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Flemingdon site of shootings

Don Valley Daily Updates: January–April 2020

April 30, 2020November 27, 2020 Streeter staff bridge, cancellations, COVID-19, Eglinton Avenue East, essential workplaces, extreme weather, fire, garbage, homicide, Michael Coteau, parks, ShopHERE, theft, Toronto Police, Windfields Park, yard waste

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Don Valley neighbourhoods.

Don Valley Daily Updates: 2019

December 31, 2019May 19, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan, Aga Khan Park, bridge, Canada Day, Canadian Automobile Association, collision, Eglinton Avenue East, fire, food bank, Ismaili Centre, Liberal Party, Michael Coteau, Pynford Crescent, Raptors, Spanbridge Road, theft, Toronto Police, Wynford Drive, Yasmine Ratansi

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Don Valley neighbourhoods.

Crescent Town bridge collapsed

Pedestrian bridge still out after collapsing four months ago

March 24, 2019March 30, 2019 Kyle Marshall Brad Bradford, bridge, city council, Crescent Town Elementary School, John Tory, pedestrian bridge, Pinedale Properties, Toronto District School Board

Parents, school staff and students are asking why repairs have not started four months after a pedestrian bridge collapsed outside Crescent Town Elementary School.

Avoca bridge being torn down

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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.

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Sept.15: Pub crawl for Beaches bridge players

September 1, 2018September 12, 2018 Streeter staff bridge, Queen Street East

Duplicate bridge is played in the pubs of Queen Street East on Sept. 15, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

CNIB pedestrian bridge restoration under way

December 8, 2013 Town Crier staff bridge, CNIB, John Carmichael, John Parker

Spanning Bayview Avenue just north of Kilgour Road, the CNIB Bayview pedestrian bridge might be an iconic sight, but it’s seen better days.

Bridge club ousted from library

September 14, 2011 Town Crier staff bridge, City Leasing, Forest Hill Bridge C, Forest Hill Library, games

City rent bid too much for Forest Hill group

THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

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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.

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

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

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan

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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan

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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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