Modest Hopes: Homes and Stories of Toronto's Workers from the 1820s to the 1920s - Paperback

by Don Loucks (Author), Leslie Valpy (Author)

"Modest hopes" are the houses that were home to the people who built Toronto. These small homes found in rows, semis, or the rare detached, still exist throughout the older neighbourhoods of Toronto, yet they are an under-valued and endangered heritage resource.

Author Biography

Don Loucks is an architect, urban designer, and cultural heritage planner, with forty years of project experience. He is committed to environmental, economic, and cultural sustainability and to preserving the variety of rich urban forms that contain the stories of our communities' history. He lives in Toronto.
Leslie Valpy is a conservation practitioner, researcher, and writer, with a passion for built heritage, history, architecture, and conservation. Working with both intangible and tangible dimensions of heritage, she has participated in a range of projects throughout Ontario. She lives in Toronto.