Discover origins of Greektown
Pickers on Plyter Estate about 1900/OldToronto
The origins of Greektown on the Danforth will be discussed on a walk scheduled for next Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27. The area has had a long and varied history dating from 1799 when American contractor Asa Danforth Jr., started work on Danforth’s Road as a proposed hundred-mile route to the Trent River. That road was completed in 1801, but soon fell into disrepair and was largely replaced by the 1817 Kingston Road stagecoach. Danforth Avenue was built by the Don and Danforth Plank Road Company in 1851 to connect Danforth Road to Broadview Avenue.
