History
Flemingdon Park was originally farmland owned by Robert John Fleming. After his death in 1925, it was sold to become public land.
In 1958, following the trends of many other post-World War II cities, Toronto began to consider a large planned "apartment city" community for the influx of immigrants. Although there was immediate scepticism based on the density of the development, the community was nevertheless built. Occupancy of the new apartments began in 1961, and the community was completed in the early 1970s. The community's developer was Olympia and York.
Like many communities with a significant public housing component, Flemingdon Park gained a reputation as a low income community. In 2000, its reputation improved somewhat with the addition of a new section of middle income single and semi-detached housing, and a condominium apartment, converted from an office building that was originally part of the Foresters complex, along the community’s north side.
An older section of low density, middle income housing is found along the community’s east border, in a narrow strip between the Don Valley Parkway and the Don River (east), overlooking the Don Valley.
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