One of the things that makes Leaside so attractive to residents and visitors alike is its remarkable and varied 100-year-plus history. Whether it’s in business and commerce, industrial or residential development, sports and leisure, the …more
A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Leaside Part 3 – Bayview Institutional Lands Preface The Kilgour Estate In the early 1900’s it became fashionable for Toronto’s wealthy elite to have a country estate on the northern edge …more
The third guided walking tour of Leaside deals with the institutional lands accessed from Kilgour Rd. This is north of Glenvale and south of Burke Brook. But is this Leaside? The historical boundary of the …more
The second solo guided walking tour of Leaside takes us to North Leaside. Where does North Leaside in fact start? Typically, we think of North Leaside as that part north of Eglinton. If you look …more
Yes, it’s May. For many of us, the first weekend of May is Jane’s Walk time – a chance to explore our own or a new neighbourhood, led by a knowledgeable guide. Leaside has been …more
Background I remind you of what I believe to be an essential background context to all the walks: Leaside as a designed cultural heritage landscape – features that make Leaside Leaside – the Todd town …more
People often harken past to the innocence of the old days in their neighbourhood when everything was pure and ne’er a law was broken. Yet while Leaside has definitely seen its recent share of traffic …more
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Randolph and McRae – two wonderful and important streets in Leaside. And likely named in honour of a railway executive in true Leaside fashion. When the Canadian Northern Railway built a line around the top …more
The following excerpt is taken from: “Agriculture, Stock, Dairy, Poultry, Horticulture, Veterinary, Home Circle” London, Ont. and Winnipeg, Man Vol XXX1V No. 492. “Prominent among the principal pure-bred stock breeding establishments of the Dominion is …more
Post Second World War Leaside was a “small town in Toronto” (to quote a former prime minister who grew up here around that time), a mature community, with good jobs, and modest but well cared …more
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