This is an excerpt from Elizabeth Muirs fantastic recently published book: Riverdale : East Of The Don It is used with the authors permission. Please buy a copy to find out the history of your street (and neighbourhood) and at the same time support a great local author! Click here to buy a copy Hunter Street — For Thomas Hunter, alderman, St John’s Ward, 1884–87,...
Call for Volunteers 17th ANNUAL RIVERDALE ART WALK JUNE 6 & 7 • 2015 | 11am – 6pm JIMMIE SIMPSON PARK & QUEEN STREET EAST We are looking for volunteers for this year’s Riverdale Art Walk This is a great way to get your community hours! For 17 years the Artists’ Network’s Riverdale Art Walk has been featuring fine artists in an outdoor festival. This year...
This is an excerpt from Elizabeth Muirs fantastic recently published book: Riverdale : East Of The Don It is used with the authors permission. Please buy a copy to find out the history of your street (and neighbourhood) and at the same time support a great local author! Click here to buy a copy Dagmar Avenue— Named for Princess Dagmar of Russia, sister of Queen Alexandra who...
This is an excerpt from Elizabeth Muirs fantastic recently published book: Riverdale : East Of The Don It is used with the authors permission. Please buy a copy to find out the history of your street (and neighbourhood) and at the same time support a great local author! Click here to buy a copy The history of the Street names for Toronto's East End : Letters...
This years session starts this long weekend! So if you are not out of town please head on over and check it out! It is a great time, a great community gathering place.. and not to mention the delicious food! This years market dates are May 17 – November 1st, Every Sunday from 9am-2pm in Jonathan Ashbridge Park. Jonathan Ashbridge Park Directions Address: 20...
We got this note from our facebook group member Kasey Dunn, we thought we would forward it. It's great to support local theatre.. And you can walk to it if you're in Leslieville, Riverside, The Beaches or Riverdale :) The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine by Leah Cherniak, Martha...
Hey friends on the lower east side! Come on down and check out the Dundas Public School Fair! A great time will be had by all! Last year was a blast. Saturday, June 6 2015: Dundas Public School Fun Fair, 11am-3pm. It’s the weekend and we have something fun for everyone! Drop by our annual Fun Fair event. There will be bouncy castles, raffles, games, a water dunk and lots of yummy food. Proceeds...
66 Boultbee Avenue Townhome #7 Listed By Matt Casselman and Ben Ferguson RE/MAX Hallmark Realty List Price 679,000 Check out Lucky #7! Cool New york style brownstone freehold townhouse! 4 functional levels! 3rd storey master retreat with walkout to city skyline view terrace! Backyard oasis,private parking right in front, high ceilings in basement. Large laundry room with sink, lots...
Hey Leslieville & Riverside! Check out awesome local artist Sarah Phelps! Looking for ART? Local Leslieville abstract artist Sarah Phelps creates amazing art for your home and office, and her studio is located right here in Leslieville! Sarah's paintings are vibrant, engaging, colourful, and bring personality to any room. She also creates custom paintings for her clients, any size, colour palate,...
Gerrard Street — Named for the Gerrard family, especially the Irish businessman Samuel Gerrard who was a friend of the receiver general, Captain John McGill. One of the famous residents on Gerrard Street, although for a very short time, was Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. Sister of Tsar Nicholas II, Olga lived her last days in Riverdale, sharing aa small apartment at 716 Gerrard Street East with...
Leslieville History: Greenwood Park Area 1900-1950 Bricks and Soccer Balls. Our neighbourhood (and city) changed a lot in the first half of the 20th Century. Our east Leslieville nucleus, Greenwood Park, opened in 1922. Prior to being a park it was the Joseph Russell Brickyards. Across the street was the John Price Brickyards (South side). Many of the bricks that were used to build our homes were...
Ok, I forgot to mention you will need a time machine. It was 1988. SS KRESGE's was still rocking at 265 Coxwell Ave (Currently a Dollar Store) Here is a snapshot into the 1980's at Coxwell and Gerrard. The end of an era. Soon the dollar stores and big box stores would take over. Have you ever had a .99 burger at Kresges? Don't you miss lunch counters...
After the popularity of my last blog entry on the 1960's landscape of the east side of Toronto, I decided to breakdown all the photos we have by decades so that we can "visit" this era digitally. My recommended soundtrack to this photo album would be Michael Jackson's Thriller (Sorry, like batteries with your favourite 80's toys - the soundtrack is not included here, but you could open up MJ in another...
I’m sure you have already prepared yourself for the imminent Zombie Apocalypse. Your basement or condo locker is filled with all the necessities: cases of beans, bottles of water, Fruit Loops, energy drinks, weapons, and of course Matt & Ben’s RE/MAX business cards (you might want to sell your home fast at the first sight of a Zombie). We generally aren’t gun loving types in...
Where is Charlie when you need him? Last night I told my kids a fun bedtime story: A chocolate company was coming to Leslieville and will be located a block from our house. Some wonderful chocolate making people will purchase a brick storefront, gut it back to the studs, and build a few thousand square feet of deliciousness. The people of the neighbourhood will be drawn to the building by...
1. BIA's: Toronto's Newest and most exciting BIA is the Leslieville BIA. This means engaged business owners steering us in the right direction. By the way, we also have the oldest BIA in Toronto (The Riverside Bia) who is fantastic as well! 2. The entrepreneurial spirit. The majority of businesses are independent and abundance of self employed people have made for an entrepreneurial spirit second to...
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