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Go on a live-streamed Jane’s Walk: May 7–9

April 28, 2021May 3, 2021 Streeter staff Jane's Walk, tour, walk

Jane’s Walks are continuing to explore Toronto neighbourhoods and communities with activities on the May 7–9 weekend.

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May 6: Jane’s Walk on Leaside’s great divide

April 22, 2018May 4, 2018 Streeter staff Canada Wire, Jane's Walk, Laird Drive

The Jane’s Walk in Leaside on May 6 is Between Homes and Jobs: A Walk Down Laird Drive, focusing on the divide between the neighbourhood’s industrial and residential areas as laid out in 1912.

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May 5: Jane’s Walk through history of Beaches’ parks

April 21, 2018May 3, 2018 Streeter staff Balmy Beach Club, Carter’s Landing, Jane's Walk, Privatization

The Path to Park Privatization is the title of the Jane’s Walk on May 5 that starts at 1:30 p.m. on the West side of Balmy Beach Club.

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May 4: Jane’s Walk explores Harbord Village

April 20, 2018May 3, 2018 Streeter staff Architectural Conservancy Ontario, Bloor Street West, Brunswick Avenue, Brunswick House Rexall, College Street, Gwendolyn McEwan, Jane's Walk, Joe Shuster, Kensington Market, Norman Bethune

The Jane’s Walk on Harbord Village: An Historic Downtown Neighbourhood will take place on May 4 at 2 p.m., beginning at Brunswick House Rexall.

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May 4: Jane’s Walk to begin at Anne Johnston Health Station

April 20, 2018May 3, 2018 Streeter staff Anne Johnston Health Station, Jane's Walk

The Jane’s Walk on Access in the City, Health & Well Being will take place on May 4 at 11:30 a.m., beginning at Anne Johnston Health Station at 2398 Yonge St

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NEWS 

HURD AROUND TOWN: From farms and racetracks to Canada’s ‘Arrivals City’

May 27, 2014June 8, 2014 Larry Hurd Geoff Kettel, Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk, Sabina Ali

I brought along some comfy shoes to go with my pen and paper for this assignment.

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Still a good place to ‘Live, Work and Shop’

May 13, 2014June 9, 2014 Larry Hurd Jane's Walk, Thorncliffe Park

Having lived in Thorncliffe in the 1970s, Larry Hurd thought he knew its history. Boy, was he in for a surprise!

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Walking the Walk through Don Mills

May 1, 2012May 3, 2021 Town Crier staff Don Mills, Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk, Leaside Spurs, Pathways, Ron Kluger

Resident leads historical tour along paths for Jane’s Walk

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Revealing a colourful Danforth history

June 15, 2011June 30, 2014 Caitlin Orr Community Planning, Danforth Village, Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk, Little Ethiopia

From Greenwood to Monarch Park, Jane’s Walk explores future possibilities

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Signs of hope and prosperity in Lawrence Heights

May 13, 2011May 4, 2017 Shawn Star community housing, Jane's Walk, Lawrence Heights

When Torontonians hear or read about Lawrence Heights, it’s easy to consider the history of violence that has been intermittently plaguing the area for years.

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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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