By Joanne Doucette. Joanne is a local historian, a past Chair of the Toronto Public Library, founding member of the Leslieville Historical Society, and co-founder of the DisAbled Women’s Network. She is retired and lives in the Coxwell-Gerrard neighbourhood. She is administrator for the Metis Minute Facebook Page and moderates the following Facebook groups: Midway,Continue reading “Queen Street East: The Johnston Company Furniture Store at Queen and Broadview, Riverside”
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Action Needed Please!!!
Preserve Queen Street’s great buildings. Developers have their eye on almost all of them, if not all of them and the development business is already making its views known. Please write in support of saving our buildings to: hertpb@toronto.ca Here is the background info: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.PB22.3 My letter: Please pass on to the Toronto Preservation BoardContinue reading “Action Needed Please!!!”
On this place: Riverdale Collegiate…
Did you ever wonder what was here in days gone by? Who lived here? What buildings stood here? Why did they build here? This picture shows Riverdale Collegiate on the far hill on December 22, 1919. We are looking from Prust Ave. Landfill with large concrete rubble fills the ravine in the immediate foreground. TheContinue reading “On this place: Riverdale Collegiate…”
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”
Leslieville Timeline
11,000 to 10,500 years ago the last glaciers melted. First Nations follow game onto the tundra here at Leslieville. 1763 The Royal Proclamation of 1763 (The Quebec Act) 1766 The British, represented by Sir William Johnson, and the First Nations signed a peace treaty at Oswego 1770 The Friends disavowed Jonathan Ashbridge when he sold a blackContinue reading “Leslieville Timeline”
Gerrard Ashdale in World War One
Everything changes, nothing remains the same. The Gerrard-Ashdale neighbourhood grew up on the farm fields to the north and east of Leslieville just before the Great War. It was very different from the neighbourhood of today with the Indian Bazaar, the Tea N’ Bannock cafe with its native food, and the eclectic mix of oldContinue reading “Gerrard Ashdale in World War One”
Queen Walk 3: McGee
George Leslie was not the only Leslie in Leslieville: other of Clan Leslie lived on McGee Street and built it. McGee was originally called Darcy Street and was laid out in the mid 1860s and named after D’Arcy Boulton, a rich member of the Family Compact. (Bolton Avenue) is also named for him. In 1877,Continue reading “Queen Walk 3: McGee”
Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie
by Joanne Doucette The other Leslie of Leslieville, Robert Leslie (1812-1886) came to Toronto with his brother George in 1826. His father, William Leslie, had been a soldier who died in Scotland around in 1813 in wounds sustained in the famous retreat from Corunna under General John Moore. This was part of the Peninsula CampaignContinue reading “Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie”
QUEEN STREET EAST: 744-798 QUEEN STREET EAST GRANT STREET TO BOULTON AVENUE, RIVERSIDE
LESLIEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Join us as we continue our visual tour of the history of the East End’s main drag from the Don to Victoria Park through Riverside, Leslieville, the Ashbridges neighbourhood, the Beach Triangle and the Beach. A nod of appreciation to the Riverdale Historical Society who has done amazing work to keep localContinue reading “QUEEN STREET EAST: 744-798 QUEEN STREET EAST GRANT STREET TO BOULTON AVENUE, RIVERSIDE”
QUEEN STREET EAST: 714-742 QUEEN STREET EAST BROADVIEW AVE TO GRANT STREET, RIVERSIDE
LESLIEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Join us as we continue our visual tour of the history of the East End’s main drag from the Don to Victoria Park through Riverside, Leslieville, the Ashbridges neighbourhood, the Beach Triangle and the Beach. A nod of appreciation to the Riverdale Historical Society who has done amazing work to keep localContinue reading “QUEEN STREET EAST: 714-742 QUEEN STREET EAST BROADVIEW AVE TO GRANT STREET, RIVERSIDE”
Leslieville Historical Society 