Streeter

Streeter

News, Views & Things To Do in Our Neighbourhoods

  • >>> A new Streeter is coming! >>>

Toronto Blue Jays

Abby Tobias of Sole Power
*FEATURED Business NEWS 

Entertainment firm emerging from pandemic with new North Toronto digs

March 7, 2022 Brian Baker Abby Tobias, COVID-19, Keys N Krates, Sole Power Entertainment, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors

Abby Tobias is putting all of his chips on the table with Sole Power Entertainment’s move to a three-storey glass building at 3435 Yonge St.

Read more
Column VIEWS 

World Series closer shares love of baseball, Leaside

March 23, 2015October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Ron Taylor, Toronto Blue Jays

Do you smell that? It’s pine tar, replacing the freshly flooded arenas in Leaside. A signal that the end of

Read more
Sports 

Bennington Heights Park revamp benched, for now

September 26, 2014 Brian Baker Bennington Heights Park, Howard Birnie, Leaside Baseball Association, Toronto Blue Jays

Leaside Baseball Association may have to wait until next year to revitalize the diamond at Bennington Heights Park.

Read more
Sports 

Blue Jays broadcaster heeded ‘voice’

January 27, 2014March 4, 2019 Perry King baseball, Jerry Howarth, sportscasting, Toronto Blue Jays

Early on a January Sunday morning at Lawrence Park Community Church, Jerry Howarth walks up to the podium and begins to talk about a moment that changed his life.

Read more

THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

MORE THAT WAS THEN »

WHAT IS STREETER?

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Copyright © 2022 Streeter. All rights reserved.
  ·   Log in