The hybrid post-war neighbourhood mingled Modernist design with more humble styles and a home could be had for a down payment of as little as $1,578
We are the people that can find whatever you may needWith apologies to Axl Rose and his Guns N’ Roses bandmates, today I am standing in the “Ben Jungle” at the corner of Benfrisco Cres. and Ben Stanton Blvd. admiring one of four house types. And the next time I write Ben Jungle, let’s save ink on those quotation marks, since even Google maps has the area labeled thusly. By my count, there are 15 street names in this Scarborough neighbourhood north of Lawrence Ave. between McCowan Rd.
But, as University of Toronto librarian and mid-century modern enthusiast Agatha Barc and I walk along Benfrisco picking out the progressive, split-level “Catalina” models from the more traditional peaked- and hipped-roof models, we can’t pick a clear winner as to which of the four—Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Catalina, and Santa Anita—appealed most to Mr. and Mrs. Canada back then. It seems an even draw.
But the Ben Jungle is interesting not only for its catchy name. It was a sort of hybrid ‘hood where Modernist design was allowed to co-mingle with safer, Levittown-esque styles, and was affordable to a wide range of blue- or lower-level white-collar commuters . And while the builder never mentions an architect behind the house designs, the community did benefit from master planning by architect/town planner Eugene G.
Mr. Hughes, surprisingly, wrote back and “patiently answered all of my questions regarding the early days” of Bendale, as well as sharing personal photographs. While he was just a little boy, his father, William P. Hughes, a T. Eaton Co. employee, loved documenting the neighbourhood in its infancy via photographs. Using his reminiscences and real estate ads Ms.
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