"Paint Plant Blast Rocks City Block, Causes Blaze", article from the Globe and Mail, July 7, 1947. Source: Toronto Public Library
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Resource ID
8376
Access
Open
Credit Line
Toronto Public Library
Date of Creation
07 July 1947
Keywords
advertisment, Industry, Junction, Factory, Junction Triangle, Wallace Avenue, Industrial history, Glidden, Globe and Mail
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Public Domain
Caption
"Paint Plant Blast Rocks City Block, Causes Blaze", article from the Globe and Mail, July 7, 1947. Source: Toronto Public Library
Description
Residents grew concerned about the potential environmental and health-related side affects of the chemicals that were used by the Glidden Plant for almost 100 years between 1911-2001. After the plant was demolished, significant work needed to be done to bring the soil in the area back up to code for residential land use. The ground was ridden with traces of industrial chemicals and had to be removed, cleaned, and placed back on the site. This process was complete in 2009, but experts still suggest that remnants of the chemicals used by the plant may still remain in the Junction Triangle area today.