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That Toronto Hydro right of way / collection of streets or whatever it is that runs parallel to the Danny just to the north of it stands out quite clearly, too.
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LowPolygon
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thecharioteer
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This 1965 photo from the series 'Bloor-Danforth subway from the air' shows St. James Town construction in mid-stream. The two buildings across the Don valley are also under construction.
Anna: What a great picture! It's interesting seeing the block bounded by Bloor, Parliament, Howard and Sherbourne largely intact. I know that there have been some previous threads about this block (particularly focused on the boarded up Glen Road properties), but I'd like to post a few pictures that trace the decline of Howard Street starting with the construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct.
Prior to the construction of the Viaduct, Howard Street was a main route to east downtown (and across the Don Valley off of Winchester) connecting Bloor to Parliament via both Sherbourne and Howard. It was also a solid middle-class suburban neighbourhood, close to the mansions of Sherbourne St., connected by the Glen Road bridge to the leafy enclave of Rosedale, yet just south of the city limits, almost semi-rural given the ravines to the north and east.
1910:
Howard Street 1910:
Oct.17, 1912:
Parliament looking south from Howard 1913:
Howard Street would change forever with the construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct, which ran through the back yards of the houses on the north side, and necessitated the demolition of a few houses at the Howard/Parliament intersection:
Plan June 14, 1913:
102 Howard (to be demolished):
The balance of the houses on the north side of Howard existed until at least the 1970's, of which only #76 now remains:
96-100 Howard:
92-94 Howard:
90 Howard:
76-82 Howard (note 76 as the sole survivor):
The rears of these houses extended to the ravine:
90 Howard:
78 rear (Glen Road bridge in the distance):
1917:
1918 Plan:
Like Anna's photo above, these mid-60's pic show the block:
Howard Street today, near the site of #100:
76 Howard today:
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Blovertis
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Charioteer, thanks for a very interesting photo essay of a street I know well. Between the extension of Bloor and the construction of St. Jamestown 50 years later, Howard never stood a chance. And it looks like the current real estate boom is passing it by as well.
There are still a few pathways to no-longer-existent houses in those open fields.
There are still a few pathways to no-longer-existent houses in those open fields.
androiduk
Senior Member
I wonder how Edgedale Rd, which runs north/south from Howard to Bloor just west of Parliament, came to be a private road? http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.671341,-79.373167&spn=0,0.00136&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.671339,-79.373305&panoid=xIA63rKpc9NUylqXG8Rj6g&cbp=12,359.42,,0,1.18
Anna
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Wasn't that the recently-covered cut-and-cover of the Danforth subway?
Anna
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Anna: What a great picture! It's interesting seeing the block bounded by Bloor, Parliament, Howard and Sherbourne largely intact. I know that there have been some previous threads about this block (particularly focused on the boarded up Glen Road properties), but I'd like to post a few pictures that trace the decline of Howard Street starting with the construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct...Like Anna's photo above, these mid-60's pic show the block:
I also found this photo, looking south, which refers to 'No. 11 Fire Station, Rose Ave. (?) B. 1888, torn down when east-west subway built' which can also be seen in the aerial photo, soon to be torn down.
Goldie
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Yes, Anna. I too was puzzled when I saw that white line resembling a street slightly to the north of Danforth.
Then I suddenly recalled: that's where the subway line was built.
Much of that path, it seems to me, is now a long line of parking lots above the subway.
thecharioteer
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I also found this photo, looking south, which refers to 'No. 11 Fire Station, Rose Ave. (?) B. 1888, torn down when east-west subway built' which can also be seen in the aerial photo, soon to be torn down.
A great picture obviously mislabelled as it's clear that the demolition of the firehall, on the southwest corner of Howard and Rose, occured becuase of St. James Town, not the subway.
Mustapha
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And I wonder how 76 Howard still stands; why wasn't it expropriated with all it's neighbours.
July 11 addition.
Then. Evans Avenue Shopping Centre. [1955-ish? - my guess] NE corner of Evans and Bestobell Road in Etobicoke. I beleive it was thedeepend that identified the location last summer sometime.
I managed to be running errands nearby and had the opportunity to take a Now photo in May.
thecharioteer
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I'm not sure if it is a private road. Looking at TO Maps, it still looks public with the houses having municipal addresses.
DSC
Superstar
I am not sure if you can say that a road marked on the City Map site is necessarily public. As far as I know, Percy Street (off KIng Street just east of Sumach) is a private street but looks 'regular" on these online maps.
Anna
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I'm not sure if it is a private road. Looking at TO Maps, it still looks public with the houses having municipal addresses.
But the street is enclosed by a fuschia property line just like the houses (and Ontario St) unlike Howard, Glen, and Bleecker.
Eden Smith was the architect for 1-9 Edgedale Road and all are listed heritage properties.
adma
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And in that light, esp. given the Eden Smith lineage and the adjacency to St Simon's, it's probably best thought of in terms of private places.
Mustapha
Senior Member
July 12 addition.
"Street Cleaning". Taken on University Avenue July 1, 1926.
Now. June 2010.
"Street Cleaning". Taken on University Avenue July 1, 1926.
Now. June 2010.