Local Landmarks & Heritage
Local Landmarks & Heritage
- Playter Farmhouse, 28 Playter Crescent
- Playter Boulevard
- Ellerbeck Street
Neighborhood History
Neighborhood History
Playter Estates is an east-end Toronto neighbourhood north of Danforth Avenue, bounded by Pape Avenue, the Don Valley and Fulton Avenue. It carries the name of the Playter family, early settlers who held Lot 11 in the Second Concession from 1794, where John Playter established a farm. In 1855 John Jr. and Richard Ellerbeck Playter subdivided the lot and named streets for their family, and the nearby crossroads known as Playter's Corners was renamed Chester in 1859. In 1909 the area was annexed to the City of Toronto, and that year the family re-subdivided one of the last sections of their farm as the Playter Estates.
The neighbourhood grew rapidly after the Prince Edward Viaduct opened in 1918. The Playter family farmhouse still stands at 28 Playter Crescent and was added to the City of Toronto Heritage Register in 1981, while Playter Boulevard, Playter Crescent and Ellerbeck Street keep the family's names on the map.
The Playter Estates tee is for the neighbours of a Danforth neighbourhood whose street signs still spell out its first family.
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Playter Estates - East End Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee
Playter Estates - East End Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee
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Playter Estates sits just north of Danforth Avenue between the Don Valley and Pape Avenue, on land the Playter family farmed from the 1790s. The family's farmhouse survives on Playter Crescent.
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