In an earlier post, I had discussed James Guinet who began work in our neighbourhood by building himself a family home at 1556 Grant Street. Now, through the generosity of James Guinet’s grand-daughter, we have a photograph of that house taken just after it was built in 1909.
Those of you who know the neighbourhood well will know that today 1556 Grant sits high above the street with a trail of stairs leading up (image on left). However in 1909, the house was more or less at street grade (image on right):
I would be fascinated to learn when and why the street was so significantly regraded.
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