When Neighbourhoods GENTRIFY
gen·tri·fi·ca·tion
–noun
1. the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
This blog post was intended to discuss one neighbourhood in general; Trinity Bellwoods. However, after doing some research I decided to focus on a broader topic that seemed to gain a lot more attention from local commenter’s out there…Gentrification: The Good – The Bad – and in this case, The Beauty.
When my fiancé and I bought our house in January 2007, we thought it was somewhat of a risk being on the west side of Dufferin, I mean who the heck really knew what loomed on the other side of the tracks or in our case “the Dufferin jog”? Never the less, we had hope that the area would continue to evolve into something much like Beaconsfield Village…families, working couples, cool stores and hidden gem hangouts.
Video killed the Radio Star
This is just me playing around with my WordPress account and adding some fun video to the mix…Dunkel jumping like a bunny!
Enter to Win!
We’ve all done it once or twice, whether you are calling into a radio station to try to “Beat the Bank”, sending in photos of your pet to Purina for the chance to win the “I have the most AWESOME pet” contest or coming up with creative ways to win the “Old Navy Modelquin Search”…contests are addictive and we’ve all participated.