By Joanne Doucette Come on Leslievillers, Riverdalers, and Torontonians in general, come with me time travelling through images to that lost vacation land, Lakefront also known as Beachfront. Where was it? Well, read and on and see the pictures. What was it? Not a true street, but a sandy path on the beaches, designated asContinue reading “Lakefront or Beach Front: Woodbine Beach to Victoria Park”
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Self-guided Tour: Bricks, Devils and a Pocket
Your mission …to explore strange familiar worlds; to seek out life amid urban civilization; to boldly go where everyone has gone before. By Joanne Doucette INTRODUCTION This self-guided tour encompasses the area bounded by Danforth on the north, Gerrard Street on the south, Jones Avenue on the west and Greenwood Avenue including the east side.Continue reading “Self-guided Tour: Bricks, Devils and a Pocket”
Some Lost Leslieville Industries
Old Toronto Pictures from the Toronto Star
Great Events of Sixty Years as Recorded in the Globe, July 2, 1904
1860 Ownership Map: The area east of the Don River
Bloor Street Viaduct: October 1913 Blueprint
The Linking of Montreal and Toronto
There’s a crack in everything
Well, to paraphrase as Leonard Cohen sang, “Everything has a crack in it, that’s how the light gets in…” Ring the bells (ring the bells) that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)That’s how the light gets in From Anthem by Leonard Cohen It appearsContinue reading “There’s a crack in everything”
