NOW Magazine Letters to the Editor
published March 23rd, 2006

Half-round the bend

I've worked for the NDP for many, many years. However, I cannot understand why Councillor Paula Fletcher and other lefties on council are not doing more to stop Bridgepoint's mega-development (NOW, March 16-22).

None of us want to lose the half-round, a landmark in the Riverdale area. We don't want to lose part of Riverdale Park and more than a hundred mature trees simply for the sake of a major development.

Why are we giving away parkland to private developers? Why do we need another major condo development? There are a million questions about this deal, which has a stink about it that will stain everyone who supports it.

Anne Wordsworth
Toronto

Riverdale ripe for condo conversion: Globe and Mail, June 17th, 2005. Critique of the meeting: Globe and Mail, July 9th, 2005. Argument for demolition of Riverdale: bad plumbing?: National Post, Nov 11th, 2005. Demolition of significant modern buildings picks up momentum: Globe and Mail, Nov. 26th, 2005. History vs Healthcare? Or not...?: Eye, Dec. 8th, 2005. Debate swirls around hospital's fate at Council meeting.: National Post, Jan. 18th, 2006 Riverdale Hospital for wrecking?: Star, Jan. 25th, 2006 Keep historic half-round around as it is: Star, Jan. 26th, 2006. Demolition plan roundly criticized: National Post, Feb. 2nd, 2006. Development arguments wanting for logic: Now, Feb. 9, 2006. Demolition is environmentally unconscienable: National Post, Feb. 17th, 2006. Locals want to know: Why give land away?: National Post, March 11th, 2006. Citizens catch Bridgepoint hi-jinx: Now, March 16th, 2006. Save Riverdale Toronto Architectural Conservancy

e-mail: steve(at)torarchcons.org