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74-599: The bay is named for Sarah Ashbridge , a British loyalist from Philadelphia whose family once lived nearby on a farm. It was once a five square kilometre marsh on the Don River delta and one of the largest wetlands in Eastern Canada . A breakwall formed on the western end with an outlet into Toronto Bay. Unwin Avenue follows the former sandbar or chain of islands once called Fisherman’s Island that once sheltered

148-542: A skateboard park . The current bay is surrounded by marinas, the treatment plant and a small tree lined section along Lake Shore Boulevard East such that the original natural shoreline has disappeared completely. Ashbridges Bay is also a popular location for fireworks on Canada Day and Victoria Day . Cherry Street Beach is the old remaining portion of the sandbar. 43°39′34″N 79°18′39″W  /  43.659334°N 79.310925°W  / 43.659334; -79.310925 Sarah Ashbridge The Ashbridge Estate

222-569: A collection of family artifacts. Dorothy, Sarah Ashbridge's great-great-granddaughter, continued living in the house until 1997. The six generations of the Ashbridge family are the only family in the history of Toronto to have retained the same property for more than 200 years. A number of localities in the area are named after the Ashbridges. Just to the south of the house is Jonathan Ashbridge Park (named after Sarah's son), while slightly to

296-544: A day comparison shopped between Eaton's and Simpson's. Today, Eaton's is gone, but the Toronto Eaton Centre still remains at the same location, one of Canada's largest office and shopping complexes. Simpson's is also gone, but the historic department store building remains on the south side of Queen Street, occupied by the Hudson's Bay and Saks Fifth Avenue stores. Further west, this stretch of Queen Street

370-399: A host of others. In the 1960s and into the early 1980s, this stretch of Queen Street West was an aging commercial strip, known for "greasy spoon" restaurants and inexpensive housing in the area. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the area was transformed by local students, including those of the nearby Ontario College of Art & Design , and the area developed an active music scene which was one of

444-449: A major renovation and community consultation process. Artscape's $ 17 million transformation of the building, the former Shaw Street School, was completed just before the centenary of its construction in 1914. Artscape Youngplace is a 75,000 sq. ft. centre for creative collaboration housing a diverse mix of creators working in a variety of disciplines, as well as arts, community and social mission organizations. The Queen West Art Crawl (QWAC)

518-637: A trend of gentrification along Queen Street East. Queen is home to a number of landmarks in this area, including the New Edwin Hotel , New Broadview House Hotel , The Opera House, and the Ralph Thornton Community Centre . The Queen Street Viaduct, along with the surrounding bridges, carry traffic on Queen Street over the Don River . The bridge was originally constructed in 1803 as a wooden bridge. The current bridge

592-534: Is a historic estate in eastern Toronto, Ontario , Canada. The property was settled by the Ashbridge family, who were English Quakers who left Pennsylvania after the American Revolutionary War . In 1796, as United Empire Loyalists , the family were granted 600 acres (240 ha) of land on Lake Ontario east of the Don River , land which they had begun clearing two years earlier. The family constructed log cabins and frame homes on

666-515: Is a major east–west thoroughfare in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. It extends from Roncesvalles Avenue and King Street in the west to Victoria Park Avenue in the east. Queen Street was the cartographic baseline for the original east–west avenues of Toronto's and York County's grid pattern of major roads . The western section of Queen (sometimes simply referred to as "Queen West") is a centre for Canadian broadcasting, music, fashion, performance, and

740-466: Is an annual three-day festival celebrating the arts on Queen Street West and featuring the artists, arts organizations and businesses on the thoroughfare. It is produced by the not-for-profit Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation. The area between Trinity Bellwoods Park and Roncesvalles Avenue has been referred to as "Queer West" or "Queer Street West", an LGBTQ enclave in Toronto similar to

814-452: Is an east–west Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) streetcar route, running on Queen Street. The 501 Queen streetcar remains one of the TTC's busiest and longest streetcar routes; it runs every six minutes in each direction (traffic permitting). Queen Street West is also served by Osgoode station at University Avenue. Service is provided 24 hours a day, though overnight service between 1 am and 5 am

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888-559: Is called Riverdale. Since its amendment to the City of Toronto in 1884, the area has developed a stature as a neighbourhood of independent arts, with several independent galleries located along Queen Street East. The residential landscape within Riverdale is made up primarily of Victorian and Edwardian style homes, constructed in the 1800s as boarding rooms for the working-class. It is a mixed income and multicultural area, currently experiencing

962-480: Is dominated by institutional and cultural buildings such as Old City Hall , Toronto City Hall , Osgoode Hall and the Four Seasons Centre . The area between University and Spadina Avenues was a cultural nexus in the 1980s known for its cheap restaurants, clubs, eclectic mix of musicians and artists and was a haven for the punk rock scene with its famous club kids such as Kinga, Seika, Wanda and

1036-409: Is in parts of two neighbourhoods, Upper Beaches and The Beaches . From Woodbine to Kingston Road , there's a mix of newer commercial/residential buildings. The northern half is covered with various modern looking stores, with the southern half covered by a retail development by The Behar Group , consisting of 5 residential condos, with ground floor retail spaces. The section of Kingston to Coxwell

1110-486: Is located at the corner of Queen and John Streets in this area. By the mid-1990s MuchMusic become associated with Queen Street's culture; the station's VJs have often broadcast their segments live from outside the building, and programs such as Electric Circus and the MuchMusic Video Awards have regularly taken place on the street. St. Patrick's Market , at 238 Queen Street West, was founded in

1184-464: Is only a minor residential side street, which continues west to the Neville Park streetcar loop , the eastern end of the 501 route, before widening into a thoroughfare. Around the intersection with Victoria Park, the south side of the street is beside the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant , a crucial water treatment plant for both Toronto and York Region . From Woodbine to Coxwell, Queen Street

1258-664: Is operated as one of three streetcar routes on the TTC's Blue Night Network under the route number 301 Queen, with less frequent service. Beneath Queen Street West is a little-known urban artifact. In the 1940s, the Toronto Transit Commission proposed to construct, in addition to a rapid-transit subway under Yonge Street, a second tunnel under Queen Street that would allow the PCC streetcars from certain routes to avoid other traffic as they ran through central areas. The Queen subway would run from Trinity Bellwoods Park in

1332-544: Is similar in design, but without the retail development on the southern side, including the Alliance Cinemas The Beach location. A little to east of the Queen/ Eastern /Kingston intersection there is the northern border of Woodbine Park , used for outdoor events. The area from Greenwood to Logan is known as Leslieville. Queen passes underneath the elevated CN railway tracks, and this marks

1406-599: The Cameron , the Horseshoe Tavern and The Rivoli have remained and changed little, the strip is now cluttered with mid- and higher-end international chain stores such as H&M and Zara , the antithesis of what the area was about in the 1970s and 1980s. The broadcast hub at 299 Queen Street West (formerly called the CHUM-City Building), housing a number of Bell Media 's television operations,

1480-643: The Church-Wellesley Village . The community started to form in the 1970s thanks to the General Idea artistic collective and their contributions to FILE Megazine . In the 1980s, the Operation Soap police raids affected some of the gay bathhouses in the community like The Barracks. As the area developed in the early 2000s, plans for condo expansions stirred gentrification concerns, leading to local "queer kiss-in" protests. Over

1554-572: The Eaton's and Simpson's department stores faced each other across Queen Street, with the rivalry between the two stores at one time as central to Toronto retailing as the Macy's / Gimbel's competition was to New York City 's retail history. The pedestrian crosswalk on Queen Street, just to the west of the intersection with Yonge Street, was for years one of the busiest in Canada, as thousands of shoppers

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1628-410: The 'Milky Way.' There is a business improvement association in this area, grouping businesses in the area under the 'Parkdale Village' banner. The Parkdale Library is located at Cowan Avenue, and Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre is located just south of Queen Street on Cowan. Parkdale has a higher proportion of lower-income residents and there are several support agencies located along Queen. The 501 Queen

1702-607: The 1880s. They sold all but this part of their original farm by the 1920s. Donated to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1972, it was the family estate until 1997. As they changed from pioneers to farmers to professionals over 200 years on this property, the Ashbridges personified Ontario's development from agricultural frontier to urban industrial society." 43°39′55″N 79°19′22″W  /  43.665303°N 79.322759°W  / 43.665303; -79.322759 Queen Street East Queen Street

1776-422: The 1930s. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the area was also the heart of Toronto's Polish and Ukrainian communities. From the 1950s through the 1970s, many immigrants from Portugal settled in the area. Gentrification over the past twenty years has caused most recent immigrants to gradually move to more affordable areas of the city as desirability of the area drives up prices. Like other gentrified areas of Toronto,

1850-763: The 1960s. Until reaching Jarvis Street, the north side is the Moss Park neighbourhood, with the park and Moss Park Armoury along the street. South of Queen is the Corktown neighbourhood. In the east side of downtown it passes St. Michael's Hospital and Metropolitan United Church . At Yonge Street in the downtown core, the street is in the Financial District and at the Eaton Centre . Since the 19th century, Queen Street West at Yonge Street has been one of Toronto's primary shopping destinations. Originally,

1924-497: The Ashbridges' orchard. Woodfield Road, on the east side of the current property, was originally the farm lane going to the fields farther north. By the 1920s, the property owned by the family had shrunk to the 2 acres (0.81 ha) that now make up the estate. Wellington's daughters, Dorothy Bullen and Elizabeth Burton, donated the house and remaining property to the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1972, along with

1998-493: The Borough of Etobicoke desiring a counterpart to another street called The Kingsway. A legacy of The Queensway being formerly part of Queen Street is still evident in a parallel street known as North Queen Street north of Sherway Gardens , which was once a jogged section of Queen St./The Queensway west of Kipling Avenue , later bypassed by a direct extension of the street's southern baseline to connect to The Middle Road ,

2072-604: The City. Engineer E. H. Keating devised a plan to alter the course of the Don River which improved conditions in the river, but the bay remained severely polluted. Starting in 1912, the Toronto Harbour Commission began the Ashbridge's Bay Reclamation Scheme, the largest infrastructure project in North America up to that time. The bay was drained, and dredging from the Toronto Harbour

2146-470: The Don River to near Coxwell Avenue it was part of Kingston Road (and resuming as Queen Street thereafter), and was the westernmost section of that historic route to Kingston, Ontario , whose western terminus today is just east of Coxwell. The first park lots laid out in the new city of York (which would be renamed Toronto in 1834) were given to loyal officials who were willing to give up the amenities of modern cities such as Kingston to take up residence in

2220-670: The Eastern Gap and a parkland/recreational strip at the south end. In 1912, the Toronto Harbour Commission drained it and reclaimed the land. The Ashbridges Bay Reclamation Scheme was the largest engineering project in North America at that time, filling in an area from Cherry Street to Leslie Street to create the Port Lands Industrial District and building the Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant . When it

2294-480: The bay from the western end of the current Inner Portlands to beyond Leslie Street to near Woodbine Avenue where an outlet once existed. During the existence as the sandbar was home fishing community (fish huts and homes) along with St. Nicholas Anglican Church, a school as well as 35 homes from 1911 to 1924. Historically it was a sandbar peninsula when Toronto Islands was still linked as 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long by 0.25 miles (0.40 km) wide landform. Before 1900,

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2368-449: The bay was used to obtain ice during the winter months. These operations stopped after the bay became polluted to the point the water became unsafe: Due to industrial development and sewage disposal into the marsh, in 1910 a Toronto Board of Trade proposal for Ashbridges Bay was for an industrial district for industrial offices and sites served by railway lines, public warehouses alongside docking facilities south of Keating Channel to

2442-465: The border of Leslieville. Queen Street East is the commercial hub of Leslieville. In Leslieville, Queen is home to many small stores and restaurants. From Greenwood (Vancouver Avenue) to Woodfield, the northern side of the street is beside the Ashbridge Estate , a large historic estate. The Russell Carhouse is also on this stretch of Queen Street. The place between Logan and the Don River

2516-455: The break. The other sections were a stub of the street continuing west of Roncesvalles and ending at Colborne Lodge Drive by High Park , and a short side street in Swansea running west from Ellis Avenue. When The Queensway was extended east in the 1950s, the latter two section where absorbed into it, rather than having the name "Queen Street" restored to the now-continuous street, likely due to

2590-436: The broadcast operations of a number of television outlets owned by Bell Media . Queen Street East, though not as famous as Queen Street West, is known for its shopping, especially in nearby neighbourhoods. Until the 1940s and 50's Queen Street extended west (in several sections) along what is today The Queensway, with the name changed through the westernmost segment though the former Etobicoke in 1947 to avoid confusion due to

2664-470: The cheaper rent, an area at the time which was desolate after working hours. The push continued into the mid- and late 2000s and into Parkdale until that area also became associated with trendy businesses, and now condos. By the mid-1990s with the opening of mainstream stores such as Le Château , probably the first chain store on the strip, the name "Queen Street" became synonymous with terms such as "trendy", "hip", and "cool". While original businesses such as

2738-407: The city only the year before. Toronto Fire Services' "active incidents" website reported the fire as six-alarm intensity, with over 14 separate units dispatched to the scene throughout the day. Several neighbourhood businesses and apartments were destroyed in the blaze. In some cases, the destruction caused by the fire gave rise to additional angst over the changing character of Queen Street West and

2812-600: The developer Urbancorp applied to demolish the MOCCA and the adjacent buildings housing the Edward Day and Clint Roenisch Gallery and replace them with the nine-story "MOCCA Condo". The museum moved to a former factory building on Sterling Road north of Dundas Street West. In 2014, Vogue Magazine ranked the neighborhood second in their compilation of the world's top 15 hippest neighborhoods, second only by Shimokitazawa , Tokyo . Another cause of this gallery conglomeration

2886-405: The dominant centres of Canadian music in its era. The late 1980s saw the relocation of CityTV to 299 Queen Street West which gentrified the area almost overnight. A more mainstream culture soon attracted other artists, wider audiences, and wealthier businesses to the area. Small independent businesses started to move further west on Queen Street West past Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Street for

2960-533: The east is Sarah Ashbridge Avenue. The bay that marked the southern edge of the property is now known as Ashbridge's Bay , named for John Ashbridge. On the east and north sides of the bay is the large Ashbridge's Bay Park. Ashbridge's Bay Park North, to the north of the bay, is the site of the Ashbridge's Bay Skate Park, opened in 2009. The west side of the bay is the location of the Ashbridge's Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant , Toronto's main sewage treatment plant and

3034-696: The eastern portion of the street, the Gallery District contains an abundance of space available for special events. The Camera Bar—originally established by film director and producer Atom Egoyan —is now operated by the Stephen Bulger Gallery as a rental space that offers a bar and film/video screening venue. West Queen West has undergone rapid transformation in the past couple of years. Rents have increased dramatically and many galleries have left. Recent departures include Sis Boom Bah, Luft Gallery, Burston Gallery and Brackett Gallery. At

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3108-571: The family began clearing land east of present-day Greenwood Avenue on three plots laid out by John Graves Simcoe , on a country trail which became the Kingston Road . As United Empire Loyalists fleeing political persecution in the United States, the family were officially granted 600 acres (240 ha) of the land in 1796, known as Part Lots 7, 8, and 9, stretching from Lake Ontario to present-day Danforth Avenue . A log cabin

3182-573: The family donated the estate to the Ontario Heritage Trust , although members of the family continued living in the home until 1997. The site was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2008. The Ashbridges are the only family in the history of Toronto to have continuously occupied land that they settled for more than 200 years. The Ashbridge family were English Quakers who lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania in

3256-470: The family's property in the late-1800s, Jesse's wife, Elizabeth, began subdividing the lot in 1893. A second storey in Second Empire style was added to the home in 1900, with a mansard roof , while maintaining the original veranda. The house was built to the east of the old frame home, which was demolished in 1913. Elizabeth continued to live in the home until her death in 1918. A further addition

3330-518: The forests north of Lot Street. These 40 hectares (99 acres) lots were placed along the south side of the first east–west road laid in York, Lot Street. In the 1840s, Lot Street was renamed in honour of Queen Victoria . "Queen West" is local vernacular which generally refers to the collection of neighbourhoods that have developed along and around the thoroughfare. Many of these were originally ethnically-based neighbourhoods. The earliest example from

3404-463: The former Queen Street Mental Health Centre, now part of CAMH ), a combination that has led to the district being named one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world both in 2015 and 2016. The Stephen Bulger Gallery, founded in 1994, is also located on Queen West, as was the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), which relocated to the area in 2005. MOCCA moved out of the area in 2018. In 2013,

3478-404: The ground-floor and residences above. Many of the buildings date to the 1880s era when Parkdale was an independent village. There are numerous bars and restaurants along this section. There is also an increasing number of storefront art galleries, part of an increasing number of artists locating in the area. The lane way parallel to Queen on the south side is decorated with murals, and is nicknamed

3552-429: The late 1830s. The current building dates from 1912. This property is currently home to a communal food market, currently undergoing renovations the property is slated to re-open in 2018. From Spadina to Bathurst, Queen Street is lined with street-level retail, with upper level apartments. Bates and Dodds, Toronto's oldest operating funeral home is at 931 Queen St. West, across from Trinity Bellwoods Park and has been in

3626-657: The mid-18th century. Jonathan Ashbridge (1734-1781) had been disowned by the Chester Meeting some time after the American Revolutionary War and died in Pennsylvania in 1782. Jonathan's wife, Sarah James, arrived in Upper Canada in 1793 with her two sons, John and Jonathan, three of her daughters, and their families. Folklore suggests they spent their first winter in the ruins of the old French fort, Fort Rouillé , near present-day Fort York . In 1794,

3700-458: The mid-19th century was Claretown, an Irish immigrant enclave in the area of Queen Street West and Bathurst Street . From the 1890s to the 1930s, Jewish immigrants coalesced in the neighbourhood known as " the Ward ", for which Queen Street between Yonge and University served as the southern boundary. The intersection of Queen and Bay Streets also served as the southern end of a thriving Chinatown in

3774-493: The neighbourhood's unique commercial establishments. Its vision is to retain the unique character of the West Queen West business community in the midst of renewal and growth, while attracting visitors/tourists to an area known to boast high concentrations of art and culture. The BIA promotes the West Queen West neighbourhood as a distinct destination for residents and tourists. Until November 2010, Dufferin and Queen

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3848-463: The original "Queen West" —the stretch between University Avenue and Spadina Avenue — is now lined with upscale boutiques, chain stores, restaurants, tattoo parlours and hair salons. Perhaps the best-known landmark on this section of Queen West is the broadcast hub at 299 Queen Street West , formerly the headquarters of Citytv and MuchMusic and earlier the site of the Ryerson Press, now housing

3922-450: The potential nature of the new development that would eventually replace the burned buildings. Between Bathurst Street and Gladstone Avenue is West Queen West, also known as the Art and Design District. For this two-kilometer stretch, nearly every storefront on the north side is either a gallery, bar, or nightclub (the south side of the street is largely taken up by the buildings and grounds of

3996-595: The precursor to the Queen Elizabeth Way . During the 1982 Toronto municipal election candidate Deanne Taylor established headquarters at The Cameron House - performing nightly with the Hummer Sisters west of Spadina. The commercial district of Queen Street East lies at the heart of The Beaches community. It is characterized by a large number of independent specialty stores. The stores along Queen are known to change tenants quite often causing

4070-415: The same area as the gentrification of the district continued. In the 2000s, the changing character of Queen Street West gave rise to concerns in some quarters over the pace and implications of gentrification. On February 20, 2008, a large fire destroyed several buildings on the south side of the street, between Bathurst and Portland Streets. The block had been declared a heritage conservation district by

4144-494: The same location since 1884. As rents rose, most artists began moving westward to this section of Queen. In the early 1990s, the newly vogue area became associated with nightclubs such as the Bovine Sex Club and several antique shops. Occupying the same area, between Spadina Avenue and Trinity Bellwoods Park south of Queen Street, is Toronto's Fashion District . In the later 1990s, high-priced clothing stores opened in

4218-482: The same time as galleries have closed, many new bars have opened. Many attribute this sudden shift to the development spearheaded by the Drake Hotel , a former flophouse recently renovated and converted to a boutique hotel at a cost of $ 6 million. The Gladstone Hotel is one of a few pre-existing businesses in the area that has been able to capitalize on the recent boom. This grand old railroad-era hotel had over

4292-690: The same year. These houses were completed in 1811, and located west of the present estate. John and Jonathan served as pathmasters of the Kingston Road from 1797 to 1817. Both participated in the War of 1812 and the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Jonathan's son, Jesse, inherited Part Lot 9 upon his father's death in 1845. The house known as the Jesse Ashbridge house was built on the family's land beginning in 1854. The house

4366-666: The second largest such facility in Canada. A large willow tree on the estate, planted in 1919 and a well-known feature of the Leslieville neighbourhood, was felled by high winds in 2016. The Ontario Heritage Trust plaque on the estate reads: "This property was home to one family for two centuries. Sarah Ashbridge and her family moved here from Pennsylvania and began clearing land in 1794. Two years later they were granted 600 acres (243 hectares) between Ashbridge's Bay and present day Danforth Avenue. The Ashbridges prospered as farmers until Toronto suburbs began surrounding their land in

4440-415: The shore of a bay , which was later named for them. The present home was built starting in 1854, with additions in 1900 and 1920. As the city of Toronto grew and encroached on the estate, the family gradually sold off their land, leaving only the current 2-acre (0.81 ha) property by the 1920s. The estate is located on Queen Street East near Greenwood Avenue in the Leslieville neighbourhood. In 1972,

4514-469: The streetscape to change from year to year, sometimes drastically. East of Woodbine Avenue, Queen street has less traffic and is effectively reduced to one lane each way (the outer lanes are used for on-street parking). The centre lanes are used by the 501 streetcar . The first few blocks from Fallingbrook Rd. to Victoria Park Ave. are located in Scarborough , the easternmost part of Toronto, where Queen

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4588-520: The subway. While the Queen line remained on the list of proposals into the 1970s, it was never again a priority. When the Yonge subway was being constructed in the early 1950s, the shell of an east–west station for the Queen line, sometimes called Lower Queen, was built under its Queen station, and passenger flows within the station were laid out on the assumption that it would eventually be an interchange. In

4662-446: The visual arts. Over the past twenty-five years, Queen West has become an international arts centre and a tourist attraction in Toronto. Since the original survey in 1793 by Sir Alexander Aitkin , commissioned by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe , Queen Street has had many names. For its first sixty years, many sections were referred to as Lot Street , section west of Spadina was named Egremont Street until about 1837. East of

4736-414: The west to Broadview Avenue in the east. This two-line plan was approved by referendum in 1946, but when hoped-for funding from the government of Canada did not materialize, the Queen line was postponed. In the 1960s, the TTC decided that a subway to replace the crowded Bloor Street streetcars would be more valuable, as after the construction of the Yonge line most of the passenger traffic had moved north with

4810-467: The years fallen into disrepair and maintained itself by renting boarding-house-style accommodation. Now gentrified, the tavern on the first floor is home to a weekly "Art Bar", where locals from the arts community converge to socialize. In 2005, it underwent a major renovation spearheaded by the Zeidler family . In 2013, Artscape Youngplace opened at 180 Shaw Street, just north of Queen Street West, after

4884-592: The years, the area has been home to various LGBTQ-friendly bars , restaurants, stores, and venues. The Queer West community suffered several closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The businesses on the stretch of Queen West from Bathurst to Gladstone Ave. have organized the West Queen West Business Improvement Area, which is mandated to undertake streetscape improvement projects, organize community events and promote

4958-539: Was a two-legged intersection broken up by the Queen Street subway (a historic CN railway bridge underpass first built in 1898) in the 1200 block, but due to major re-construction, this is now a four-way intersection. Once past there, Queen Street West makes its way through Parkdale . Parkdale is one of Toronto's oldest neighbourhoods, and a former independent village, and Queen Street is its main commercial strip, with two and three-storey mixed use buildings, retail on

5032-547: Was built on the trail about 60 m (200 ft) from the shoreline of Lake Ontario , on a bay formed by the mouth of the Don River . While clearing the land for farming, the family subsisted on fish and waterfowl from the bay and pigs that they raised. The family grew wheat as soon as they were able, which they transported to market. In the winter they sold ice cut from the bay. Sarah Ashbridge died in 1801. The brothers, John and Jonathan, each married in 1809, and began construction on two-storey frame homes for their families

5106-532: Was completed in the 1920s, only a fragment of the original Ashbridges Bay remained, and the mouth of the Don River had been dramatically altered, instead flowing through the Keating Channel . The bay's size was shrunk to the area between the Port Lands and Woodbine Beach . Ashbridges Bay Park opened in 1977. In the early 2000s the park was improved by Waterfront Toronto , including the building of

5180-553: Was conducted in 1910 and is a steel truss bridge . The surrounding bridge goes east to Davies Avenue and west to River Street, splitting into Queen Street and King Street just west Bayview Avenue (east of River Street). The section for the Don River to Yonge Street is located in Downtown Toronto . East of Parliament Street is the Trefann Court area that was the site of a major debate over development in

5254-457: Was designed for Sarah's grandson and Jonathan's son, Jesse Ashbridge, by prominent local architect, Joseph Sheard , who many years later would serve as Mayor of Toronto . The cottage was designed in the Regency style , built with red brick laid in a Flemish bond , with a hipped roof and treillage veranda . Jesse married in 1864 and died in 1874. As Toronto's suburbs began to encroach on

5328-495: Was designed in 1920 by Elizabeth's son, Wellington, who trained as a civil engineer . This was in the form of a two-storey addition to the house's north wall. In the late nineteenth century, waste from livestock operations at the Gooderham and Worts distillery led to increasing pollution in the bay. A cholera outbreak in 1892 led the distillery to implement an improved waste filtration system, under threat of legal action from

5402-414: Was the conversion of a former police building ( Art-Deco building for Metro Toronto Police 6 Division built in 1931 and closed in the 1990s) into Gallery 1313, with extensive financial assistance by the city. A large amount of gallery space, including such galleries as Loop and Fly, allowed Toronto artists of all levels of ability to show their work at a low cost. Unlike the boutique-oriented storefronts of

5476-620: Was used to fill an area from the harbour to the bay, creating the Toronto Port Lands . Only a small portion of the original bay remained, and the home which was once next to the shore was now located some distance away from the water. As the city of Toronto expanded eastward and encroached on the estate, Elizabeth and Wellington Ashbridge subdivided and sold off much of the family's land for residential subdivisions. The Duke of Connaught Public School (1912) and S.H. Armstrong Community Recreation Centre were built on land that had been

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