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Massive Post-war Transition Turned North Etobicoke from Farm to Suburb

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This photo was taken in Northern Etobicoke in 1955, looking northwest across the intersection of Islington Avenue with Fordwich Crescent. This photo seems to perfecty exemplify the massive transition in land use from farm to suburb that was taking place in much of Etobicoke after World War II. You can see empty fields and a boarded up farm house in the distance. Monarch Construction paid Percy and Andrew Barker $1.8 million for 185 hectares of their land north of Fordwich crescent. A sign on the right says “This Way to Model Homes.” By 1956, Thistletown Collegiate had been erected on this empty field and the Kipling Heights subdivision had been built all the way west to Kipling Avenue. Courtesy: TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY

​Researched & Written by Denise Harris, originally published by the Etobicoke Guardian and reprinted with permission.

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