Category Archives: Architecture
The Men Who Rule Toronto, Globe April 27, 1895
Toronto City Council with biographies of the Mayor, Aldermen (including John Knox Leslie, son of George Leslie, Toronto Nurseries, Blong of Blong Avenue, etc.) and leading City Officials (including John Jones of Jones Avenue and Richard T. Coady of Coady Avenue)
February 4 in Leslieville: Heward/Holly Creek
By Joanne Doucette I hope you enjoy this short photo essay. For scholars, students and the curious, a detailed time line of Heward/Holly Creek showing the development of Carlaw Avenue follows. It is from original sources which are credited. Time Line 1874 Motion that “the new street running from King-street southward to the lake, westContinue reading “February 4 in Leslieville: Heward/Holly Creek”
February 3 in Leslieville: Featuring Carlaw Avenue
January 30 in Leslieville
The Western bungalow combined the bangala with the army tent, the English cottage, and the Persian verandah. When you walk through Little India and see the bangles, think “bungalow” too. The British Arts and Crafts movement combined these elements into a house known as “a bungalow”.
Leslieville Historical Society 