Fallout New Ronto

For the month of November we will be specifically focusing on the outdoor world environment involving abandoned homes. The wear and tear of 200+ years since riots, civil war, annexation and nuclear fallout.

In 1882, a young farmer in the Don Valley, by the name of William Taylor, dug a fence-post into the ground and discovered a thick red clay. He mixed this with water from the mud creek, sent it off to a local kiln where it was test-fired and sure enough it came out a deep beautiful red; very popular with Victorian builders. In 1889 The Taylor brothers (William Thomas Taylor , George Arthur Taylor, and John Frederick Taylor) launched The Don Valley Pressed Brickworks. A company that produced "fine pressed bricks". In 1901 the Taylor brothers faced some financial difficulties, ownership passed on to brother-in-law Robert Davies. It was under Davies' proprietorship that the name changed to the Don Valley Brickworks. Clay, shale, sand and water... the materials that came out of this quarry literally helped build the city of Toronto. In 1904, for instance, there was a massive fire in downtown Toronto that destroyed most of what later became the central business distr

Riverdale Farm is located in Cabbagetown in the downtown East area of Toronto. Originally operating as the Riverdale Zoo for 177 years, featuring several exotic animals from around the world. ( Footage of Riverdale Zoo in the 1930's ). The 162-acre landscaped area officially opened in 1890 on top of a pile of garbage and manure landfill that had been carefully prepared by the local Don Jail prisoners. Four years later, thanks to the efforts of the zoo's founder, Daniel Lamb, a city alderman and local resident, the city had acquired two wolves and a small herd of deer for public display. These would be the first pieces in a gigantic collection. The creatures first went on display in 1899 in small purpose-built enclosures. Riverdale Zoo was maintained by the city up until 2067, with the annexation of Canada by the United States, the city's funding for attractions and events were inevitably ended. For the next two decades, many of the exotic animals had overtime