The Don Valley Brickworks Factory

Toronto's Brickworks Factory



Early this month, J and I decided to bike down to the Brickworks Factory- a 125 year old industrial site in the Don Valley where they once actually made bricks.. It was featured during Doors Open Toronto (did anyone get a chance to check that out?) and I can see why.

Recently redeveloped by Evergreen, a non-profit environmental organization, the space is amazing, and the reconstituted land around it is full of boardwalks, marshlands, water lilies and walking paths. You would never guess that you're just east of the DVP or a hop, skip and a jump away from downtown Toronto.

I'm not really sure how to get there via TTC or car, but if you bike to Rosedale's Chorley Park -another historic site at that!- and walk under a bridge that looks like the picture above, you'll make your way there through the woods of the Don Valley. Plus it's fun to walk/bike through one of Toronto's most affluent neighbourhoods and look at the big fancy houses.

The space now offers community gardens, a Farmer's market on Saturdays, and they're in the process of making a documentary on the history of the site and the people who have had a connection to it over the last 100 years.