Architecture | February 20, 2025

Laneway Housing Options For Millennials — Just Ask Mom and Dad

Laneway Housing Options For Millennials — Just Ask Mom and Dad How do you find a detached home in Toronto for under $500,000 dollars? Anyone in real estate will tell you that’s nearly impossible these days. But the one exception to that rule is laneway housing, which is springing up across backyards in our city and still comes in under…

Architecture | February 20, 2025

Modern Architectural Structures

These retired teachers built a $350,000 laneway house. The tenant? Their 30-year-old daughter Who: Jack Gelbloom, 66, retired music teacher; Jessica Goldstein, 70, retired college English teacher; and their daughter Lee Gelbloom, 30, gardener and contemporary dancer. The history: Jack and Jessica met in 1987, and their daughter, Lee, was born a couple of years later. In 1994, the family…