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A CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY Nonprofit Organization

08/30/2019

Get ready, Bricktowne Fest 2019 is this Sat. Sept. 7, 5-11 pm at Greenwood Park! The most fun you’ll have for FREE that day anywhere in T.O. INFO: https://bit.ly/2Z3PjUs

08/25/2019

Family Friendly Party - Greenwood Park - Sept 7/5-11pm - Music, Craft Beer, Food Vendors & more INFO: https://bit.ly/2Z3PjUs

06/14/2019

Leslieville makes history again, this time last night hosting the inductees to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame at Left Field brewery.

04/07/2017

Exciting things coming from the LHS! Joanne and I are meeting with the Toronto Golf Club to celebrate our common history. Last month we established a subcommittee to identify and preserve places with historical significance. tree festival coming up and we're still hoping to host a 150th event this summer!

01/10/2017

On the night of April 19th, 1904 and the morning of April 20th, 1904, a Toronto fire decimated downtown Toronto and took with it over 100 buildings

09/26/2016

very cool map tool... allows to search old maps by last name to see who lived there +/-100 years ago

http://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8cc6be34f6b54992b27da17467492d2f

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Leslieville
Toronto, ON

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https://leslievillehistory.com/

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HISTORY OF AN EAST END NEIGHBOURHOOD TORONTO

LESLIEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Sometime before 1866 Leslieville grocer, James Morin (c.1835-1882), went into the brick business. In 1869 he bought a brick machine and began advertising that his Leslieville bricks were machine-made pressed bricks.

Morin's ad text read as follows:

BRICK! BRICKS! THE LESLIEVILLE BRICK COMPANY ARE MAKING EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MACHINE MADE PRESSED BRICKS, And are now open to receive orders for 5,600,000 of red brick@ at $8 50 PER THOUSAND! June or July delivery. And can fill orders for large quantities during the season. Address, James Morin, Leslieville. (Globe, May 6, 1869)