At the beginning of the 20th century, this was literally a village, a place of summer homes reachable by Street car. Today, along since being claimed as part of the central city, it nevertheless retains a village air, a sense of community...
Only a decade or two ago, Riverdale was dull, and snobs from the Annex spoke of it with distain as a more or less blank spot on the map, "out the Danforth." But today, this community of 28,300, just east of the Don River....
Successful districts often acquire appendages, so it's only fair that the relatively humble streets that once were classified merely as above Kingston Rd have now been awarded the name Upper Beach....
In the late 1990s major and minor renovations appeared here and there across Leslieville, raising the hope that this dowdy, downscale, downtown, east-of-the-Don neighbourhood was renewing its housing stock and heading toward a happier future...
