Tag: 506 Streetcar
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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 -
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. -
February 23 in the past: a visual tour of Gerrard Street from Greenwood to Coxwell
Three new stores Gerrard and Ashdale, Toronto Star, Feb. 23, 1913 
Sheep grazing Gerrard and Greenwood, Globe, June 4, 1909 
Douglas Fairbanks in “The Thief of Bagdad” – Ideal Bread Company Limited, Ideal Bread – Purity Flour, two billboards and a painted wall advertisement located on the south side of Gerrard Street East opposite Redwood Avenue. View is looking south-west, showing the south side of Gerrard Street East. opposite the Redwood Theatre 
Looking west on Gerrard towards Greenwood between 1920 and 1926, advertisement on the side of a building. 
Gerrard Street east of Greenwood Avenue 
Looking west on Gerrard towards Greenwood from Woodfield Road, between 1920 and 1926, advertisement on the side of a building. The apartments on Highfield Road (right of photo) are distinctive. 
Little India streetscape, Gerrard Street East, north side, looking east near Woodfield Road – October 10, 2008 
Morley Avenue (Woodfield Road) and Gerrard St fill, April 28, 1912 
Southwest corner of Gerrard and Woodfield 
Hamilton’s Hardware, Gerrard St. E., s. side, e. of Hiawatha Rd., 1920, Shows Mr. & Mrs. John Hamilton, with son Jim 
Gerrard and Hiawatha 1960s 
Gerrard & Hiawatha ca 1966 
St. Monica’s Church, Ashdale and Gerard (where the library is) 
Gerrard Ashdale library, Globe, May 14, 1924 
North-east corner of Gerrard and Ashdale – [between 1975 and 1988] 
Site of the Black Pony, Gerrard Street and Rhodes Avenue, south west corner, June 16, 1919 Creator: Goss, Arthur, 1881-1940 Ad T.F. Dove and Co Ltd, Real Estate Brokers, 1614 Gerrard St E, just west of Coxwell Ave. View is looking west along Gerrard Street 
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February 3 in the Midway: Featuring Coxwell Avenue
Shacks on Coxwell Avenue, ca. 1907 
Shovel and truck, Coxwell Ave., August 6 , 1921 
White Brothers Clothiers – Ideal Bread Company Limited, Ideal Bread – Coca-Cola, three billboards on an empty lot at the corner of Danforth and Coxwell avenues. 
Clearing snow, Coxwell and Upper Gerrard Looking west on Gerrard from Coxwell Avenue, 1920s 
Gerrard and Coxwell, looking north, June 17, 1926 
Streetcar, Upper Gerrard and Coxwell 
Streetcar. Coxwell and Lower Gerrard 
Flickr Kresge’s menu 
Coxwell Avenue bus 
Streetcar, 1965, Upper Gerrard at Coxwell 
Construction, No Frills, Carlaw Ave., Joanne Doucette
The Midway Historical Society of Toronto 