| What happened
at
29 Mississauga Rd ? |
At 29 Mississauga Road North, one block north of Lakeshore Road, more than 100 mature trees grew on a 1 1/4 acre lot. |
The Gordon House sideyard,
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The
land remained protected in the hands of one family, the Gordon family,
since the turn of this century. When Lilliane Gordon died in 1997, a developer
purchased the property. On July 15th and 16th, 1998 he felled eleven trees
- seven spruce, one red oak and three maples of significant size.
Completely within his legal rights, the owner followed a trend set by other developers in Mississauga as he hurried to remove existing trees before he submitted his building plans to the city's planning department. Mississauga requires developers to submit a tree inventory with their plans and strongly encourages tree preservation on the site. Instead, a written quote revealed the developer's intentions to remove all but a handful of the standing trees, including a row of trees that grow on municipal property. Under the eye of the media and residents, the developer ceased cutting. Once the dust settles, he will begin again and we will lose the remaining trees on the lot as well as the Gordon home, a part of Mississauga's Port Credit community since 1912. |
