Tag: Toronto Transportation Commission
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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 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 -
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 
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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
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 9 in Toronto’s Midway: Featuring the 506 Streetcar
Streetcar on fire Upper Gerrard, Toronto Star, Feb. 9, 1918 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Building the Gerrard Street Car line, 1911 
Gerrard car line construction, Toronto Star, November 16, 1911 
Route and Car barns, Toronto Star, December 11, 1912 
Ticket, Civic car line, Toronto Star, December 19, 1912 
Toronto Civic Railways Car No. 3 – February 24, 1913 
One fare system, Civic Streetcars, Toronto Sunday World, February 8, 1914 
New streetcars, Globe, Aug. 17 1922 
Carlton Car, April 14, 1926 
TTC Advertisement, Globe, June 26, 1928 
Toronto’s first Peter Witt, 2300, at the TTC’s Hillcrest Shops in July 1960 (front) 
Route of Carlton Streetcar, 1934 
Route of Carlton Streetcar, 1934 
Route of Carlton Streetcar, 1934 
Carlton car at High Park loop, postcard, collection of Joanne Doucette 
The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, July 29, 1971 by Bob Olsen 
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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 