Talk:Brockton Village

message: Given the current location of Queen Street, Dundas Street, Wright Avenue and Roncesvalles Avenue I have a lot of difficulty understanding how these streets could comprise a Southern boundary for Brockton village, as indicated in the first paragraph.
Could someone please clarify this?  I have heard that Wrigth Avenue was the Southern boundary for Brockton village.  This is included in the entry for Roncesvalles village with discussion on the talk page.
Thanks.
The effective southern boundary of Brockton was the railway after it was built in the 1850s.JosephIWMolto (talk) 07:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Southern Boundaries Seem Confused

message: I certainly hope that a lot more will be added about this article as Brockton has a rich history (I may try a little if I have the time) but the statement about using Dundas to avoid tolls on Lake Shore sounds unlikely to me as I know there were tolls on Dundas as well.  Dundas was simply the main highway and had bridges built along it while, at points along Lake Shore, a ferry was still necessary;  I don't believe there was ever a time when there were tolls on Lake Shore and not on Dundas.JosephIWMolto (talk) 19:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just referring to the local stretch. The stretch from Queen up today's Ossington then west was toll-free when it was built. The town of Parkdale build a stretch of King Street also to avoid toll along the lakeshore. Dundas highway itself reached further west and there were many tolls. The village was developed to avoid Toronto taxes and laws. Alaney2k (talk) 15:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed

message: Street signs in Brockton say 'Village of Brockton' today but (I am sure this is a surprise to many) it is not being treated as a neighbouhood at the moment by the City of Toronto (and therefore by Wikipedia) although the city has a habit of changing neighbourhood names, choosing bad names etc.  As a historical article the title "Brockton Town" or such like may be more appropiate as that is what it ended its days as?JosephIWMolto (talk) 20:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The city put up these signs and the parkdale ones about twenty years ago to mark various heritage dates. You can see similar ones in other areas, for example Corktown. A title like Brockton (Village), Ontario works for me. Alaney2k (talk) 15:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

text: There is not a Brockton Village BIA that I know of. This is the earlier, pre-merger City of Toronto that put up the signs in the area. You can see the Parkdale and Brockton ones at various intersections. There is no Wiki policy that I know of that we have to follow the City slavishly. But there is a policy to have articles rooted in references, reliable sources. This is possible with the City-defined neighbourhoods. There are lots of articles in the media and on the net about neighbourhoods. A lot of people identify with the BIA names, but the BIAs provide no data or reliable information for the sake of a Wiki article. Whereas the City does, with demographics and census data. In Toronto, we seem to have three categories, the City neighbourhoods (both historical and current), business areas and geographic areas that all seem to be lumped into neighbourhoods. There are not a lot of editors working on Toronto articles, but we have most of the City-defined neighbourhoods covered. Alaney2k (talk) 18:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
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