Islington Heights In case you missed the article

Huge lots, sweeping trees and a golf course
Islington Heights
Suzanne Wintrob, National Post Published: Saturday, December 08, 2007
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The two Islingtons sit on either side of the aptly named Islington Golf Club. Due south there's the Village of Islington, with historical murals, sweeping trees and new condos and rentals lining the main retail drag. Head north and it's a sleepy little suburbia dubbed Islington Heights, where grown-up kids return with families of their own and monster homes are de rigueur.
Average house price Huge lots -- up to 90 feet wide near the golf course -- command big prices. Get an original wartime boxy bungalow on a 50x125-ft. lot close to Kipling Avenue for $600,000 or a 1960s ranch bungalow with gigantic basement on a 65-ft. lot closer to Islington Avenue for $800,000. Then knock it down and put up a 4,000-sq.-ft. four-bedroom knockout with outdoor pool -- price tag: $1.5-million. On sale now: a $2-million four-bedroom new build on a 70x131-ft. Bywood Drive lot backing on to the golf course, with $11,000 in taxes. Empty nesters head to Barclay Terrace, where 1,450-sq.-ft. three-bedroom condos sell for $500,000.
Demographics Professional couples in their 40s and 50s who grew up in Etobicoke and are returning with school-aged kids in tow. They work downtown and spend summers at the cottage, but when they're home they stick to their big house and sprawling property. Not many street parties here.
Local schools Rosethorn Jr. closed in the early 1980s because there weren't enough kids to deck the halls, but today it's a coveted school thanks to French immersion. From there, it's on to Humber Valley Village Middle and Etobicoke Collegiate; nearby is private Kingsway College.
Local parks There's a little parkette tucked away at the end of Greak Oak Drive, but the action is at Rosethorn Park, where kids play baseball and soccer, and adults try love on the tennis court.
Transit There are buses to Islington and Kipling subway stations and an Anglesey bus along Rathburn. But most jump in their comfy cars and take the nearby Queen Elizabeth Way to the Gardiner Expressway and head downtown, a 30-minute drive in rush-hour traffic.
Retail No stores here, so they walk to little Thorncrest Plaza for IGA groceries, Rizo giftware, Candy Hut and other necessities. It's a car ride to Loblaws and Bruno's Fine Foods at local plazas, the shops of the Kingsway and Bloor West Village, or Sherway Gardens.
Dining No restos here, so they head to Java Joe's at Thorncrest Plaza, Oregano Grill on Dundas or the eateries of the Kingsway.
Local trivia Many belong to the Islington Golf Club, where tongues still wag about the guy who built a house at the edge of the fairway and then took the club to court when balls started flying into his backyard. He won, forcing the club to rearrange the holes, cut down century-old trees and put up a net.
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