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Originally Posted by Andy6
Some subdivision ads from the summer of 1910. Interesting that distance from city hall and proximity to the streetcar were the measures of value.
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It's funny you mention this. For years i've been telling people to look no further than Wolseley to see the changing tastes of suburbanization over the last century.
In Wolseley, the areas closest to downtown (Westminister, Armstrong Point) are where you will see all the big homes. As you move furthur away from the core and the closer to Omands Creek the cheaper and smaller the houses become.
If that neighbourhood was built as a new subdivision today the big expensive homes would all be near Omands creek far away from the commercial centre, and the cheaper homes would be closer to downtown.
As you said, its interesting to see what characteristics made a home valuable 100 years ago.