I wonder how many in our neighbourhood have Red Seal builders in their family trees? There is a small clue in this rather mundane article from the Toronto Star of October 25, 1917. Lewis Rootham was a contractor who built many of the houses on the lower of Woodfield, Connaught and neighbouring streets. But heContinue reading “Leslieville Roots: The Roothams”
Category Archives: Streets
Rolph Clark Stone Oct 1951
Little Iron Man: Austin Avenue’s “Teddy” Morris
We received this interesting note! Thanks for pulling this information together. It appears that Allen Morris, listed as the son of policeman Gordon Morris of 59 Austin Ave in the 1911 and 1921 censuses, was Canadian football Hall of Famer “Teddy” Morris, real name Allen Byron Morris, who won 3 Grey Cups playing for theContinue reading “Little Iron Man: Austin Avenue’s “Teddy” Morris”
Shacktown to Suburban Happiness: Rhodes from Hanson Street to Danforth Avenue
What does Pape Avenue have in common with bees, dragonflies, and basketball?
Logan Avenue, 1890-1895
When we look at a photo, especially an old photo, we get the big picture but often miss the details that make the shot tell a story. And there’s even more details that unfolded once I dug into my files. They say that the devil is in the details, but so is the treasure! WhenContinue reading “Logan Avenue, 1890-1895”
Heward’s lost creek
My, oh my, how times and beauty standards have changed!
TTC Greenwood Avenue Yard A Visual History
1965 Photographs of new Greenwood Yard follow
The Secret History of Our East End Streets: 1 – 17 Austin Avenue
London, England has a BBC show, The Secret History of Our Streets. The series claims to explore “the history of archetypal streets in Britain, which reveal the story of a nation.” Our streets are just as interesting and our stories goes back millennia before Austin Avenue existed to when Leslie Creek was full of salmonContinue reading “The Secret History of Our East End Streets: 1 – 17 Austin Avenue”