Articles Tagged with 'Finch Main Gardens'

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...

Emery’s astonishing Norwegian connection By Tim Lambrinos Back in 1957, Emery Village was unexpectedly visited by a family from Oslo, Norway. Ivor and Berit Nordenson arrived at a farm in Emery with hopes and dreams of planting new roots with their two young children. In the ...

By Tim Lambrinos Finch Main Gardens is the shopping plaza located at 2437 Finch Avenue West. It was built in 1962. The plaza was originally intended to be a medical centre but swiftly expanded into a full-fledged commercial development, including a Loblaws grocery store. In the base...