Twenty-five years ago, I was a brick layer in Toronto. We used to purchase a lot of brick from the brickyard on Bayview Ave in the Don Valley. It was called Toronto Brick at the time. So, for me it was a treat recently to back and see what has been done with the place. It was closed years ago and for a long time just sat there. I’m not sure who decided to do something with this but I like what they have done with it. There are all the kilns that I never really saw way back when. They have left these pretty much as they were.
There is a very nice restaurant and a shop there that we saw. We were there on a rainy day in the fall so it was kind of dreary but I love the chance to walk about.
The picture here is of a steel piece of art representing Toronto with the rivers coming through it into Lake Ontario with plants behind the metal growing through to show the parks along the rivers – very cool.
There is a lot more information at Evergreen Brickworks(Toronto Brick) as to what is going on and the activities.
