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Keewatin Avenue

A Kind Heart front
Business NEWS 

More than a business at A Kind Heart

March 3, 2018October 16, 2019 Andrea Freedman A Kind Heart, Keewatin Avenue, Yonge Street

When Kyla Prosser opened A Kind Heart — a gender-neutral gift boutique catering to adults and children — on Keewatin Avenue, just off Yonge Street, a year and a half ago, her main goal was giving back.

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Park near Keewatin Ave
Our Streets 

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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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.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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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

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