex6/ dec11annex6 0 0
106719 Nigel Wright Stephen Harper’s chief of staff<br />
Bought for $4.2m in March 2007 7 | 66 Lowther Avenue 7 | 66 Lowther Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex7.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex7/ dec11annex7 0 0
106720 Belinda Stronach Car parts heiress <br />
Bought for $4.8m in June 2010 8 | 26 Lowther Avenue 8 | 26 Lowther Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dec11Annex8.jpg 624 540 [] https://torontolife.com/city/neighbourhood-watch-midtown-migration/slide/dec11annex8/ dec11annex8 0 0
I’m sure that these people appreciate you publishing their addresses. There really is no privacy any longer.
why would you do this? idiotic!
I agree, just awful!
Canada’s Housing Bubble has now surpassed the US bubble.
Read:
http://www.newworldparty.org/2011/11/bubbles-extreme-maker-and-breaker-of.html
Printing a photograph of someone’s house is one thing, but publishing their photo, listing their profession/place of business, including address and plotting it on a map is another. This is irresponsible and difficult to believe – in this age of insanity – that TL’s editor(s) would see this as fit to print. Let the lawsuits begin!
Phonebook. Morons.
Thanks for publishing Galen W. Jr.’s address. A manager at one of his stores told me to complain to upper management about Loblaws’ misleading/bait-and-switch shelf labelling for food items on sale which causes customers to think that items not on sale are on sale because the sale label on the shelf is immediately above a higher priced item of the same type but by a different manufacturer so that, when you take what you thought was on sale to the checkout, you are actually purchasing a not on sale item which, if you don’t watch the screen while checking out or examine the receipt before you leave the store, results in your being scammed. This has happened to me and my wife a few times but, after I got scammed the first time, we now always check the receipt before leaving the checkout. My wife finally got fed up enough to complain about this deception to a store manager who stated that it was Loblaws company policy to place labels on shelves like that and that if she didn’t like it, she should complain to upper management. She’ll be knocking on Galen Jr.’s door soon.
In the first sentence of my tirade about Loblaws, I meant to state “A manager at one of his stores told” ‘my wife’…, not ‘me’.