The Midway Historical Society of Toronto

Category: Streets

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
    Applegrove Avenue, April 7, 1953

  • 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
    Poverty, 171 Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 6, 1946
    Poverty, 171 Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 6, 1946
    Poverty, 171 Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 6, 1946
    Poverty, 171 Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 6, 1946
    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

  • Weekly history round-up, April 1

    No Typhoid in O’Keefes, Toronto Star, April 1, 1911. No joke, typhoid was a real problem in the neighbourhood at the time, especially on Rhodes Avenue and Craven Road.
    Sovereign Homes ad, Toronto World, April 1, 1911. One of the most popular kit house manufacturers. Many houses in the area are readi-built designs, flat-packed like a famous European furniture maker, and shipped out to be put together by the buyer or a contractor.
    Glenmount and Kingsmount ad, Toronto Sunday World, March 31, 1912
    Greenmount Park, Toronto Star March 30, 1913. This was Ravina Crescent and the Pocket
    Canada Bread, Danforth Ave Toronto Star, April 1, 1930
    Dump truck nuisance, Greenwood garbage pit, March 27, 1962
    Dump truck nuisance, Greenwood garbage pit, March 27, 1962
    Dump truck nuisance, Greenwood garbage pit, March 27, 1962
    Dump truck nuisance, Greenwood garbage pit, March 27, 1962
  • March 15th

    March 15th

    Golfview Avenue, Globe, March 15, 1912
    How the East is Growing Toronto Sunday World, March 15, 1914
    Spinsters Convention Glenmount Toronto Star, March 15, 1919
    Heavy mare 380 Ashdale, Toronto Star, March 15, 1919
    Helen June Huchinson, Bowmore Road School, family of 10 Toronto Star, March 15, 1930
    Toronto Star, March 15, 1922 Williamson
    Woodbine Avenue looking south from south of Merrill, March 15, 1965 by James V. Salmon, TPL
  • 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 9th

    March 9th

    Hargraves moving building Norway, Globe, March 9, 1882
    For a Greater Toronto Globe, March 9, 1909
    For a Greater Toronto Globe, March 9, 1909
    For a Greater Toronto Globe, March 9, 1909
    Brick Prices Firm, Globe, March 9, 1920
    Cottage in classroom, Danforth Tech, Toronto Star, March 9, 1961
  • March 7th in our neighbourhood’s past

    March 7th in our neighbourhood’s past

    Petry Child almost buried alive at St John of Norway, Globe, March 7, 1905
    Woodycrest Avenue south to Danforth Avenue – March 7, 1916
    Roden School Helps Bomb Victims, Toronto Star, March 7, 1942