Maple Leaf Rag about the sales of the "Maple Leaf Rag", for example that 1 million copies of the sheet music were sold in the composer's lifetime, making Scott Joplin the first musician to sell 1 million copies of a piece of instrumental music. Joplin's first biographer Rudi Blesh wrote that during its first six months the piece sold 75,000 copies, and became "the first great instrumental sheet music hit in America". However, research by Joplin's later biographer Edward A. Berlin demonstrated that this was not the case; the initial print-run of 400 took one year to sell, and under the terms of
Maple Leaf, Toronto pass through the Maple Leaf, including Black Creek Drive, Keele Street, Lawrence Avenue, and controlled access highways Highway 400, and Highway 401. Lawrence Avenue is a major roadway that serves as the neighbourhood's southern boundary. Black Creek Drive serves as the neighbourhood's western boundary. The northern portion of the road ends at Maple Leaf Drive, and continues as Highway 400. The portions of Highway 400 south of Highway 401 also serves as Maple Leaf's western boundary. Highway 401 is a major east-west highway that passes through Greater Toronto, and serves as the neighbourhoods northern boundary. Public transportation in the neighbourhood