The Midway Historical Society of Toronto

Category: Transit

  • 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

  • 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 8th in our neighbourhood’s past

    March 8th in our neighbourhood’s past

    Chickens, Wrenson Road, Toronto Star, March 8, 1920
    Flooding Glebemount Rd, Toronto Star, March 8, 1922
    TTC Office Building, Danforth Avenue, Creator: Alfred J. Pearson Date: March 8, 1923
    Scholarships Kiwanis Music Festival, Globe, March 8, 1948
    Scholarships Kiwanis Music Festival, Globe, March 8, 1948
    Scholarships Kiwanis Music Festival, Globe, March 8, 1948
    Scholarships Kiwanis Music Festival, Globe, March 8, 1948
  • 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.