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Helendale Avenue
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Helendale a small gem in a big neighbourhood

November 7, 2017November 21, 2017 Andrea Freedman Edith Street, Eglinton Avenue, Helendale Avenue, Northern District Library, Yonge Street

Walk just a couple of streets north of Eglinton Avenue from Yonge Street and you will find Helendale Avenue, a small residential street spanning two blocks.

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Park near Keewatin Ave
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Despite controversies, Keewatin known as a safe, neighbourly place to live

October 15, 2017October 24, 2017 Andrea Freedman Density Creep Neighbourhood Alliance, Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre, Kathleen Wynne, Keewatin Avenue, Keewatin Developments, Mount Hope Cemetery, Ontario Municipal Board, Sherwood Park

Keewatin Avenue, in the heart of the Yonge-Eglinton neighbourhood, is named for the Aboriginal term for Canada’s central land mass.

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McRae Drive
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Gently curving McRae Drive is Leaside’s backbone

June 27, 2017July 27, 2017 Rodger Burnside Frederick Gage Todd, McRae Drive, Randolph McRae

If we had to pick any street to be considered the backbone of residential and social Leaside, McRae Drive would have to be it.

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Hillsdale Avenue family
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Cosy, cottagy feeling on Hillsdale Avenue

June 26, 2017May 18, 2019 Andrea Freedman Hillsdale Avenue, Morgentaler Clinic, real estate, Sage Real Estate

Hillsdale Avenue, that part running east of Yonge Street just one block south of Soudan Avenue, has a residential vibe all its own.

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Leaside Public School
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A prime minister once called Bessborough Drive home

February 15, 2017November 12, 2021 Brian Baker Bessborough Drive, Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School, Frank Mahovlich, history, Patrick Rocca, Pete Mahovlich, Stephen Harper

Imagine a young Stephen Harper, future prime minister, playing a game of street hockey on Bessborough Drive with the other

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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