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Riverdale mapStreeter Riverdale covers Toronto’s east end south of East York and north of the VIA rail line that separates it from Leslieville. It includes the neighbourhoods known as Riverdale and Riverside lining the east side of the Don Valley, as well as Playter Estates, Blake-Jones, and the north end of Greenwood-Coxwell. Well-known shopping and dining districts in the Riverdale area include Greektown on the Danforth and Chinatown East near Gerrard and Broadview.

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Arts & Music Events Fundraising THINGS TO DO 

March 11: Support Ukraine by attending concert

March 4, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff fundraiser, Opera House, Ukraine

Toronto-based bands and artists are organizing a fundraising concert in support of Ukraine on March 11 at the Opera House, 735 Queen St. E.

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Activism THINGS TO DO 

Feb. 23: Join webinar on Metrolinx’s Don Valley layover

February 9, 2022February 17, 2022 Streeter staff Don Valley, Don't Mess With the Don, Metrolinx

Don’t Mess With the Don is hosting a webinar to discuss Metrolinx’s plans for a “layover and service facility” in the Don Valley.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Avoca bridge being torn down
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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

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