Monthly Archives: February 2017
A Coxwell Avenue Secret
From Shacktown to Subsidized Housing Housing: Downtown and Shacktown Developers laid out new subdivisions beyond Shacktown to the east of Coxwell Avenue. In 1909 the City of Toronto annexed the area south of the Danforth between Greenwood Avenue and the Beach. It included the area called “Midway”, on the former Ashbridge’s farm, between Greenwood and Coxwell Avenues. All wasContinue reading “A Coxwell Avenue Secret”
Up The Humber to The West: My Métis Voyageurs
Source: Up The Humber to The West: My Métis Voyageurs
Shacktown: Pump in the White Man
The Canadian Courier, Vol. V, No. 1, December 5, 1908 The Englishman in Canada has most of his troubles when he arrives. Shacktown began at a time of great expectations. There was an economic depression in Britain, following on an earlier depression in the 1890s. Unemployment soared and the big industrialized cities of Britain hadContinue reading “Shacktown: Pump in the White Man”
Not for Ourselves but For Others
Who were Granison and Luella Price and why should 6A Redwood Avenue be considered a heritage building? And what was the Eureka Club that first met there? Before I answer these questions, I want to … Source: Not for Ourselves but For Others
Not for Ourselves but For Others
Who were Granison and Luella Price and why should 6A Redwood Avenue be considered a heritage building? And what was the Eureka Club that first met there? Before I answer these questions, I want to say that sadly I do not have pictures of Luella and Granison. I do have a picture of what isContinue reading “Not for Ourselves but For Others”
Documentary Clan Leslie
A fascinating half hour BBC documentary on Clan Leslie: http://www.clanleslie.org/page64.php
Leslieville Historical Society 