Author: Joanne Doucette

  • April 27th in our neighbourhood’s past

    Toronto Railway Co. Small’s Park liquor license Lomas, Toronto Star, April 27, 1896
    On and Off Rifle Club, Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 27, 1901
    Perkins, accidental death from injuries at 158 Reid Ave, Globe, April 27, 1908
    Small’s Pond Toronto Star, April 27, 1920
    Small’s Pond Toronto Star, April 27, 1920
    Crowds Street car, Globe, April 27, 1912
    Streetcars collide, Coxwell Avenue, Toronto Star, March 27, 1923
    Greenwood fire hall Greenwood garbage pit, Toronto Star, April 27, 1962
  • Small’s Pond, April 26, 1920

    Small’s Pond, April 26, 1920

    Small’s Pond April 26, 1920 Looking north from near Battenberg
    Small’s Pond looking south to bridge, April 26, 1920
    Small’s Pond April 26, 1920, looking north
    Small’s Pond April 26, 1920
  • An Injustice, Principal, Ashdale [Roden], Toronto World April 19 1913

    An Injustice, Principal, Ashdale [Roden], Toronto World April 19 1913
  • April 18-20 in our neighbourhood’s past

    April 18-20 in our neighbourhood’s past

    Montreal CNR soccer at Ulster Stadium Globe, April 19, 1929
    Paving streets East Toronto Toronto Star, April 19, 1920
    Fred Dawes, George Bird, T. A., Chalmers, Small’s Pond, first canoes of the season, Toronto Star, April 19 1920
    Vincent Moffatt, 242 Rhodes Ave, struck by streetcar, Globe, April 19, 1910
    Water supplied outside city limits, Aldridge and Wagstaff, Toronto Star, April 19, 1900

    Monarch Park, Toronto World, April 19, 1913

    CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through an open switch April 20, 1969 by Bob Olsen, Toronto Star

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    Exorbitant rents, Toronto Star, April 17, 1918
    Exorbitant rents Toronto Star April 17 1918,
    Exorbitant rents Toronto Star April 17 1918
    Exorbitant rents Toronto Star April 17 1918
  • April 14-18 in our neighbourhood’s history

    April 14-18 in our neighbourhood’s history

    Break in, 476 Rhodes Ave, Globe, April 14, 1913
    Danforth area Toronto Star, April 14, 1920
    Norway School, Toronto Star, April 14, 1924
    15 18 and 20 Ashdale Ave, Grimshaw sold to W.H. Westman, Toronto Star April 15 1920
    Bowmore Road, War threatens, Globe & Mail, April 15, 1938
    Bungalow from Martin Senour paint ad, Maclean’s, April 15, 1923
    Bungalow from Martin Senour paint ad, Maclean’s, April 15, 1923
    Girls Don’t Get Married – Kelvin Park Toronto Star, April 15, 1922
    425 Coxwell Ave. Herbert Hosiery, The Ottawa Citizen, April 16, 1953
    Cridlands ad, Toronto Star, April 16 1953
    McEachren ad, Globe, April 16, 1914
    Flemish giant and other kinds of young rabbits, 168 Ashdale, Toronto Star, April 17, 1919
    E H Foster wounded Toronto Star April 17 1918
    Monarch Park ad Toronto Star, April 17, 1912
    Monarch Park ad Toronto Star, April 17, 1912
    Real estate, Toronto Star, April 17, 1920
    Sugar dumped, Globe and Mail, April 17, 1940
    Fred Scott killed by streetcar Hillington Ave, Owen Sound Daily Sun Times, April 18, 1940
    Scott killed by streetcar Hillingdon & Danforth, The Kingston Whig Standard, April 18, 1940
    Ulster Stadium offered to the City for $33,000, Toronto Star, April 18, 1944
    Ward One Real Estate, Toronto Star, April 18 1914

  • Subdivision of the Ashbridge’s Farm and sale by Robins Ltd., 1908

    Subdivision of the Ashbridge’s Farm and sale by Robins Ltd., 1908

    $2 Down payment, Toronto Star, April 9, 1908
    Take A Stock Investment, Toronto Star, April 9, 1908
    Robins Circus Tent, Toronto Star, April 9, 1908
    New subdivisions, Toronto Star, April 9, 1908
  • Glenmount and Kingsmount Park, Toronto Star, April 11, 1912

    Glenmount and Kingsmount Park, Toronto Star, April 11, 1912

    Glenmount ad, Toronto Star ad, April 11, 1912
    Aerial view, Glenmount and Kingsmount Park, Toronto Star, April 11, 1912
    Glenmount aerial labelled, Toronto Star ad, April 11, 1912
    Glenmount map, Toronto Star, April 11, 1912
    Glenmount Park ad, Globe, April 10, 1912

  • Applegrove Avenue, April 7, 1953

    Applegrove Avenue, April 7, 1953

    Articles and images from the neighbourhood’s past: photos taken by the City of Toronto in preparation for the creation of Dundas Street East through the East End.

    Applegrove Avenue, April 7, 1953
    Dundas Street Extension, Globe and Mail, May 7, 1952
    Yellow marks Route of Dundas Street East, Globe and Mail, May 7, 1952
  • Early April in the neighbourhood

    Ashbridges Estate, Robins ad, Toronto Star, April 2, 1908
    Kingsmount Park ad, Toronto World, April 5, 1912
    Kingsmount Park ad, Toronto World, April 6, 1912
    Glenmount Park ad, Toronto Star, April 4, 1912
    Glenmount ad, McEachren, Globe, April 3, 1923
    Danforth Car House plan (Buildings Department) – April 6, 1923
    Poverty, 171 Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 6, 1946
    Coxwell Stadium, Globe and Mail, April 3, 1952
    Gerrard Street East, east of Woodbine, looking west – April 3, 1984
    Gerrard Street East, looking east across Hollywood Crescent – April 3, 1984
    Gerrard Street East, looking east across Hollywood Crescent – April 3, 1984
    View of Gerrard Street East, looking west at Greenwood Avenue – April 3, 1984