{"id":3369,"date":"2008-07-16T20:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/07\/16\/heritage-toronto-walking-tours-this-weekend-the-goulding-estate-and-in-the-footsteps-of-the-taylors\/"},"modified":"2008-07-16T20:01:02","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T00:01:02","slug":"heritage-toronto-walking-tours-this-weekend-the-goulding-estate-and-in-the-footsteps-of-the-taylors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/16\/heritage-toronto-walking-tours-this-weekend-the-goulding-estate-and-in-the-footsteps-of-the-taylors\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend:  The Goulding Estate, and In the Footsteps of the Taylors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1020\/1453256724_cff6cdd9a6.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritagetoronto.org\/\">Heritage Toronto<\/a> walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required):<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Goulding Estate<br \/>\nSaturday, July 19 &#8211; 1:30 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Honorary Host &#8211; Councillor Janet Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Leaders: <\/strong>Friends of the Don East<\/em><em><br \/>\n<strong>Start Point: <\/strong>Dawes Rd, just N of Crescent Town Rd.  Small parking lot on E side of Dawes Rd, across from entrance to Taylor Creek Park<br \/>\n<\/em><em> <strong>Finish Point: <\/strong>Same as start point<br \/>\n<\/em><em> <strong>Duration: <\/strong>Approx. 1.5 hours<br \/>\n<strong>Walk Difficulty: <\/strong>Rough ground and some hills<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Goulding Estate is the last surviving structure of the Dentonia Park Farm, where the Massey family helped pioneer pasteurization in dairy farming. The surrounding green space boasts some of the largest oaks to be seen along Taylor-Massey Creek and is home to both serious environmental challenges and several restoration projects. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW!  In the Footsteps of the Taylors<br \/>\nSunday, July 20 &#8211; 1:30 PM<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Honorary Host &#8211; Councillor Case Ootes<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Leaders: <\/strong>Todmorden Mills Museum<\/em><em><br \/>\n<strong>Start Point: <\/strong>Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Rd (down the hill from Broadview and Mortimer Avenues). Meet at the Papermill.<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Finish Point: <\/strong>Near O&#8217;Connor Dr and Pape Ave<br \/>\n<\/em><em> <strong>Duration: <\/strong>Approx. 1.5 hours<br \/>\n<strong>Walk Difficulty: <\/strong>Some stairs, hills and rough ground<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Taylor family acquired property in Todmorden in the 1850s. With the establishment of the Don Valley Brick Works in the 1870s, they became one of the wealthiest families in Toronto. Explore their contribution to the urban development of East York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spacing is pleased to be the promoting sponsor of the Heritage Toronto walking tours.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/grantmac\/\">Grant MacDonald<\/a>  <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): The Goulding Estate Saturday, July 19 &#8211; 1:30 PM Honorary Host &#8211; Councillor Janet Davis Leaders: Friends of the Don East Start Point: Dawes Rd, just N of Crescent Town Rd. Small parking<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/16\/heritage-toronto-walking-tours-this-weekend-the-goulding-estate-and-in-the-footsteps-of-the-taylors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend:  The Goulding Estate, and In the Footsteps of the Taylors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4050,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[9752,3189,408,6627,2704,9753,1548,9751,19,496],"class_list":["post-3369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-spacing","tag-arts-centre","tag-case-ootes","tag-councillor","tag-grant-macdonald","tag-janet-davis","tag-taylor-massey-creek","tag-the-heritage","tag-todmorden-mills-heritage-museum","tag-toronto","tag-york"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: The Goulding Estate, and In the Footsteps of the Taylors - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/16\/heritage-toronto-walking-tours-this-weekend-the-goulding-estate-and-in-the-footsteps-of-the-taylors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: The Goulding Estate, and In the Footsteps of the Taylors - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This weekend&#8217;s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): The Goulding Estate Saturday, July 19 &#8211; 1:30 PM Honorary Host &#8211; Councillor Janet Davis Leaders: Friends of the Don East Start Point: Dawes Rd, just N of Crescent Town Rd. 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