Keele Campus (York University)
in Toronto, CanadaCategory: Attraction
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The Keele Campus of York University in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, occupies roughly 1 square kilometre of land and is situated between Jane Street to the west, Keele Street to the east, Steeles Avenue West to the north and Finch Avenue West to the south. The campus itself is located in North York (formerly the City of North York), now a census division within the City of Toronto. It is the largest post-secondary campus in Canada at 457 acres.The campus was once occupied by farms held by pioneers of the area including:James Stong (Lots 22 and 25)
Daniel Stong (Lot 25)
Peter Erlin Kaiser (1750-1820) (Lot 24)
Abraham Hoover (1821-1905) (Lot 23)
John Boynton (Lot 21)The area was named Kaiserville after the settler Peter Kaiser, who was buried in the area, while the Stongs left the area in 1951, the Hoovers' till the 1930s.The original 1960s buildings—now designated Toronto Heritage Properties—were designed and built by joint venture UPACE (with John B. Parkin Associates, Shore and Moffat and Partners, Gordon S. Adamson and Associates) and landscape under Hideo Sasaki.
