London, Ontario: Old North

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London, Ontario: Old North

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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of London, Ontario's Old North neighbourhood. Join us for this walk and explore the area.
Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez
Recorded and edited by: Melissa Parrott
Music by: Jeremy Gallagher
Sources:
"The North & the East"
John H. Lutman, Christopher L. Hives
"Victorian Architecture in London
and Southwestern Ontario"
Nancy Tausky, Lynne DiStefano
"Best Wishes from London, Canada" Dan Brock
"Historical Sketches of London"
Nancy Tausky
"Brackets & Bargeboards"
Heritage Highlights of the
Geranium Heritage House Tours
Photo Credits:
Vintage London Ontario
City of Toronto Archives
Library & Archives of Canada
Hamilton Public Library
Bruce Murdoch
Western Archives
Historypin
Illustrated London, Ontario, Canada
St. Joseph's Hospital: 1888-1988

Пікірлер: 21

@jeremyowen1 Жыл бұрын

I lived on Oxford between Maitland and William in the early 2000's and went to public school at St. Georges. I spent most of my late childhood/teen life there. Even then it always struck me at how beautiful the area was but I had no idea of the history. My landlord was a German pilot in WW2 and after the war bought a line of houses down Oxford when it was supposedly still a dirt road. He told me plenty of fascinating stories but I was too young to fully appreciate them.

@rosemariedoll3607 Жыл бұрын

Totally LOVE this!! I was born and raised in a house on Colborne street right near the corner of Cheapside and Colborne ,65 years ago. I have walked all these streets and knew many of the people living in them, and have been in some of these homes!! A real "Blast from the Past" for me!! Thank You!!😍🤗

@clairem8765 Жыл бұрын

I live right by that intersection now! Learning so much

@user-rj9rp8ez6w 6 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching this video of London and I learned the history of of my old neighborhood.I was born in St Joesph hospital and lived on Oxford St and Thornton Ave,our home was built in 1913. lwent to St George’s public school on WaterlooSt.I rented an apartment on Wellington Street across from the Anglican Church in a beautiful old Victorian home .I babysat for a family who lived in the stables which was converted into a home on St George street.I left London in 1979 and now that my parents have passed I was last there 2007.The city I grew up in has changed and so sad to see the forest city depreciate.

@lancecrossan9343 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in London, and lived there for over 40 years, and this series is teaching me things I didn't know about my hometown

@JimmyKraktov 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in St Joseph's Hospital in 1950 and grew up not far from there at Waterloo & Regent Street area, attending Ryerson School. Moved away early '70s. Many great memories.

@JasonSmith-pv1ff 3 жыл бұрын

I used to work at Lewis Bread Richmond and Albert

@faithfamilyfriendsforever6777 Жыл бұрын

This is great work....

@erinschulthies1311 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for creating this! It's made my whole night and I'm about to journey through every tour you've put together.

@HeatherC02 3 ай бұрын

At 9:21 the house was built by my great great grandfather William Percival 😊

@NukSooLang 8 жыл бұрын

Well done, Benjamin!

@ramblesintherustbelt 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's a lovely neighbourhood to talk about.

@diannebdee 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there. First of all thank you for posting all of these videos. Having lived in London all my life, seeing some of these places has been an education as well as remembering their current structures. I was wondering if I could make a request. You posted the images of the old St. Joseph's hospital and the nunnery and orphanage. I was hoping perhaps if you had any images of the houses on the corner of Grosvenor and Richmond where the current multi-level parking structure is across from the hospital? The reason I'm asking is that I used to live in the yellow house right on the corner of those streets. It used to be a nun's residence back in the day. I would love it if you had an image of that. I'm trying to collect some images of some of the old places I used to live and haven't been able to find that one yet. Thanks in advance.

@lindamesheau3741 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see such photos of that location as well. My grandmother used to own one of those houses, and my father grew up there.

@BillKing8888 8 жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed these a great deal (although I really don't think the background music adds anything to this one).

@ramblesintherustbelt 8 жыл бұрын

We've been talking about getting a wider variety of music behind these videos. There's going to be the same music in this week's video, but I'm hoping the next one will be different.

@ineilands 3 жыл бұрын

Great visuals and information! Can I just say... please redo the audio commentary with a clear vocalization... and remove the strange music track. You should have a separate person do the audio track - much like the fact that a poet should never read his own work