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A group of concerned community members are calling on the Town of Fort Frances and other stakeholders to save the green space on the former St. Michael’s school grounds.
The group of 58 community members is calling itself Save the Knights of Columbus Park – Green Space for Kids in East Fort Frances, and their mission is to preserve the playground equipment and green space that currently exists next to the old St. Michael’s school building. Recently the property was sold to and is currently owned by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (RRDSSAB), who have announced plans to turn the old school building into a combined seniors housing and EarlyON centre, and convert the green space into several apartment units and parking spaces. At a town of Fort Frances council meeting in April of this year, council granted DSSAB’s request to rezone the property to Residential Type 2 (RS), with a site-specific permitted acce
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The future cityscape: 11 buildings that will change Toronto
These development projects will change how we experience the city – for better or worse By Julia Mastroianni
May 27, 2021
Torontonians may have been locked down over the past year during the pandemic, but construction and development kept going. Now, with the city on course to slowly emerge, we’re taking a look at some of the most interesting buildings and developments slated to go up in the next few years that will transform how we experience the cityscape – for better or for worse.
From developments billed as sustainable to future skyline icons and hyped neighbourhood game-changers, we looked at projects that will alter the city in environmental and aesthetic ways, impact the city’s heritage buildings and attempt to address the city’s affordable housing crisis.