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Erskine Avenue

Garbage chute death
NEWS 

Man, 30, dead after fall down garbage chute

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 Rodger Burnside Erskine Avenue, garbage chute

Police are investigating the death of a man who fell down a garbage chute on Tuesday evening at 140 Erskine Ave., west of Mt. Pleasant Road.

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40 Erskine construction site
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John Fisher parent records safety gap at Erskine construction site

November 26, 2017December 8, 2017 Brian Baker development, Erskine Avenue, Jaye Robinson, John Fisher Public School, KG Group

The city issued a warning to the developer at 18–30 Erskine Avenue after a parent posted a video showing an open gate at the construction site.

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Students and parents from John Fisher Public School
NEWS 

OMB-approved condo leads John Fisher parents to activism

March 10, 2017August 11, 2017 Brian Baker development, Erskine Avenue, Jaye Robinson, Josh Matlow, Ontario Municipal Board

Parents are protesting a 35-storey condominium, approved by the OMB after being described as bad planning by the city. It’s to be built beside their school.

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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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