Jane's Walk

Chalk Farm  download as PDF
Chalk Farm is a block of four apartment buildings in the northwest quadrant of Toronto. These towers were built in the 1970’s and are located north west of the Jane Street and Wilson Avenue intersection, directly behind the busy Sheridan Mall.

Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park download as PDF
Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park is located in the north east section of Scarborough that faces significant challenges to social cohesion in the built environment and infrastructure. Bounded by the busy arterials and bisected by a ravine, Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park is home to a dense and vibrant community of people, almost half of whom live in high rise buildings.

North Kipling  download as PDF
North Kipling is in northern Etobicoke, between Finch and Steeles Avenues West. The neighbourhood stretches along Kipling Avenue, whose east side is dominated by a chain of apartment towers. Opposite the towers are schools, churches and a number of residential bungalows, while behind them the Humber River and ravine create a natural eastern border.

The Peanut  download as PDF
The Peanut is a neighbourhood in North York straddling Don Mills Avenue between Sheppard and Finch Avenues East. The neighbourhood namesake is a large peanut-shaped area of land defined by the splitting of Don Mills Road into two sections, one with northbound traffic and the other with southbound traffic.

St. James Town download as PDF
Conceived and built in the 1960s, the St James Town high-rise enclave was originally intended as a ‘city within a city’ and promoted as a desirable address for urbanites, professionals and ‘swinging singles’. It is extremely densely populated with 18 towers and over 18,000 residents spread out over a few city blocks.

Scarborough Village  download as PDF
Scarborough Village is a neighbourhood located at Kingston Road and Eglinton Avenue in east Scarborough that includes four highrise towers on the cul-de-sac of Cougar Court. There is a low vacancy rate in the towers because they are, according to local community organizers, “affordable to newcomers.” According to 2006 Statistics Canada data, about 2,500 people live there in just over 700 apartment units.

Thorncliffe Park  download as PDF
Thorncliffe Park is a neighbourhood located about 10 kilometres northeast of downtown Toronto. Planned and built in the 1950s, the area now houses a diverse population of almost 18,000 people, although some informants familiar with the area have suggested the actually population is much higher.

Steeles-L’Amoreaux  download as PDF
Steeles-L’Amoreaux is a tight-knit neighbourhood in northeast Toronto composed primarily of winding residential streets, highrises, midrises and townhouses. Many residents are dependent on public transit.