Our changing youth
- August, 2019
By Tim Lambrinos
Sixty years ago, the first modern buildings were established southwest of the intersection at Finch and Weston Road. It was the beginning of a new housing subdivision where all aspects of the development had been carefully planned by appropriate officials.
In 1959, two...
Exploring the foundations of a leader
- March, 2019
By Tim Lambrinos
Back in 1962, one lingering fragment of Richard Storer’s apple orchard, business and farmhouse would finally be bulldozed to make room for new homes. Modern, contemporary-looking single houses were built over the last remaining slice of the Rivalda Farms’ apple orchard. The hou...
Lanyard Park’s Indian Village
- December, 2018
By Tim Lambrinos
Before the start of the 19th century, the natural environment around Daystrom Drive Public School was home to a large indigenous settlement. This local Indian village site was first documented and surveyed by United Empire Loyalist, Augustus Jones. In 1793, he accompanied...
Yesterday and Today: New Trail System
- October, 2017
Our new trail system on an age-old floodplain
By Tim Lambrinos
Around 60 years ago, the property where Daystrom Drive Public School and Lanyard Park stand today was still part of an amply sized farm. During the 1940’s and 1950’s, Richard Storer was the farmer who cultivated its crops, had c...
Yesterday and Today: The violinist & accordionist of Emery
- May, 2016
BY TIM LAMBRINOS
The musical talent of Claudio Vena was supported and advanced by his parents, Francesco and Colomba Vena. Their family was from the small town of Rende, Italy in the middle part of Calabria. The Vena’s moved into a home on Lanyard Road with their three boys adjacent to Days...