Bluffs Archives - Birch Cliff News

22 Aug 2018

Fitness hub proposed near Bluffs

By M. A. McKenzie At a community meeting this summer, sponsored by Councillor Gary Crawford, Toronto parks representatives presented a proposal for a small outdoor activity centre in the green space behind the Scarborough Arts...

07 May 2018

Bluffs, News, Real Estate

Bluffs monster home for sale

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
$3.8 million, Birchmount, monster home, Scarborough Bluffs

By Chelsey Devito The Scarborough Bluffs mansion that lies at the foot of Birchmount Rd. is finally on the market for $3.8 million, after sitting empty for 10 years. The abandoned two-storey monster home that overlooks...

27 Jul 2016

Bluffs, History

Today in History: 1996

July 27, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
Bluffs

Have you heard about the time when a family on Springbank sat down for a meal, heard a loud noise and then discovered that the back of their house had slid down the Scarborough Bluffs? It's every bluff-dweller's...

16 Jul 2016

Bluffs, History

Today in History: 1930

How long have residents of Birch Cliff been worried about the erosion of the Scarborough Bluffs? Well, at least 86 years according to an article from the Toronto Star that was published on July 16,...

15 May 2015

Bluffs, News

Bluffs Jane’s Walk

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
erosion, Jane's Walk, Rosetta McClain Gardens, Scarborough Bluffs

It was a beautiful day for a Jane’s Walk and about 100 people took advantage of the weather on Sunday May 3 to trek to the Scarborough Bluffs and soak up a little local history. The...

08 Mar 2013

Arts, Bluffs

Music video filmed at Bluffs

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Ashley Ashbee, Jessica Stuart, Scarborough Bluffs, Winter Warm

By Ashley Ashbee When you see folk-jazz musician Jessica Stuart gazing awestruck over Lake Ontario by the Scarborough Bluffs in the music video for her new single Winter Warm, her expression is no act. She had heard...

13 Dec 2012

Arts, Bluffs

Stunning Bluffs Photos

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Larry Herscovitch, photos, Scarborough Bluffs

A lot of people enjoy taking photographs of the Scarborough Bluffs but few of us have been able to capture their beauty as well as Larry Herscovitch. Herscovitch is an engineer by trade who started...

18 Oct 2012

Bluffs, Condos, Real Estate

Condos coming to the Bluffs

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Cliffside, condos, Haven on the Bluffs, Scarborough, VHL Developments

Sales get underway in two weeks on a proposed ten-storey condominium project close to the Scarborough Bluffs that marks a step forward in the long-standing effort to revitalize Kingston Road in Cliffside. The condo project...

23 Sep 2012

Bluffs, Real Estate

Monster home on Bluffs

You know that multi-million dollar monster home at the bottom of Birchmount overlooking the Bluffs? The one that's been vacant for a few years? Global Toronto reporter Mark McAllister has filed two interesting stories about the...

24 Aug 2012

Bluffs, News

Body found at Bluffs

July 26, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
body, marine unit, Scarborough Bluffs, Valhalla Blvd

A dead body was pulled from Lake Ontario this afternoon by police officers from the marine unit. According to the Toronto Star, the body was discovered by a fisherman at 1:45pm this afternoon. It's possible the...