Streeter

Streeter

News, Views & Things To Do in Our Neighbourhoods

  • Home
  • NEWS
  • THINGS TO DO
  • VIEWS
  • Daily Updates in Your Community:
    • The Beach
    • Cabbagetown
    • Don Mills
    • East Danforth
    • East York
    • Forest Hill
    • Leaside
    • Leslieville
    • North Toronto
    • Parkview-O’Connor
    • Riverdale
    • Upper Beaches
    • Woodbine

THAT WAS THEN

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Rodger Burnside Danforth Avenue, Empringham Hotel, Historical

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

Read more
Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Rodger Burnside COBS Bread, Historical, La Sala Restaurant, Queen Street East, Waverley Road

We didn’t realize until inspecting the photo, featuring the Cobs Bread outlet, that the beautiful old wooden home from 1903 is still there too.

Read more
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Rodger Burnside Beltline Park, Iron Horse, Kay Gardner Beltline, Yonge Street

A photo from city archives in 1915 shows a time when the railway had taken over the Beltline crossing, leaving vehicles drawn by horses to pass under.

Read more
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Rodger Burnside Eglinton Avenue, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Yonge Eglinton Centre, Yonge Street

Yonge-Eglinton is back to being like any other big city of highrises, crowded sidewalks and clogged roads, which makes it a good time to have a look back.

Read more
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Rodger Burnside Eglinton Avenue East, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Mt. Pleasant Road, streetcar

When the Mt. Pleasant Road Loop was being built nearly 94 years ago, the work didn’t cause massive traffic jams as the building of the Eglinton Crosstown line does now.

Read more
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Rodger Burnside Montgomery Avenue, Yonge Street

Yonge Street once featured horse-drawn hay wagons and streetcars, not to mention pedestrians and dogs straying across, according to a 1917 photo.

Read more
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff Avoca Avenue, bridge, St. Clair Avenue East, viaduct

Four-lane viaduct spanned the Yellow Creek ravine, joining up two stretches of St. Clair Avenue and giving Moore Park better access to Toronto.

Read more
Danforth and Broadview 1908
THAT WAS THEN 

Back when Danforth was a frontier town

November 17, 2018December 8, 2018 Streeter staff Broadview Avenue, Danforth Avenue

Back in 1908 the west end of what was to become the Danforth Avenue strip known as Greektown resembled nothing more than an isolated frontier town.

Read more
Oulcott’s
THAT WAS THEN 

More than a century of change at Yonge and Helendale

November 6, 2017December 8, 2018 Streeter staff Helendale Avenue, Yonge Street

In the early 1900s, when the above photo was taken, Oulcott’s Hotel stood at the northwest corner of what is now Yonge Street and Helendale Avenue.

Read more
Mt. Pleasant Road and Keewatin Avenue
THAT WAS THEN 

Seventy-six years at the corner of Mt. Pleasant and Keewatin

October 1, 2017November 24, 2020 Streeter staff Keewatin Avenue, Mt. Pleasant Road

Pictures from 1941 show a very different North Toronto, at least at Mt. Pleasant Road and Keewatin Avenue.

Read more

Our communities

Streeter News, Views and Things To Do are selected from neighbourhoods across Toronto. For local news only, see our community pages:

• The Beach
• Cabbagetown
• Don Mills
• East Danforth
• East York
• Forest Hill
• Leaside
• Leslieville
• North Toronto
• Parkview-O’Connor
• Riverdale
• Upper Beaches
• Woodbine Heights

We are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

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

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

WHAT IS STREETER?

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Copyright © 2023 Streeter. All rights reserved.
  ·   Log in