If you weren't specifically looking for Blake Street in Toronto, then it's unlikely that you would just happen upon it. However, this area is unique in that it's a community of state-of-the-art public housing, and it played an important role in the development of the city.

Blake Street is only 500 metres, and runs parallel to Jones Ave. to the east, and Pape Ave. to the west. On it, you'll find a smattering of housing styles, all subsidized.

There are a couple of schools (Earl Grey Sr. Public School the top, and Blake St. P.S. at the bottom).

You'll also find the Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre, a wholesale seafood place, and a random knife business. Plus, overlooking the lovely Kempton Howard Park is the Jones Avenue Cemetery, which is a little freaky.

To get a fuller picture of Blake Street, I spoke to Rod Cohen, the Executive Director or the Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service, located in a house at the foot of Blake.

Cohen has worked with young people in the area since 1989, when his "office" was no more than a park bench.

Cohen says that one of the reasons that Blake St. isn't more well-known is because of geography.

"Jones Avenue and Pape Avenue create two automatic boundaries. And if you don't have to come in here, why would you? It's invisible. You could drive down Pape for 50 years and you would never see this community."