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    Tonnette And Steve Kosloff’s Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Tonnette And Steve Kosloff’s Flemingdon Park

    In the mid1960s antiwar sentiment in America over the country’s incursion into Vietnam spilled over to college and university campuses....
    My Flemingdon Park: Where the Streets Have New Names
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: Where the Streets Have New Names

    From its inception, Flemingdon Park was a planned neighbourhood. Nothing was left to chance. From postal service to policing, placement...
    Arnold Rockman's Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Arnold Rockman's Flemingdon Park

    Writer, artist and educator, the late Arnold Rockman lived at 58 Grenoble Drive in townhouse #57. The art critic for the Toronto Star...
    My Flemingdon Park: Gold Medal Mini-Olympics at Grenoble Public School
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: Gold Medal Mini-Olympics at Grenoble Public School

    Ten-year-old grade five student Keith Glennie laced up his skates to compete in the medal round of the speedskating competition on the...
    My Flemingdon Park: Darow Myhowich, the CBC and a Missed Opportunity
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: Darow Myhowich, the CBC and a Missed Opportunity

    Darow Myhowich dreamed of becoming a singer. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, into a working-class Ukrainian family – his father Leon was a...
    Rob Young's Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Rob Young's Flemingdon Park

    If you're looking for someone to give you the straight goods and don't pull their punches, don't look any further than Rob Young. Loyal...
    My Flemingdon Park: Avenue of Stars
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: Avenue of Stars

    Phase two in Flemingdon Park's development also initiated the construction of the industrial component of the master plan, some of which...
    Chris Smith's Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Chris Smith's Flemingdon Park

    Chris Smith was 29 in September 1961 when he and his young family settled in townhouse #36 at 58 Grenoble Drive. By then, he had already...
    My Flemingdon Park: The Human Cost of Constructing a Neighbourhood
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: The Human Cost of Constructing a Neighbourhood

    The construction of Flemingdon Park was fraught with fatalities. March through May of 1968 proved particularly deadly. Five workers at...
    Gail Goldfinch's Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Gail Goldfinch's Flemingdon Park

    If you lived in Flemingdon Park through the 1970s and played house league hockey at the arena, bought a Curly Wurly from Gerry’s,...
    My Flemingdon Park: A Milky Conundrum
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: A Milky Conundrum

    With phase two of development well underway by 1963, Webin Community Consultants (WCC) dreamed up a new motto to capture the...
    Cindy Charity's Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Cindy Charity's Flemingdon Park

    There are times when life deals you a lousy hand. When Cindy Charity feels overwhelmed and needs a break from adulting, she lifts her...
    My Flemingdon Park: The Life of Robert Fleming, The People's Bob
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: The Life of Robert Fleming, The People's Bob

    The placename Flemingdon is a portmanteau, derived from combining portions of two words: Robert John Fleming, Toronto's 27th mayor, and...
    Fergus O’Connell's Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Fergus O’Connell's Flemingdon Park

    Fergus, his wife Sheila, a son and a daughter lived in a series of apartments and flats before moving to townhouse #23 at 61 Grenoble...
    Dawnmarie Harriott’s Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Dawnmarie Harriott’s Flemingdon Park

    Money was scarce, but Dawnmarie Harriott had friendships in abundance. “Flemingdon Park,” she reflects, “leaves a lifelong impression on...
    My Flemingdon Park: A Hoe, a Pitchfork and a Rake
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: A Hoe, a Pitchfork and a Rake

    Rae Hopkins threw his full weight against the latched door, desperate to break through the entrance of the shack before flames consumed...
    Bryan Fines’ Flemingdon Park
    Ed Brown

    Bryan Fines’ Flemingdon Park

    Bryan Fines is succinct when describing his childhood in Flemingdon Park: “Great times. Great experiences. I was lucky." The Fines were...
    My Flemingdon Park: Ribbon Cutting
    Ed Brown

    My Flemingdon Park: Ribbon Cutting

    If Flemingdon Park—billed as a garden estate in a parkland setting—was born on a June afternoon in 1961, eighteen months after workies...

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