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My Flemingdon Park: The Portable
Remembered today as the hippy portable or hippy house, this long-absent structure, once located near the centre of the neighbourhood,...
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My Flemingdon Park: Plaza Timeline
In 1961, construction of the plaza at 747 Don Mills Road lagged behind families moving into nearby rental units. To meet their shopping...
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My Flemingdon Park: Historic Meagher Homestead
It is accepted knowledge that Flemingdon Park’s name honours former Toronto mayor and majority landowner Robert Fleming. A closer...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I Am a Pedestrian: Part 10
Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dawnmarie Harriott’s Flemingdon Park
Money was scarce, but Dawnmarie Harriott had friendships in abundance. “Flemingdon Park,” she reflects, “leaves a lifelong impression on...
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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...
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If the Bones of Weston Could Talk
The black and white photograph of centuries old skeletal remains unearthed in 1911 Toronto is haunting. So what became of the Bones of...
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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...
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