Councillor Paula Fletcher at the Brickmaking on Greenwood plaque presentation, September 7, 2019.
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Resource ID
8914
Access
Open
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
07 September 2019
Description
Event participants pose around a new plaque installed in Greenwood Park, a former quarry site. For more than 150 years, Greenwood Avenue was an important centre of brickmaking in Toronto. Quarries and kilns were a common feature of the landscape south of Danforth Avenue. Entire families were employed in this industry that made the east-end and helped build Toronto.
Keywords
Events, Industrial Heritage, Industrial history
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
People Depicted
Councillor Paula Fletcher (second from the left)
Caption
Councillor Paula Fletcher at the Brickmaking on Greenwood plaque presentation, September 7, 2019.
Marker lat / long: 43.670356, -79.327919 (WGS84)
