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    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...
    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...
    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 10
    Ed Brown

    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...
    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...
    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 9
    Ed Brown

    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 9

    Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 8
    Ed Brown

    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 8

    Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
    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...
    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 7
    Ed Brown

    I Am a Pedestrian: Part 7

    Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
    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...
    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...
    If the Bones of Weston Could Talk
    Ed Brown

    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...
    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...
    Encapsulating Toronto's Past
    Ed Brown

    Encapsulating Toronto's Past

    A look at time capsules across the city—and what's in them. Email, cell phones, Twitter, and even old-fashioned snail mail mean there are...
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