February 27 in Leslieville’s past: Skating, pleasures and perils

February 20th in Leslieville’s past

This week I had other things on my mind, but needed a deep distraction so I burrowed into the history of a little known builder who had a huge impact on Toronto from east to west and north to south. Meet Howard Addison Johnston and the Leslie Gardens Subdivision!

February 15th in Leslieville’s past: Featuring Boston Avenue

This is a short street, broken into two sections one south of Dundas Street East and the other a shorter section running south off Gerrard Street. It has an interesting history as it was the focus of a long-running law suite brought by John Russell against the City of Toronto which had seized the propertyContinue reading “February 15th in Leslieville’s past: Featuring Boston Avenue”