Toronto Laneway Housing Project
“For years, former school principal Bill Harrison and former teacher Mary Hamawaki regularly hosted staff parties in their large Danforth backyard in Toronto’s east end. They always looked at the space with an eye for what it could become.”
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“As backyards across Canadian cities quietly become the next frontier for housing, laneway suites are changing the conversation around what a family actually needs to live well. Set behind the main house and facing the everyday rhythm of the laneway, these compact dwellings pose a simple question: how much life can be built into a small footprint? The Clinton Laneway Suite offers a confident answer.”
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“The Harrisons wanted to build this garden suite for their retirement, thus allowing their daughter, son-in-law and two young grandchildren to occupy the original, street-facing house. Finding a design that would provide enough space while blending in with the neighbourhood was a challenge, so they hired Lanescape, …”
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“For many young families looking to plant roots in or near Toronto’s downtown core, the detached housing market presents an insurmountable barrier. However, one family found what they describe as a “loophole in the Toronto housing market”—and it was hiding right in their parents.”
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