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Map dated 1873
North Richmond Hill

So Kew Gardens began as just the northern part of Richmond Hill, and "North Richmond Hill" was how it was known. It was considered too hilly, and too far off the beaten path to be developed. With the aid of landscape architect, Edward Richmond, and real estate developer, Oliver Fowler, Albon Man turned the farmland south of the moraine into the planned, garden community of "Victorian" Richmond Hill.

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