Ed BrownMy Flemingdon Park: Where the Streets Have New NamesFrom its inception, Flemingdon Park was a planned neighbourhood. Nothing was left to chance. From postal service to policing, placement...
Ed BrownMy Flemingdon Park: Gold Medal Mini-Olympics at Grenoble Public SchoolTen-year-old grade five student Keith Glennie laced up his skates to compete in the medal round of the speedskating competition on the...
Ed BrownMy 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...
Ed BrownI Am a Pedestrian: Part 10Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
Ed BrownRob Young's Flemingdon ParkIf 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...
Ed BrownMy Flemingdon Park: Avenue of StarsPhase two in Flemingdon Park's development also initiated the construction of the industrial component of the master plan, some of which...
Ed BrownI Am a Pedestrian: Part 9Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
Ed BrownI Am a Pedestrian: Part 8Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
Ed BrownChris Smith's Flemingdon ParkChris 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...
Ed BrownI Am a Pedestrian: Part 7Walking around a city I Am a Pedestrian is the result of a 159-kilometre walk around Toronto. The book consists of 159 observations...
Ed BrownMy 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...
Ed BrownGail Goldfinch's Flemingdon ParkIf you lived in Flemingdon Park through the 1970s and played house league hockey at the arena, bought a Curly Wurly from Gerry’s,...
Ed BrownMy Flemingdon Park: A Milky ConundrumWith phase two of development well underway by 1963, Webin Community Consultants (WCC) dreamed up a new motto to capture the...
Ed BrownCindy Charity's Flemingdon ParkThere are times when life deals you a lousy hand. When Cindy Charity feels overwhelmed and needs a break from adulting, she lifts her...
Ed BrownFergus O’Connell's Flemingdon ParkFergus, his wife Sheila, a son and a daughter lived in a series of apartments and flats before moving to townhouse #23 at 61 Grenoble...
Ed BrownDawnmarie Harriott’s Flemingdon ParkMoney was scarce, but Dawnmarie Harriott had friendships in abundance. “Flemingdon Park,” she reflects, “leaves a lifelong impression on...
Ed BrownMy Flemingdon Park: A Hoe, a Pitchfork and a RakeRae Hopkins threw his full weight against the latched door, desperate to break through the entrance of the shack before flames consumed...
Ed BrownIf the Bones of Weston Could TalkThe black and white photograph of centuries old skeletal remains unearthed in 1911 Toronto is haunting. So what became of the Bones of...
Ed BrownMy Flemingdon Park: Ribbon CuttingIf Flemingdon Park—billed as a garden estate in a parkland setting—was born on a June afternoon in 1961, eighteen months after workies...
Ed BrownEncapsulating Toronto's PastA 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...