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This is about how neighbourhoods in our city change over time and how our city is always evolving and shifting with each new generation.

There was once a time, not all that many years ago, when the stretch of Corydon Avenue between Wentworth and Nassau, along with the surrounding neighbourhood, was called Little Italy. It was the hub for families who had moved here to build new lives. The street signs at each of the cross streets still bear the colours of the Italian flag. It’s a reasonable question to ask why, since there is no evidence that this area is still predominantly Italian in character.

In that aforementioned stretch of Corydon, there are 31 buildings which could be described as residential. There are........

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