The Midway Historical Society of Toronto

Category: Parks

  • 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
    Widening Woodbine Globe & Mail, April 27, 1955
    Widening Woodbine Globe & Mail, April 27, 1955
    Widening Woodbine Globe & Mail, April 27, 1955
    Greenwood fire hall Greenwood garbage pit, Toronto Star, April 27, 1962
  • 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

    Examples of McEachern houses, McEachern Houses, Governor’s Bridge, April 19, 1926
    Examples of McEachern houses, McEachern Houses, Governor’s Bridge, April 19, 1926
    Examples of McEachern houses, McEachern Houses, Governor’s Bridge, April 19, 1926
    Monarch Park, Toronto World, April 19, 1913
    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

  • March 11th

    March 11th

    107 Kelvin Park South and Norway 1924
    Cairns Ave. looking west from Gainsborough Rd, March 11, 1929 detail
    Cairns Ave. looking west from Gainsborough Rd, March 11, 1929 detail
    Cairns Avenue looking west from Gainsborough Rd, March 11 1929 detail
    Looking east from Coxwell Ave over Cairns Avenue, March 11, 1929 Detail
    Looking east from Coxwell Ave over Cairns Avenue, March 11, 1929 Detail
  • March 5 in the neighbourhood’s history

    March 5 in the neighbourhood’s history

    Monarch Park Shelter March 5, 1923
    Streetcar tracks Yonge and Carlton, Toronto Star, March 5, 1919. This is the route of today’s 506 TTC streetcar line.