Wychwood Park neighbourhood guide just published!

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December 10, 2008

We are delighted to announce that we have just completed and published a full historical and living guide for the Wychwood Park neighbourhood in Toronto. There are photos and neighbourhood recommendations that you can really use. Please have a look to see if your favorite is there and leave us a comment if you feel we’ve missed anything out.

Wychwood Park is a neighbourhood enclave and former gated community located north of Davenport Road and just west of Bathurst Street. The verdant 22-acre hamlet atop the rolling wooded hills of the Davenport Ridge, with 300-year-old trees and a meandering private road, is tucked away out of sight and earshot of these major arteries. Those fortunate enough to own one of the neighbourhood’s sixty homes share a communal tennis court, park and pond fed by Taddle Creek. The homes are a mix of modest (artists’ cottages near the entrance) and grand (a three-storey behemoth surrounded by a palatial lawn), occupied by artists, architects and intellectuals. As prices skyrocket into the millions of dollars, more and more wealthy people move in.

Wychwood home

While the area was amalgamated into the city of Toronto in 1908, it remains a private community. The roads, parklands and amenities are paid for by the local residents, and the community is managed by an executive council. The price for living in one of Toronto’s more exclusive, private neighbourhoods is a special park tax paid by all homeowners, calculated based on the size of each property. Several prominent figures have lived in Wychwood Park, now designated a Heritage Conservation District under the Ontario Heritage Act including Marshall McLuhan; his widow still calls Wychwood Park home.