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Evergreen Brick Works

Community + City + Nature

A Canadian charity, Evergreen is raising $55 million to transform Toronto's Don Valley Brick Works into an international showcase for urban sustainability and green design.

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Toronto's Don Valley Brick Works - on saturday morning shahin, hasnain, ghazal and I paid a visit to this abandoned factory. the morning sun was shining through the holes in the ceiling. On saturday morning shahin, hasnain, ghazal and I paid a visit to this abandoned factory.

Todmorden Mills, first settled in the 1790s, was one of three paper mills operated by John Taylor & Brothers along the Don River.

In 1882, young William Taylor tested clay from fence post holes he happened to be digging at a nearby site: the results showed it was perfect for making bricks.

The Don Valley Brick Works was opened by William and his two brothers in 1889. The Taylors sold the factory to their brother-in-law Robert Davies in 1901.

The factory continued to thrive and grow, particularly after Toronto’s Great Fire of 1904, which destroyed much of the downtown core of the City, resulting in new by-laws required masonry construction for most buildings.

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  • Evergreen Brick Works
  • 50 Bayview Avenue
  • Toronto
  • CA