Jane’s Walk “Thorncliffe Park: A Modern Complete Community”
Saturday, May 5, 1.30pm – 3pm
Meet at the lobby of the Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre/Thorncliffe Park Library, 48 Thorncliffe Park Drive
Led by Geoff Kettel and Sabina Ali
The Walk will focus on Modernist Thorncliffe Park – what we mainly see today as we walk the streets. Thorncliffe Park is a planned community that was mostly built out in the 1950s and 60’s. It was also designed as a “complete community” which includes:
Residential (today 34 mid and high rises buildings)
- Retail
- Industrial
- Community amenity space (central park and several places of worship)
We will discuss what are the challenges for this complete community, and how it can evolve in the future?
Route:
We will circumnavigate the community from Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre east along Thorncliffe Park Drive to cross Overlea Boulevard and west along TP Drive, south along Banigan Drive, cross Overlea Boulevard and south down Thorncliffe Park Drive, into the R.V. Burgess Park and back to the Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre.
Jane’s Walk in Davisville Village
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Meet at the NW corner of Mt. Pleasant and Davisville, edge of June Rowland’s Park. We will be holding up a Jane’s Walk sign.
Led by Amy Isaac, SERRA (South Eglinton Ratepayers & Residents Association)
Stroll through and discover little known historical sites; homes, schools & businesses, in Davisville Village East and listen to interesting and obscure stories relating to them.
This Walk will end at Mt. Pleasant and Merton St. (2 blocks south of Davisville).
2018 Jane’s Walk: Between homes and jobs:
A walk down Laird Drive, Leaside
Sunday, May 6 2018, 1.30pm – 3pm
Meet outside Olde York Fish and Chips Restaurant, 96 Laird Drive
(Note: unfortunately the restaurant is closed on Sundays)
Start point and end point are the same.
Did you know that one hundred years ago Leaside was a complete live-work-play community?
Laird Drive marks the divide between Leaside’s industrial and residential areas, as laid out by Frederick Todd in his 1912 plan for the Town of Leaside. We will walk north and south on Laird to see historical landmarks on both sides of the street, including the site of Canada Wire and Cable Company (CWCC) factory and some of the worker houses built by CWCC in the late 1920’s.
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
“Hidden Amongst Us: Architectural Portraits of
Leaside’s Canada Wire and Cable Company Homes”
May 11-13, 11am – 4pm at ArteMbassy, 28 Industrial Street, Suite 219
The CWCC built houses are the subject of a set of portraits by noted architectural photographer Vik Pahwa, and featured in an exhibit presented by Leaside Matters. The exhibit is open to the public (free – donations appreciated)
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