A Day in the Life

Toronto, ON - Elicar - Monday, May 1st, 2006 : goo

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…in “The Beach.”

The Beach. The Beaches. Even after the poll where “The Beach” won by 8%, the controversy that resurfaced, when the Beaches Business Improvement Association (BIA) planned to erect street signs featuring a new design that will identify the name of the area, has not subsided. www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060419.wxbeach19/BNStory/National/home By the fall, there will be signs proclaiming the core business area from Neville Park to just west of Woodbine as the “The Beach.”

Whether it is the “The Beach” or “The Beaches” (there are four beaches), it is a community that has become very popular for the “yuppies” and the “nouveaux” rich. But the place is still reeking of old money.

Two of the most popular annual events that “The Beach” hosts are : The Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade (40th year) and The Beaches International Jazz Festival (now on it’s 18th year). This year’s jazz fest is on July 26-30, with the Streetfest happening on July 27-29. www.beachesjazz.com/home.html

Here is a slice of the life at “The Beach.”

Looking down at the ravine by Victoria Park just below Kingston Road.

This is one of the beautiful homes at Pine Crescent.

Pine Crescent is an S-shaped cobblestoned street.

Real estate has really gone crazy at “The Beach.” This house is listed at $709,500.00. It is a rental property with the third floor rented at $950.00; the second floor rented at $1170.00 and the shared main floor is rented at $ $1720.00. Taxes for 2005 is $5,168.00 meaning that the assessment value of the house by Metropolitan Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is $516,800.00.

It is one small block away from the Boardwalk,

right across the Kew Gardens.

It is almost across the Gardener’s Cottage. torontobeachrotary.org/gardenerindex.htm

A slightly smaller detached house north of Kingston Road is $350,000.00 lesser. That’s what you pay if you want to be in the heart of “The Beach.”

But it is not just the real estate you are paying for. It is the Lifestyle.

Here is Queen Street East:

I could not get a clear shot because of all the cars parked.

But apart from all the cars parked on the streets, the side streets are quiet, as if it’s totally a different world.

For a history of "The Beach", please visit:
www.wineva-oak.com/

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