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Today a glossy brochure called “The School Paper — the official Schoolhouse Community Newletter”, complete with fancy red apple on the front, came through our mail slot. It’s for the School House Lofts located in “the fabulous Annex neighbourhood with endless numbers of galleries, theatres and museums…the TTC is just steps away, as is world-class shopping and gourmet dining. This is the Annex in lower Forest Hill — smart, exclusive, sophisticated.” It is always good fun to see how real estate people shift neighbourhood boundaries (I always thought of the Annex as East Swansea), but this is a Brad Lamb project, famous for those ubiquitous Brad Lamb-headed lamb-body ads seen around town, so one expects even more creativity. So creative in fact that if you go here (it’s a Flashtastic website, so beware) and click on “the area” you will see a picture of the TTC station closest to 391 Brunswick — and it appears to be the Canal Street station (reversed, though). Is the Annex also considered Northwest SoHo? If so, I’m paying very cheap rent for Manhattan, and it’s about time the MTA and TTC finally linked up.

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  2. That park is totally not in Toronto either.

  3. Don’t you people pay attention to Toronto? That park is on the corner of Bloor and Walmer. It’s called Central Park.

  4. Perhaps there is some manner of “transporter” technology involved to transport people between here and NYC.

    As for the park, I always felt it is a shame that the parks in Toronto don’t supply chairs like they do in Paris (and as are pictured in the park on the website). It’s so nice to be able to re-arrange a few chairs to fit the needs of your group. Obviously not every park could have them, but they’d be worthwhile in some of the bigger parks.

  6. Greg> I’ve thought of that too, it would be nice.

    The only “park” that does it is Dundas Square, strangely. They have steel chair that can be moved around. They are collected at 11pm I think.

  7. I’m still trying to get over “lower Forest Hill”…of all ‘hoods to get snubed why the Annex? At last check the Annex was within the boundaries of Ossington, Dupont, Yonge and College and spreading quickly in all directions… plans are underway for the Annex to annex Cabbagetown since they now meet somewhere around Yonge St.

  8. This reminds me of the “Plateau-adjacent” phenomenon in Montreal real estate.

  9. I’ve never heard Brunswick Ave. referred to as “lower Forest Hill”.

    The Annex officially covers from Bloor to Dupont and Avenue Rd. to Bathurst, but the more encompassing boundaries these days seems to run over to Christie and south of College, taking in Seaton Village and Harbord Village.

    If anywhere could be called “lower Forest Hill” I’d say it’s south of St. Clair – Casa Loma, Tarragon Village, Wychwood Park, Rathnelly, etc. It’s located halfway between the Annex and Forest Hill, both geographically and culturally.