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Lansing
Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted April 2017
Golden Lion Inn - Photo Source - Toronto Public Library
This 2012 Heritage Toronto plaque can be seen near the curb on the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue West. Here's what it tells us:
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European farmers settled in this area first in the 1790s. The Golden Lion Inn was built in 1824 at the southwest corner of today's Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street, which became the centre of a small community. In 1860, a large brick general store was built on the northwest corner. Six years later, the "Lansing" post office opened in the store. During the late 19th century, other shops opened north and south on Yonge Street.
Following the extension of the electric street railway in 1896, the surrounding farm fields gave way to residential streets. Lansing rapidly expanded in the 1950s with the widening of Yonge Street and the opening of nearby Highway 401. In 1974, the Sheppard station opened as part of the Yonge subway extension, and the neighbourhood developed into a high-rise, densely populated community.
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