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.
Tag: Hiawatha Road
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Applegrove Avenue, April 7, 1953
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 -
March 14th
Sale Norway House, Globe, March 14, 1859 
Robins ad Gerrard Street East, Toronto Star, March 14, 1908 
John Nelles Bastedo, Toronto Sunday World, March 14, 1909 
Danforth Tech Toronto World, March 14, 1914 
Brick manufacturers prepare for building boom, Toronto Star, March 14, 1919 
Globe March 14 1922 
W.W. Hiltz to build stores Danforth, Woodbine, Dawes Toronto Star, March 14, 1922 -
March 4 in the neighbourhood’s past
Price-fixing, bricks, Globe, March 4, 1904 
Our New East Side Proposition (subdivision on Ashbridges Estate), Toronto Star, March 4, 1908 Morley Avenue is today’s Woodfield Road. Applegrove Avenue is now part of Dundas Street East. 
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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 in the history of Toronto’s Midway: Featuring Roden School
Addition to Roden School Globe, February 11, 1920 
Opening of Ashdale school, Windsor Star, January 13, 1908. In 1908 when the Ashdale School was built and opened, the area was not in the City of Toronto but in the Township of York. York Township appointed a woman as principal, probably saving money by doing so as female principals and teachers were paid a fraction of what men made teaching. 
Naming a school for Roden Toronto Star, 09 Dec 1909 
Midway Schools , Ashdale School renamed Roden in early January 1910, Globe, April 6, 1909 
1910 CENTENNIAL STORY – THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE CITY OF TORONTO, 1850-1950 E P Roden Chairman 
Ashdale School renamed Roden, Globe, January 4, 1910 
Crap shoots Roden 
1910 Roden Public School, Ashdale Avenue, west side, north of Gerrard Street East, infant class 
Roden School undated 
1910 Midway Schools on water sewage, Toronto Star, February 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Principal Ashdale School Toronto Star, April 19, 1910 
Roden Public School, Ashdale Avenue, west side, north of Gerrard Street East, infant class, 1911 TPL 
Overcrowding Roden School, Toronto Star, March 29, 1911 
Permit for new Roden school building, Globe, June 2, 1911 
Roden School, Globe, September 5, 1911 
Roden District Ratepayers Formed, Toronto Star, February 14, 1919 
Roden District Ratepayers Formed, Toronto Star, February 14, 1919 
Athletic grounds & playgrounds Toronto Star, March 5, 1919 
Athletic grounds & playgrounds Toronto Star, March 5, 1919 
Athletic grounds & playgrounds Toronto Star, March 5, 1919 
Roden School, 310 Ashdale Avenue — playground – June 16, 1919 Addition to Roden School Globe, February 11, 1920 
Roden School 310 Ashdale Ave playground, June 16, 1919 
Roden School, 310 Ashdale Avenue — playground – June 16, 1919 
Addition to Roden School Globe, February 11, 1920 
Evening classes Roden Toronto Star, September 30, 1921 
Property bought for Roden School sold to library, Toronto Star, Jan. 27, 1922 
Roden Students Saved by Police, Globe, November, 1933 
Roden Students Saved by Police, Globe, January 20, 1933 
Roden School Helps Bomb Victims, Toronto Star, March 7, 1942 
Roden student, Globe and Mail, October 1, 1946 
Waste paper, Roden School, Toronto Star, January 31, 1946 
Roden School Community Centre, Toronto Star, October 1, 1948 
Roden students Globe and Mail, November 24, 1949 
Roden students Globe and Mail, November 24, 1949 
Roden students Globe and Mail, November 24, 1949 
Roden students Globe and Mail, November 24, 1949 
Roden students Globe and Mail, November 24, 1949 
Playing Baseball Roden Schoolyard 1950s, photo by Robert Wakelin Roden Avenue Grade 3, 1950s 
Lacrosse, Roden School, Toronto Star, April 5, 1951 
Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 
City Schools Compete in Chess Test, Globe and Mail, February 27, 1956 
City Schools Compete in Chess Test, Globe and Mail, February 27, 1956 
Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 
Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 
Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 
Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 
Fans Run Interference,, Globe and Mail, October 30, 1962 
Schools obsolete (Roden), Toronto Star, July 23, 1968 
Free furniture, Roden School, Toronto Star, July 4, 1970 
Free furniture, Roden School, Toronto Star, July 4, 1970 
Free furniture, Roden School, Toronto Star, July 4, 1970 
Free furniture, Roden School, Toronto Star, July 4, 1970 
Roden schoolyard in winter, January 1, 2010 by Joanne Doucette 
Schoolyard Roden and Equinox Schools September 29, 2020 (COVID classrooms with social distancing outside) 
2021 Orange shirts Roden School, September 30, 2021, by J. Doucette 
2025 Plaque Roden School
The Midway Historical Society of Toronto 