149-596: Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The building was originally constructed in 1931 as an indoor arena to host ice hockey games. Considered one of the "cathedrals" of hockey, it was home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1931 to 1999. The Leafs won
298-577: A Loblaws supermarket occupying retail space on the lower floors and an arena for Toronto Metropolitan University , known as Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens , occupying the top level. The Toronto Maple Leafs had been playing in the Arena Gardens on Mutual Street. It was built in 1912 and held 7,500 spectators for hockey. By 1930, the Leafs managing director Conn Smythe decided the "Arena"
447-599: A separate section . Roads are listed south to north. The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway , known locally as " the Gardiner ", is an expressway connecting downtown with the western suburbs. Running close to the shore of Lake Ontario , it now extends from the junction of Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in the west to the foot of the Don Valley Parkway in the east, just past
596-489: A $ 20 million loan that had been made to Ballard in 1980 by Molson . In return, he was given an option to buy Gardens shares from Ballard's estate. Molson also agreed to sell its stake in Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. to Stavro. That deal closed in 1994, and shortly after, Stavro bought Ballard's shares from the estate for $ 34 a share or $ 75 million. The purchase was the subject of a securities commission review and
745-486: A Leafs jersey along with numerous former Maple Leaf Players dating back to 1931 when the arena opened up, a banner was brought into the ice commemorating the 13 Stanley Cups the Maple Leafs won since the arena did not have championship banners hanging at the time. Nirvana played a show on their In Utero Tour on November 4, 1993. Oasis was the final musical artist to play at the venue on April 29, 2000. The Gardens
894-421: A World Architecture News Retail and Leisure Interiors Award in the "Retail outlets over 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft)" category. On November 29, 2011, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU; then Ryerson University) announced that Peter Gilgan, Founder and chief executive officer, Mattamy Homes Ltd., contributed a donation of $ 15 million to the university. In honour of Gilgan, the new athletic complex
1043-517: A better Canada. Under Atkinson, the Star launched several other media initiatives, including a weekend supplemental magazine, the Star Weekly , from 1910 to 1973. From 1922 to 1933, the Star was also a radio broadcaster on its station CFCA , broadcasting on a wavelength of 400 metres (749.48 kHz); its coverage was complementary to the paper's reporting. The station was closed following
1192-549: A concert in support of the charity ONEXONE. It was the first concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in 8 years. The arena was used on May 8, 2009, for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association's convention tradeshow. Also in 2009, the arena was used as the venue for the first season of Battle of the Blades , a CBC -produced reality competition pairing former NHL hockey players with professional figure skaters in
1341-587: A digital subscription could access 10 articles a month. The Star removed its paywall on April 1, 2015, and revived it in 2018. On September 15, 2015, the Toronto Star released the Star Touch tablet app, which was a free interactive news app with interactive advertisements. It was discontinued in 2017. At launch, it was only available for the iPad , which uses iOS . Based on a similar app for Montreal-based La Presse released in 2013, Star Touch
1490-404: A fitness facility, studios, high-performance courts, and an NHL-sized ice hockey rink seating approximately 2,796 guests. The plans involved gutting the existing interior and laying new floors for retail use at ground level, with the athletic centre located above. In early 2010, Loblaws invited five design agencies to pitch against each other. The brief was simple: “Create the best food store in
1639-672: A game, and in March 1973—just before the end of the season—the City of Ottawa demanded payment of $ 100,000 to guarantee the club dates at the Ottawa Civic Centre . The team decided to leave Ottawa and played their home playoff games at Maple Leaf Gardens, attracting crowds of 5,000 and 4,000 in two games before being eliminated by the New England Whalers . At the end of the season, the team moved to Toronto permanently and
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#17327805974951788-526: A gatehouse at Yonge Street and progressed westward to present-day University Avenue. Like University Avenue, College Street was surrounded by gates in an attempt to create an elegant driveway like those in Oxford and Cambridge . Little Italy , the northern edges of Kensington Market and Chinatown , and the southern edge of the University of Toronto campus are along College Street. Wellesley Street
1937-555: A lawsuit from Ballard's son Bill Ballard. However, the deal stood, and Stavro and his partners in MLG Ventures became the new owner of the Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens. MLG Ventures took Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. private, and the two corporations amalgamated. becoming Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. after its acquisition of the Toronto Raptors in 1998. Initially, the majority owner of MLSE, holding 51% of
2086-446: A live video for their Grace Under Pressure Tour at Maple Leaf Gardens. The arena played host to Amnesty International 's legendary Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on September 15, 1988. The show was headlined by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band and also featured Sting , Peter Gabriel , Tracy Chapman , Youssou N'Dour and k.d. lang . Pearl Jam performed at the arena on September 21, 1996 (the only Canadian date on
2235-651: A modern International-style office tower at One Yonge Street by Queens Quay . The original Star building at 80 King Street West was demolished to make room for First Canadian Place . The Star expanded during the 1970s with the introduction of a Sunday edition in 1973 and a morning edition in 1981. In 1992, its printing plant was moved to the Toronto Star Press Centre at the Highway 407 & 400 interchange in Vaughan . In September 2002,
2384-455: A native trail named "Gete-Onigaming" in Ojibwe along the foot of the escarpment of the old Lake Iroquois shoreline. The section east of Bathurst Street was formerly a part of Vaughan Road . It runs from Yonge Street to Old Weston Road . Toronto Star The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper . It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited,
2533-420: A new extension was built to turn north to tie into a short southerly extension of Woodbine Avenue. These three streets were reconstructed to form a continuous roadway, and renamed as part of Lake Shore Blvd. on August 25, 1959. West of downtown, Lake Shore Boulevard is served by TTC streetcar routes 501 Queen and 508 Lake Shore . Mill Street runs from Parliament Street to Bayview Avenue. Now associated with
2682-440: A pairs figure skating competition. In 2009, Loblaws announced it had entered into discussions with Toronto Metropolitan University , then known as Ryerson University, regarding the possible future joint use of the arena. On November 30, 2009, the federal government agreed to contribute $ 20 million as part of a $ 60 million project to renovate the arena into a Loblaws grocery store and a new athletic facility for TMU, which included
2831-442: A red dot on the ground floor marking the original centre ice location, the recreation of an original mural by the checkouts and a 12 x 12-metre maple leaf sculpture made out of old seats from the arena, among numerous other things. The centre also includes underground parking, a Joe Fresh , an LCBO liquor store and a medical clinic. It is the chain's flagship location. The transformation went on to win numerous awards, including
2980-608: A result of this process, the shoreline was filled several hundred metres south to Queens Quay. Front Street begins at Bathurst Street and crosses through downtown Toronto north of the rail viaduct. The road passes the Metro Toronto Convention Centre , the CN Tower and Union Station before eventually forcing drivers onto Eastern Avenue. A short side street section branches off at the diversion and continues east to Bayview Avenue . Wellington Street
3129-558: A rift between the two and Bassett, which led to Smythe and Ballard being fired from their management positions in 1969, only to win back control the following year. In September 1971, Bassett sold his shares to Stafford Smythe and Ballard. Just six weeks later, Smythe died. His brother and son tried to keep the shares within the Smythe family, but in February 1972, Ballard purchased all of Smythe's shares, leaving him with majority ownership of
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#17327805974953278-459: A social conscience. He championed many causes that would come to be associated with the modern welfare state : old age pensions , unemployment insurance , and health care . The Government of Canada Digital Collections website describes Atkinson as: a "radical" in the best sense of that term.... The Star was unique among North American newspapers in its consistent, ongoing advocacy of the interests of ordinary people. The friendship of Atkinson,
3427-575: A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the Evening Star and was later renamed the Toronto Daily Star in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson . Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper reflecting his principles until his death in 1948. His son-in-law, Harry C. Hindmarsh , shared those principles as
3576-403: A three-person partnership formed by his son, Stafford Smythe , with Harold Ballard and John W. H. Bassett . The new ownership added 962 new seats to the Gardens in 1962 and added a private club, The Hot Stove Club, the following year. Even more seats were added in 1965, and new mezzanine galleries were constructed in 1966 and 1967. By 1968, seating capacity for hockey had grown to 16,485. This
3725-631: A time as though the stalemate between the two sports franchises would result in two new arenas being constructed in Toronto – one for hockey, one for basketball. When MLSE acquired the Toronto Raptors, however, the Air Canada Centre, which was still under construction, was retrofitted to accommodate both hockey and basketball. The Raptors played their final game at the Gardens on February 9, 1999. A few days later, on February 13, 1999,
3874-474: Is a draft dodger and a disgrace to his country. The Gardens was founded by men — sportsmen — who fought for their country. It is no place for those who want to evade conscription in their own country. The Gardens was built for many things, but not for picking up things that no one else wants. Also in 1966, a new centre-hung scoreboard with a digital clock was installed, replacing the SporTimer, which
4023-521: Is a one-way westbound street north of Front Street. Wellington Street begins at Leader Lane and cuts through downtown Toronto , passing through the Financial District and ends at Strachan Avenue, then continues as Douro Street (once the name for the section from Bathurst Street to Strachan Avenue) until King Street West. Wellington is cut off at Clarence Square and vehicles cannot connect with east or west of Spadina Avenue . Wellington Street
4172-429: Is a westbound one-way street from Yonge Street to Strachan Avenue, and it is one-way eastbound from Niagara Street to Bathurst Street. It is serving as the westbound member of a one-way pair , together with Adelaide Street as its eastbound counterpart. Between its western terminus at Strachan Avenue and Bathurst Street, the street is one-way, alternating directions twice. The street from east of Yonge Street to York Street
4321-416: Is also published online. The Star states that it favours an inclusive, " big tent " approach, not wishing to attract one group of readers at the expense of others. It publishes regular features on real estate (including condominiums), individual neighbourhoods (and street name etymologies), shopping, cooking, dining, alcoholic beverages (right down to having an exclusive on the anti-competitive practices of
4470-489: Is forced onto Clonmore Avenue, where it can travel as far as Birchmount Road. Carlton Street was named by Ann Wood, wife of both Andrew Ryan McGill and then John Strachan , after her brother, Guy Carleton Wood, who was in turn named after Guy Carleton ; it is unknown when the "e" was dropped from the spelling. In 1930, as part of a depression relief program, Carlton Street was realigned east of Yonge Street in order to meet with College Street. The realignment can be seen at
4619-464: Is generally centrist and centre-left , and is more socially liberal than The Globe and Mail . The paper has aligned itself over the years with the progressive "Atkinson principles" named for publisher Joseph E. Atkinson , who was editor and publisher of the paper for 50 years. These principles included social justice and social welfare provision , as well as individual rights and civil liberties . In 1984, scholar Wilfred H. Kesterton described
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4768-490: Is home to Maple Leaf Gardens ; Toronto Maple Leafs mascot, Carlton the Bear, is named after this street. It extends from Yonge Street east to Parliament Street as a major thoroughfare. After a sharp jog north at Parliament Street, Carlton continues east of Parliament as a residential street, ending at the edge of Riverdale Park . The street is also home to several of the city's Franco-Ontarian cultural institutions, including
4917-406: Is likely named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . In maps in the early years of York, the street was called Market Street in reference to the street to the south of Market Square . The street passes by a number of small urban parkettes: The 503 Kingston Rd streetcar route runs on double tracks between Church Street and York Street. Eastern Avenue , formerly South Park Street,
5066-581: Is named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , who is best known for his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and for a short and unpopular tenure as Prime Minister of Britain between 1828 and 1830. Wellesley Street begins at the entrance to the University of Toronto at Queen's Park Crescent. The road passes immediately north of the Ontario Legislative Building , bisecting Queen's Park and separating
5215-613: Is named after this street and continues to maintain a brewery on that street in the Distillery District. Front Street is so named because it fronted the Lake Ontario shoreline at the time of the original layout of York. The early street was called Palace Street . In the early years of the 20th century, the Toronto Harbour Commission revitalized the stagnant industrial waterfront. Largely as
5364-607: Is the first such app for any English-language news organization, quality-wise. In slightly over 50 days since launch, the app had reached the 100,000-download milestone. The Android version was launched on December 1, 2015. The iOS version is rated 12+ by Apple's App Store guidelines and the Android version is rated Mature 17+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). The Toronto Star has seen, like most Canadian daily newspapers ,
5513-500: Is to this day considered to be a remarkable accomplishment, the Gardens was constructed in five months and two weeks at a cost of C$ 1.5 million ($ 28.7 million in 2023 dollars). Team owner Harold Ballard lived in the owner's suite built into the arena's top northeast corner. The Gardens opened on November 12, 1931, with the Maple Leafs losing 2–1 to the Chicago Black Hawks . The reported attendance on opening night
5662-543: The Toronto Star , was hired as general manager of Maple Leaf Gardens to oversee all events other than professional hockey. His son, Foster Hewitt , was hired to run the radio broadcasts and oversaw the construction of the radio broadcast facilities. The contract to construct the building was awarded to Thomson Brothers Construction of Port Credit in Toronto Township. Thomson Bros bid just under $ 990,000 for
5811-502: The 1973–74 season . In the following season , the Toros moved to the Gardens after negotiating a lease with Bill. However, by the time the team played their first game at the Gardens, Harold had been released from prison and regained control of the company. Ballard was a virulent opponent of the WHA; he never forgave the upstart league for decimating the Leafs' roster in the early 1970s. He made
5960-566: The 2015 election , the Star endorsed the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau , and did so again in the 2019 federal election . In Toronto's non-partisan mayoral elections, the Star endorsed George Smitherman in 2010 and John Tory in 2014 and 2018. The Star is one of the few Canadian newspapers that employs a " public editor " ( ombudsman ) and was the first to do so. Its newsroom policy and journalistic standards guide
6109-1149: The Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the National Basketball Association ), the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey League , the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association (1974–1976), the Toronto Blizzard of the North American Soccer League (1980–1982 indoor seasons), the Toronto Shooting Stars of the National Professional Soccer League (1996–1997), and
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6258-536: The Don River on the Gerrard Street Viaduct, constructed between 1922 and 1924. The road continues through East Chinatown and Gerrard India Bazaar (also known as Little India). At Coxwell Avenue, the road deviates one block to the north; this split has led to the distinct parts being labelled as Upper and Lower Gerrard Street. Gerrard Street ends at Clonmore Avenue, west of Warden Avenue; traffic
6407-545: The Don River was completed and opened on December 16, 1923. Gerrard Street begins at University Avenue in the Discovery District , surrounded by Princess Margaret Cancer Centre , Mount Sinai Hospital , Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children . It travels west through downtown Toronto , past Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and Regent Park before crossing
6556-513: The Don Valley Parkway . East of Broadview Avenue, it travels parallel to and three blocks south of Queen Street East along the King Street alignment to east of Coxwell Avenue, where it curves northward and meets Queen Street. North of Queen Street, the road becomes Kingston Road. King Street was named in honour of King George III by John Graves Simcoe when it was laid out in the original plan of York in 1793. It has had various names over
6705-655: The Governors Road and Danforth Road by the end of the 18th century, under the direction of surveyor general Augustus Jones . Danforth Avenue, however, was constructed in 1851 by the Don and Danforth Plank Road Company, connecting the Don Mills Road (now Broadview Avenue north of Danforth Avenue) with the Danforth Road. The road was extended east to Kingston Road (formerly Highway 2 ) in 1935, which included
6854-493: The Greater Toronto Airports Authority . The alternate name is taken from nearby Belfield Road , which begins from the westbound off-ramps for Kipling Avenue. Queens Quay begins west of Bathurst Street at Stadium Road and ends at Lake Shore Boulevard East, where it continues north as Parliament Street . The roadbed is built entirely on infill and is the closest road to Lake Ontario throughout
7003-675: The Humber River was built in segments from 1955 until 1964 by the Metropolitan Toronto government with provincial highway funds. The ten-lane section west of the Humber River was formerly part of the QEW and is now wholly owned and operated by the municipal government of Toronto . When the Gardiner was built, it passed through industrial lands, now mostly converted to residential lands. Extensive repairs became necessary in
7152-507: The Lake Iroquois shoreline and home of Colonel Joseph Wells, father of George Dupont Wells. The estate stood northeast of the modern Bathurst Street and Davenport Road intersection. Wells purchased the property from Adjutant John McGill in 1821 and rebuilt the house that occupied it. McGill built the original house in 1797 and supposedly named it after Major Davenport, who was stationed at Fort York at that time. Davenport Road follows
7301-568: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). On May 28, 2007, the Star unveiled a redesigned paper that featured larger type, narrower pages, fewer and shorter articles, renamed sections, a more prominent focus on local news, and less focus on international news, columnists, and opinion pieces. However, on January 1, 2009, the Star reverted to its previous format. Star P.M. , a free newspaper in PDF format that could be downloaded from
7450-564: The Stanley Cup 11 times from 1932 to 1967 while playing at the Gardens. The first NHL All-Star Game, albeit an unofficial one , was held at the Gardens in 1934 as a benefit for Leafs forward Ace Bailey , who had suffered a career-ending head injury. The first official annual National Hockey League All-Star Game was also held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1947. It was home to the Toronto Huskies (1946–1947) in their single season in
7599-404: The Star as "perpetually indignant" because of its social consciousness. When Atkinson's son Joseph Story Atkinson became president of the Star in 1957, he said, "From its inception in 1892, the Star has been a champion of social and economic reform, a defender of minority rights, a foe of discrimination, a friend of organized labour and a staunch advocate of Canadian nationhood." Another of
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#17327805974957748-422: The Star to be sold. Atkinson's will had directed that profits from the paper's operations were "for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature, for the benefit of the people of the province of Ontario" and it stipulated that the paper could be sold only to people who shared his social views. The five trustees of the charitable organization circumvented
7897-467: The Star to the Riordon family. After an extensive fundraising campaign among the Star staff, Maclean agreed to sell his interest to Hocken. The paper did poorly in its first few years. Hocken sold out within the year, and several owners followed in succession until railway entrepreneur William Mackenzie bought it in 1896. Its new editors, Edmund E. Sheppard and Frederic Thomas Nicholls , moved
8046-557: The Star . The Star was frequently criticized for practising the yellow journalism of its era. For decades, the paper included heavy doses of crime and sensationalism , along with advocating social change. Atkinson was the Star ' s editor from 1899 until his death in 1948. The newspaper's early opposition and criticism of the Nazi regime saw it become one of the first North American papers to be banned in Germany . Atkinson had
8195-666: The Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League (1999–2000). The NBA's Buffalo Braves played a total of 16 regular season games at Maple Leaf Gardens from 1971 to 1975. The NBA's Toronto Raptors played six games at the Gardens from 1997 to 1999, mostly when SkyDome was unavailable. The arena was also one of the few venues outside the United States where Elvis Presley performed in concert (April 2, 1957). In 1972, Maple Leaf Gardens hosted Game 2 of
8344-481: The Toronto Star was less "Toronto-centric" than its rival, The Globe and Mail , writing that the Star "consciously reports for and from Canada's most multicultural city" and catered to a diverse readership. The advent of the National Post in 1998 shook up the Toronto newspaper market. In the upheaval that followed, editorial spending increased and there was much turnover of editors and publishers. In
8493-491: The four-oh-one , opened between December 1947 and August 1956, and was known as the Toronto Bypass at that time. Although it has since been enveloped by suburban development, it still serves as the primary east–west through route in Toronto and the surrounding region. East of the Don Valley Parkway , it is also known as the Highway of Heroes , in reference to the funeral processions travelling between CFB Trenton and
8642-576: The "Atkinson principles" has been a "strong, united and independent Canada"; in a 1927 editorial, the paper wrote, "We believe in the British connection as much as anybody does but on a self-respecting basis of equality, of citizenship, and not on the old basis of one country belonging to the other." The paper was historically wary of American influence, and during the debates over the North American Free Trade Agreement ,
8791-465: The 48-year-old gondola from which Foster Hewitt regularly broadcast games across Canada and threw it into an incinerator. In an editorial, the Toronto Star called Ballard's actions the "barbaric destruction of one of Canada's great cultural monuments." Then, in 1982, the centre-hung scoreboard that had been in use since 1966 was replaced by a new centre-hung scoreboard with a colour matrix message/animation screen on each side, which remained in use for
8940-677: The 50 years to 1972, the Star endorsed the Liberal Party in each federal general election . In the fifteen federal elections between 1968 and 2019, the Star has endorsed the Liberal Party eleven times, the New Democratic Party twice, and the Progressive Conservative Party twice. Elections in which the Star did not endorse the Liberals took place in 1972 and 1974 (when it endorsed
9089-716: The Act by buying the paper themselves and swearing before the Supreme Court of Ontario to continue what became known as the "Atkinson Principles": These principles continue to affect the Star ' s editorial stances. In February 2006, Star media columnist Antonia Zerbisias wrote on her blog: Besides, we are the Star which means we all have the Atkinson Principles—and its multi-culti values—tattooed on our butts. Fine with me. At least we are upfront about our values, and they almost always work in favour of building
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#17327805974959238-460: The Beer Store that led to major reforms on the sale of alcohol in Ontario grocery stores in 2015 by Premier Kathleen Wynne and Ed Clark ), automobiles (as Wheels), and travel destinations. The Star launched its website in 1996. In October 2012, the Star announced its intention to implement a paywall on its website, thestar.com, effective August 13, 2013. Readers with daily home delivery had free access to all digital content. Those without
9387-512: The Gardens became home to more highbrow forms of entertainment. The Metropolitan Opera staged several of its visiting productions there between 1952 and 1960. The first rock and roll concert at the Gardens was held in 1956, featuring Bill Haley & His Comets . Elvis Presley 's shows at the Gardens on April 2, 1957, were his first-ever concerts outside the United States. The Gardens also hosted evangelist Billy Graham during his "Canadian Crusade" in 1955. In 1961, Smythe sold most of his shares to
9536-414: The Gardens during World War II. Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) secretary W. A. Hewitt served as the managing director of Maple Leaf Gardens from 1931 to 1948. When the Gardens opened, it served as the home rink for all Toronto-based teams in the OHA, except for the University of Toronto . The OHA regularly renewed lease agreements to keep the same arrangement. On November 1, 1946, Maple Leaf Gardens
9685-435: The Gardens on October 21, 1976, marking their final concert with drummer Keith Moon with a paying audience. The Who returned to the venue in December 1982 for the final show of what was originally intended to be their farewell tour. The Jacksons performed here on August 5, 1981, during their Triumph Tour. The video for The Reflex by Duran Duran was shot at Maple Leaf Gardens in March 1984. Toronto rock trio Rush recorded
9834-464: The Governor's Road ( Dundas Street ). Queen Street begins at an intersection with The Queensway, Roncesvalles Avenue and King Street and crosses through Parkdale , the Fashion District , downtown Toronto , Riverdale , Leslieville , East Toronto and The Beaches , ending east of Victoria Park Avenue at a residential street named Fallingbrook Road in Scarborough. Aside from the easternmost three blocks from Neville Park Boulevard to Fallingbrook Road,
9983-402: The Ontario Coroners Office in Downtown Toronto, the latter of which was moved to Humber River Hospital grounds on Wilson Avenue west of Keele Street in 2013. Highway 401 crosses the entirety of Toronto and physically divides the city into a northern third and a southern two-thirds. It is also known as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway . Highway 401 is the busiest freeway in North America and among
10132-421: The Ontario government filed a $ 1.5 million lawsuit against Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., seeking repayment of the medical costs to the province of treating the sex abuse victims. Stuckless later died on April 9, 2020, after suffering a brain hemorrhage a few nights before. Ballard died in April 1990. The executors of his will were Steve Stavro , Donald Crump and Don Giffin. In 1991, Stavro paid off
10281-454: The Progressive Conservatives), and 1979 and 2011 (when it endorsed the NDP). In the 2011 election, the Star endorsed the NDP under Jack Layton , but to avoid vote splitting that could inadvertently help the Conservatives under Stephen Harper , which it saw as the worst outcome for the country, the paper also recommended Canadians vote strategically by voting for "the progressive candidate best placed to win" in certain ridings. For
10430-459: The Queen/Roncesvalles intersection by 1960. Incorporating various streets (that mostly formed the original route of former Highway 2 ) such as Laburnam Avenue, Starr Avenue and Dominion Street, the route was pushed east to Bathurst Street on January 28, 1924. From there, it continued as Fleet Street to Cherry Street, incorporating a segment of the latter. Keating Street continued east from a point just south of that intersection to Leslie Street, and
10579-426: The Sacré-Cœur church and the Collège Français high school, while the head office of TFO is located in the College Park complex at the intersection of Yonge Street with Carlton's westerly continuation as College Street. In recent years, several of these institutions have collaborated with Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (Francophone Assembly of Ontario) on a proposal to have the area formally designated as
10728-639: The Toronto Maple Leafs ended a 67-year tradition when they played their last game at Maple Leaf Gardens, suffering a 6–2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks . Former Leaf Doug Gilmour scored a fluke goal in that game, and the notorious tough guy Bob Probert scored the final NHL goal in MLG history during the third period. During the emotional post-game ceremony, legendary Canadian singer Anne Murray performed The Maple Leaf Forever , clad in
10877-415: The Toros' lease terms at the Gardens as onerous as possible. The Toros' lease called for them to pay $ 15,000 per game. However, much to Bassett's outrage, the arena was dim for their first game. It was then that Ballard demanded $ 3,500 for the use of the lights. Ballard also denied the Toros access to the Leafs' locker room, forcing them to build their own at a cost of $ 55,000. He also removed the cushions from
11026-515: The building and the Leafs. On July 7, 1974, the arena hosted a Professional wrestling tournament called World Cup Wrestling. Various International stars competed in like Dara Singh , Pat Roach , Danny Lynch, Tiger Jeet Singh , Prince Mann Singh, Randhawa , Than Yen Chang, Majid Ackra, Kashmir Singh, Tony Parisi , Chris Tolos , Golden Boy Apollo, and Terry Yorkston etc. In the main event match, world champion Dara Singh defeated Danny Lynch and retained his title. Concert Promotions International
11175-479: The building was on September 19, 1932, with bantamweight champion Panama Al Brown knocking out challenger Émile Pladner in the first round. Winston Churchill addressed a large audience at the Gardens in March 1932; when the arena's loudspeaker system broke down, he tossed the microphone to one side, declared "Now that we have exhausted the resources of science, we shall fall back upon Mother Nature and do our best," and continued. Victory Loan rallies were held at
11324-561: The city to rename Dundas Street "due to its namesake's involvement in supporting the gradual abolition of slavery in the British Empire in the 18th century" as opposed to immediate abolition. Gerrard Street was established on January 6, 1875 by incorporating Don Street and Lake View Avenue . It is named after Irish businessman Samuel Gerrard, a personal friend of the Honourable John McGill. The bridge over
11473-462: The city's "French Quarter". The 506 Carlton streetcar line is named for the street, even though this is only a small part of its route. College Street shares its origins with University Avenue as one of the two private entrances to King's College opened in 1829. King's College was the first college in Canada when it was chartered by Henry, 3rd Earl of Bathurst two years earlier. The road began at
11622-407: The closure was effected so it could better focus on its digital outlets. In February 2018, the Toronto Star suspended its internship program indefinitely to cut its costs. Long a source of Canada's next generation of journalists, the paid positions were seen by journalists and program alumni as a vital part of the national industry, and their suspension, a sign of its continuing decline. In 2020,
11771-402: The community.” The local firm Turner Fleischer was appointed alongside Landini as building architects. After many delays, including the discovery of a creek running through the basement and a time capsule behind the 1931 cornerstone on Carlton Street, the new store opened on November 30, 2011. The new design incorporated many elements of Maple Leaf Gardens, including original stadium seats,
11920-449: The company, was MLG Holdings, a corporation controlled by Stavro, with minority shareholders Larry Tannenbaum (25%) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (20%). The other 49% of MLSE was owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan . In 2003, Stavro sold his shares and MLG Holdings was dissolved, leaving Teachers' as majority owners of MLSE. During the 1990s, MLSE considered a number of sites for a new, modern arena to replace Maple Leaf Gardens, including
12069-552: The condition that it not be used as a sports and entertainment facility. However, MLSE eventually consented to allowing a small arena to be restored in the building. They were planning to convert the interior to accommodate a Real Canadian Superstore (now Loblaws instead of RCSS) and parking. Immediately, there was criticism that the conversion of the building to retail uses diminished its heritage value and that Maple Leaf Gardens should continue to serve as an arena in accordance with its rich history and traditions. Others, however, noted
12218-399: The construction of the present interchange. Greektown is located on Danforth Avenue between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Boulevard. Danforth Avenue was the site of a mass shooting that took place on July 22, 2018 . Annette Street is named after the wife of developer and barrister Columbus H. Greene. Dupont Street is named for George Dupont Wells, son of Colonel Joseph Wells. George
12367-519: The construction, Smythe launched Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL), a management company that would own the arena and the Maple Leafs. A public offering of shares in MLGL was made at C$ 10 each ($ 192.00 in 2023 dollars), with a free common share for each five preferred shares purchased. Ownership of the hockey team was transferred to MLGL in return for shares. Intending right from the start, the Gardens would host other events. W. A. Hewitt , sports editor of
12516-481: The current Dundas Street. By the 1920s, Dundas Street was extended east through downtown Toronto to Broadview Avenue along several existing but discontinuous streets, comprising Arthur Street (Ossington Avenue to Bathurst Street), St. Patrick Street (Bathurst Street to McCaul Street), Anderson Street (McCaul Street to University Avenue), Agnes (University Avenue to Yonge Street), Crookshank (Yonge Street to Victoria Street, now separated and known as Dundas Square , though
12665-416: The development of residential and commercial uses. In 2015, Waterfront Toronto announced its plans to turn Queens Quay into a grand lakefront boulevard by placing streetcar lanes in the centre, traffic only on the north side and a bicycle and pedestrian focused space on the south side. The plan reduces the number of traffic lanes on Queens Quay to two, to the north side of the streetcar tracks. Additionally,
12814-402: The downtown core. Though once abutted by industrial and transportation uses from end to end, much of its length is now lined with recreational and residential uses. The 509 Harbourfront streetcar line now travels in a dedicated streetcar right-of-way in the median from Bay Street to Bathurst Street . The length east of Yonge Street retains some industrial uses, although this is changing with
12963-468: The early 1990s, and since then, the Gardiner has been the subject of several proposals to demolish it or move it underground as part of downtown waterfront revitalization efforts. One elevated section east of the Don River was demolished in 2001, and a study is underway to demolish that part of the elevated section east of Jarvis Street to the Don River. King's Highway 401 , colloquially referred to as
13112-482: The end of 2020. Canadian Modern Media Holdings made an offer of $ 58 million on July 9, 2020; NordStar subsequently increased its offer to $ 60 million, effectively ending the bidding war. A vast majority of shareholders subsequently voted in favour of the deal. The takeover was approved by an Ontario judge on July 27, 2020. An appeal of the judgement by another prospective purchaser failed on July 31 when Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Penny dismissed
13261-590: The end of his surname, Bloor Street was never spelled with it, as evidenced on numerous maps produced before his death. Between Dundas Street and its east end, it was originally a part of Ontario Highway 5 before being transferred to the city. Canada's most expensive shopping district is located on the Mink Mile section of Bloor Street. Danforth Avenue , known as the Don and Danforth Road until 1871, takes its name from pioneer road builder Asa Danforth , who built
13410-512: The end zones of the rink. Smythe became the majority owner of Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. in 1947, following a power struggle between directors who supported him as president and those who wanted him replaced with Frank J. Selke . Toronto stock broker Percy Gardiner lent Smythe the money he needed to take control of the corporation. The loan was paid off in 1960. Beginning with the Canadian Grand Opera's production of Faust in 1936,
13559-399: The entire Star operation into the same building used by the magazine Saturday Night . Joseph E. "Holy Joe" Atkinson , backed by funds raised by supporters of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier , bought the paper on December 13, 1899. The supporters included Senator George Cox , William Mulock , Peter Charles Larkin and Timothy Eaton . Atkinson became the controlling shareholder of
13708-654: The entirety of the street is served by the 501 Queen streetcar route. Dundas Street was named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville . Like Yonge Street, named in a similar example of cronyism , Dundas Street was created as a defensive road. Simcoe feared the impending invasion of the Americans following the Revolutionary War , an event that would occur in 1812 . Dundas Street
13857-585: The establishment of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) and the introduction of a government policy that, in essence, restricted private stations to an effective radiated power of 100 watts . The Star would continue to supply sponsored content to the CRBC's CRCT station—which later became CBC station CBL —an arrangement that lasted until 1946. In 1971, the newspaper was renamed The Toronto Star and moved to
14006-476: The famous Summit Series between Team Canada and the USSR —Team Canada won the game 4–1. After the Leafs and Raptors moved to Air Canada Centre in 1999, Maple Leaf Gardens sat largely vacant for nearly a decade as the owners refused to sell it, fearing that it would compete with the Air Canada Centre. In 2009, it was sold and underwent a major internal reconstruction, turning it into a multi-purpose facility, with
14155-509: The heritage Distillery District , Corktown, Toronto and Mill Street Brewery , the road was named in reference to the Toronto Rolling Mills , a rail-making plant founded by Sir Casimir Gzowski in 1857 that was once located at Rolling Mills Road (once called East Street and later Water Street) until 1874 and torn down for use as Grand Trunk Railway railyard (now used by GO Transit ). Mill Street Brewery , owned by InBev ,
14304-541: The home bench for Toros' games. Following two seasons of declining attendance and onerous lease terms at the Gardens, Bassett moved the club to Birmingham, Alabama and renamed them the Birmingham Bulls for the 1976–77 season . In 1997, allegations began to emerge that some employees of the Gardens had sexually abused young boys in the 1970s and 1980s. Martin Kruze was the first victim to come forward—contacting
14453-427: The internship program returned. In April 2018, the Toronto Star expanded its local coverage of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Halifax with rebranded daily newspapers, previously known as Metro , as StarMetro , which was a joint venture between Torstar (90%) and Swedish media company Metro International (10%). In October 2018, the Toronto Star acquired iPolitics , a political news outlet. It ceased to own
14602-479: The legislative building from the greenspace portion of the park. The main entrance of Wellesley station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the city's subway system is located just east of the corner of Wellesley Street with Yonge Street . East of Yonge Street, Wellesley Street serves as one of the defining streets of the Church and Wellesley district, the city's primary gay village . Further east past Sherbourne Street,
14751-472: The logo was changed, and "The" was dropped from the masthead. During the 2003 Northeast blackout , the Star printed the paper at a press in Welland , Ontario. The newspaper's former printing plant was housed at One Yonge Street until the Toronto Star Press Centre opened. Until the mid-2000s, the front page of the Toronto Star had no third-party advertising aside from upcoming lottery jackpot estimates from
14900-485: The motion. The deal was expected to close during the following week. In November 2022, the newspaper moved its headquarters from the Toronto Star Building located on Yonge Street to a new location on Spadina Avenue at Front Street. Like its competitor The Globe and Mail , the Star covers "a spectrum of opinion that is best described as urban and Central Canadian " in character. The Star
15049-549: The mouth of the Don River . East of Dufferin Street , the roadway is elevated, running above Lake Shore Boulevard east of Bathurst Street . Elevated sections east of the Don River were demolished and integrated into Lake Shore Boulevard. The highway is named for the first chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Council, Frederick G. Gardiner ; the council was dissolved in 1998. The six-lane section east of
15198-436: The new owners of Maple Leaf Gardens in 1993 and going public in February 1997. His story of abuses beginning in 1975 prompted dozens of other victims to come forward. In October 1997, Gordon Stuckless pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 24 boys dating back to 1969 and was sentenced to a jail term of two years less a day. Three days later, Kruze committed suicide. An appeals court later increased Stuckless' sentence to five years. He
15347-404: The newspaper's founder, along with another future mayor, Jimmy Simpson . The Star was first printed on Toronto World presses, and at its formation, The World owned a 51 percent interest in it as a silent partner . That arrangement only lasted for two months, during which time it was rumoured that William Findlay "Billy" Maclean , The World ' s proprietor, was considering selling
15496-530: The newspaper's website each weekday afternoon, was discontinued in October 2007, thirteen months after its launch. On January 15, 2016, Torstar confirmed the closure of its Vaughan printing presses and indicated that it would outsource printing to Transcontinental Printing , leading to the layoff of all 285 staff at the plant, as Transcontinental had its own existing facility, also in Vaughan. The newspaper said
15645-452: The north side of the street, large 80-hectare (200-acre) park lots were granted to loyalists and government officials, many of whom never visited Upper Canada during their lives. The central portion of Lot Street was constructed as the baseline for surveys along Yonge Street by the Queen's Rangers in 1793 as the first concession road . It was later extended west to Ossington Avenue as part of
15794-528: The north–south or east–west direction, based on the shoreline of Lake Ontario . In other words, major north–south roads are generally perpendicular to the Lake Ontario shoreline and major east–west roads are generally parallel to the lake's shoreline. The Toronto road system is also influenced by its topography as some roads are aligned with the old Lake Iroquois shoreline or the deep valleys . Minor streets with documented history or etymology are listed in
15943-587: The paper was frequently critical of free trade and expressed concerns about Canadian sovereignty. The paper has been traditionally supportive of official bilingualism and maintaining Canadian unity in opposition to Quebec separatism . In the 1980s, Michael Farber wrote in the Montreal Gazette that the Star ' s coverage was Toronto-centric to the point that any story was said to carry an explanation as to "What it means to Metro ." Conversely, Canadian sociologist Elke Winter wrote in 2011 that
16092-406: The paper's longtime managing editor while also helping to build circulation with sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photos. The paper was renamed the Toronto Star in 1971 and introduced a Sunday edition in 1977. The Star was created in 1892 by striking Toronto News printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarence Hocken , who became
16241-501: The plan calls for the beautification and extension of the Harbourfront streetcar line along Queens Quay East between Yonge and Cherry streets. The newly modified Queens Quay was completed in 2015 from Bathurst Street to Bay Street. Lake Shore Boulevard , often incorrectly compounded to Lakeshore Boulevard , is so named because of its course along the Lake Ontario shoreline. Although the road west of Roncesvalles Avenue (which
16390-553: The producers shot the boxing sequences of Cinderella Man ( Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger ) at Maple Leaf Gardens in 2004. Maple Leaf Gardens was stripped of some of its outdoor signage for the production of an episode of Canadian-produced Flashpoint . The arena was named "The Godwin Coliseum" in the episode titled "Behind the Blue Line" that originally aired on November 20, 2009. On September 8, 2009, Matt Damon hosted
16539-548: The project, the lowest of ten tenders received, mainly because amongst the Thomson Brothers' various enterprises they had much of the sub-contract work covered (Thomson Lumber, Thomson Bros. Excavation), and others could not compete in this manner. That price did not include steelwork, which was estimated at an additional $ 100,000. Further savings were made through deals with labour unions in exchange for shares in MLGL. Construction began at midnight on June 1, 1931. In what
16688-464: The property in 2022. On December 20, 2019, all StarMetro editions ceased publication amid the popularity and resultant growth of news apps on mobile devices. The newspaper was acquired by NordStar Capital on May 26, 2020, after the board of Torstar voted to sell the company to the investment firm for CA$ 52 million —making Torstar a privately held company . The deal was expected to be approved by Torstar's shareholders and to close by
16837-475: The public square itself will be renamed Sankofa Square in 2024) and Wilton Avenue (Victoria Street to Broadview Avenue). This was done by correcting several irregularities, or "jogs", between the streets. These jogs are evident east of Bathurst Street and east of Yonge Street. Amid the protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020, over 10,000 people have signed a petition calling
16986-619: The publisher, with Mackenzie King , the prime minister , was a major influence on the development of Canadian social policy. Shortly before his death in 1948, Joseph E. Atkinson transferred ownership of the paper to a charitable organization given the mandate of continuing the paper's liberal tradition. In 1949, the Province of Ontario passed the Charitable Gifts Act , barring charitable organizations from owning large parts of profit-making businesses, that effectively required
17135-488: The redevelopment of the Montreal Forum ). Still, these plans were abandoned when it was discovered that the tiered arena seating was holding up the exterior walls of the building, acting as a form of interior flying buttress . If the bowl of seating were removed, the exterior walls would lose most of their support. Loblaw Companies , Canada's largest food retailer, purchased the Gardens in 2004 for $ 12 million under
17284-454: The reins to Frank Tunney and his Maple Leaf Wrestling promotion in 1939. Under Tunney, Toronto and the Gardens was a thriving centre for professional wrestling for decades. Local hero Whipper Billy Watson became the city's top wrestling attraction in the 1940s and 1950s. The last WWE -promoted event at Maple Leaf Gardens was on September 17, 1995. Boxing was also a regular offering at the Gardens for many years. The first world title fight in
17433-483: The rest of the Maple Leafs' stay at the Gardens. Originally an American Sign and Indicator scoreboard, it was upgraded by Daktronics in the 1990s. Prior to the launch of the Ottawa Nationals of the World Hockey Association (WHA), the team had discussions with Ballard about locating the team in Toronto. Still, the talks did not get very far. The team was a flop at the box office, averaging about 3,000 fans
17582-517: The site of the Richard R. Horkins building (the one-time head office of the Toronto Hydro at 14 Carlton Street), where Carlton Street (heading west) suddenly angles in a northwesterly direction to meet Yonge Street. Prior to that, Carlton Street met Yonge Street south of the present intersection by several dozen metres. The completed intersection was opened in early June 1931. Carlton Street
17731-641: The southeast corner of Bay and Dundas Streets near the Toronto Eaton Centre (the current site of the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Business). By this time, Maple Leaf Gardens was considered too small and lacking in revenue-generating luxury boxes. The Leafs had no plans to occupy the Air Canada Centre , then under construction by the owners of the Toronto Raptors , and it appeared for
17880-585: The street marks the boundary between the St. James Town and Cabbagetown neighbourhoods. The road's status as a significant arterial thoroughfare ends at Parliament Street, although it continues as a residential street for a further half-kilometre before ending at Wellesley Park overlooking the Don Valley . There is no definite historic link for the name for Harbord Street, but it is believed to be associated to Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield . Bloor Street
18029-481: The structure had been deteriorating for several years, and its ongoing use for minor league sports and events would not generate sufficient income to secure the building's preservation and restoration. Furthermore, the active re-use of the building would allow it to remain open to the public for years to come. Needing an authentic stand-in for New York's third Madison Square Garden during the Depression Era ,
18178-490: The team sold out every game from 1946 to 1999. It was often called the "Carlton Street Cashbox" in sports reporting. Advertising was sold and placed throughout the building. On November 8, 1963, Maple Leaf Gardens would be the first arena in the NHL to have separate penalty boxes. The Beatles made a stop at Maple Leaf Gardens during each of their three North American tours: September 7, 1964, August 17, 1965, and August 17, 1966. It
18327-570: The tour). From 1973 until the closing of Maple Leaf Gardens CPI brought the top rock and pop acts to Maple Leaf Gardens. The Leafs continued to sell out every game through the Ballard era, even as the team's performance went into steep decline. It was during this time that disgruntled fans gave the arena its unaffectionate nickname of "The Carlton Street Cash Box." The rink-side red seats were replaced with gold seats in 1974. In August 1979, to make room for private boxes, Ballard had his staff tear down
18476-507: The westbound member. Richmond Street is named after Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond . Lennox came to Canada in 1818 as Governor-in-Chief of British North America , and died a year later after being bitten by a rabid fox while touring the countryside. Richmond Street absorbed Duchess Street and became a one-way road in 1958 as part of a process to build ramps to Eastern Avenue and the Don Valley Parkway. Richmond Street
18625-460: The widest on the continent. Ontario Highway 409 or Belfield Expressway opened in 1978 to provide access to Toronto Pearson International Airport from westbound Highway 401 at Islington Avenue. The section east of Highway 427 is within Toronto, while the remaining sections west are within the City of Mississauga . The expressway is maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario and
18774-461: The world.” Four of the five contenders were North American firms. However, surprisingly, a foreign team ended up scoring the job: Landini Associates , a multidisciplinary retail design and branding consultancy based in Sydney, Australia. Speaking about the project in a 2012 interview with Monocle Magazine , Creative Director Mark Landini said: “I understood how iconic Maple Leaf Gardens
18923-573: The years. The street travels east from The Queensway, splitting off to the southeast at Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue , to the Don River where it ends at Queen Street East. The central section of King Street has a transit mall named King Street Transit Priority Corridor to accommodate streetcar routes along King Street. Adelaide Street was named after Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (wife of King William IV ) by Peter Russell , second Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada , in his 1797 plan of Toronto. The original section of Adelaide
19072-542: Was 13,542. The Leafs would go on to win their first Stanley Cup as the Maple Leafs that season (they had already won two previously—one as the Toronto Arenas and one as the Toronto St. Patricks ). The first professional wrestling show at the Gardens was held on November 19, 1931, and attracted 15,800 people to see world champion Jim Londos in the main event. The show was promoted by Jack Corcoran, who passed
19221-427: Was achieved, in part, by making the seats narrower, so that—in the words of founder Conn Smythe—"only a young man could sit in them and only a fat old rich man could afford them." A large portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was removed to accommodate more seats. When asked why he removed the picture, Ballard replied, "She doesn't pay me; I pay her. Besides, what the hell position can a queen play?" The Leafs were so popular
19370-406: Was an analog clock. One of the designers of the new scoreboard, Paul Morris , was by this time the arena's public address announcer , a job he would hold until the Leafs left the arena. Ballard and the younger Smythe were accused in 1969 of stealing money from the corporation and avoiding income taxes by having Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. pay for many of their personal expenses. The controversy created
19519-650: Was founded in 1973 by Bill Ballard with Michael Cohl and David Wolinksy and brought many big-name music acts to the Gardens. The arena played host to The Rolling Thunder Revue Tour, with two consecutive shows, on December 1–2, 1975, headed by Bob Dylan . Bob Marley and The Wailers performed here on June 9, 1978, and November 1, 1979, in support of his Kaya Tour 1978 and Survival Tour 1979, respectively. The Bee Gees performed here on August 31, 1979. ABBA played here on Sunday, October 7, 1979, their last-ever concert appearance in North America. The Who performed at
19668-515: Was named by 1855 after Joseph Bloore. It was surveyed as the first concession road north of the baseline (now Queen Street). It has been known by many names, including the Tollgate Road (as the first tollgate on Yonge north of Lot Street was constructed there in 1820), then St. Paul's Road (after the nearby church, constructed 1842), and possibly Sydenham Road (after Lord Sydenham, Governor General 1839–1841). Although Bloore had an "e" at
19817-424: Was named on November 27, 1876. It was connected with Kingston Road in 1998 following the removal of the old Woodbine Racetrack . Eastern Avenue begins at a curve along Front Street east of Parliament Street; eastbound traffic on Front is defaulted onto Eastern Avenue, vice versa for westbound traffic on Eastern. The road crosses the Don River , merging with Richmond Street and Adelaide Street and providing access to
19966-470: Was once called Hospital Street . The Queensway was named in the 1950s as such, rather than restoring the former name of Queen Street, because the Borough of Etobicoke desired a counterpart to The Kingsway. Queen Street , known as Lot Street until 1844, was named in honour of Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 until her death in 1901. For a time, Lot Street served as the northern limit of York. On
20115-477: Was one of the first students of Upper Canada College , and several other streets are named after him. These include Wells Street and Wells Hill. Dupont Street begins at Dundas Street as a continuation of Annette Street. It runs parallel to (though with a few jogs) and south of the CPR Midtown tracks east to Avenue Road. The Galleria Mall , located on the southwest corner of Dupont Street and Dufferin Street ,
20264-458: Was only a portion of the present street. In 1844, Little Adelaide Street, Adelaide Street and Newgate Street were amalgamated to form Adelaide Street. The street was split into east and west sections in 1884. In 1926, at the request of property owners, Adelaide Street West was extended from Bathurst Street to Shaw Street, incorporating the entirety of Defoe Street and McDonnell Square. The most recent extension came in 1965, when Adelaide Street East
20413-724: Was paroled in 2001. In 1999, former usher John Paul Roby was convicted of sexually molesting 26 boys and one girl. He was subsequently declared a dangerous offender and could have been kept in prison for the rest of his life. Roby died in Kingston Penitentiary from an apparent heart attack in 2001. In 2002, former Gardens security guard Dennis Morin was found guilty of sexual assault, indecent assault and gross indecency for incidents involving teenage boys. Allegations—unproven in court—were also made against other Gardens employees, including Ballard. Several civil suits were settled out of court for undisclosed amounts. In January 2006,
20562-420: Was renamed Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens . The ice rink, which is located on the third level, was named Mattamy Home Ice . Carlton Street The following is a list of the east–west expressways and arterial thoroughfares in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. The city is organized in a grid pattern dating back to the plan laid out by Augustus Jones between 1793 and 1797. Most streets are aligned in
20711-581: Was routed onto Duke Street, which crossed between Jarvis Street and Parliament Street. This was done in advance of the opening of the lower section of the Don Valley Parkway and eastern section of the Gardiner Expressway. Newgate and Duke Streets were amalgamated into Adelaide Street East. Between the Eastern Avenue ramp and Bathurst Street, Adelaide Street serves as the eastbound member of a one-way pair , together with Richmond Street as
20860-532: Was sold to John F. Bassett , son of former Leafs owner John Bassett. They were renamed the Toronto Toros in June 1973. Bassett wanted the team to play at a renovated CNE Coliseum . At the same time Bill Ballard —Harold's son, who was running the Gardens while his father served a prison sentence—wanted the team at the Gardens and opposed the plan to upgrade the Coliseum. The Toros ended up at Varsity Arena for
21009-406: Was the eastern terminus of the original Lake Shore Road , which continued as Queen Street) has existed since the 19th century, much of the remainder of the route was created between the 1920s and 1950s. Lake Shore Boulevard east of the Humber River was doubled in width by widening into the right of way of Lake Shore Road, replacing it, which resulted in the demolition of the rail overpass leading to
21158-508: Was the home arena for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League for the 1999 and 2000 seasons. The Rock won the Champion's Cup in both seasons, making them the building's last championship team. The 2000 NLL Championship game was ultimately the building's last professional event held at MLG. They had a training camp at the Gardens in 2001 and then moved to the ACC. Maple Leaf Gardens
21307-538: Was the only enclosed shopping centre located on Dupont Street, as well as in Old Toronto west of Avenue Road and north of Bloor Street / Danforth Avenue. However, the mall was permanently closed in late 2019 and demolished in 2020 for redevelopment. Dupont station of Line 1 Yonge–University serves this street at Spadina Road. Davenport Road takes its name from the Davenport House, the first estate atop
21456-466: Was the only venue to host the group on each tour. In March 1966, Conn Smythe resigned from the board of directors after a Muhammad Ali boxing match was scheduled for the Gardens. He found Ali's comments about the Vietnam War to be offensive and said that by accepting the fight, Gardens owners had "put cash ahead of class." The fight had been kicked out of every place in the U.S. because Clay
21605-529: Was the site of the first game in the history of the Basketball Association of America (later to become the NBA ), with the Toronto Huskies playing the New York Knickerbockers . The Huskies played their last game at the Gardens on March 28, 1947, and the franchise folded shortly after that. In the 1946–47 NHL season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas inserted in
21754-523: Was then mostly dormant for a decade. MLSE refused to sell Maple Leaf Gardens to anyone who proposed to use it as an arena in competition with the Air Canada Centre. Among these turned down was Eugene Melnyk , owner of the Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL hockey team and the Maple Leafs' rival team, the Ottawa Senators . Various redevelopment schemes were proposed, most notably an entertainment complex containing retail shops and cinemas (similar to
21903-554: Was to connect York with Detroit , then a British settlement; it reached as far as London , Simcoe's proposed new capital. The street was constructed by the Queen's Rangers between Dundas and the Thames River in 1794, and later extended east to York by pioneer road builder Asa Danforth in 1797. Dundas Street used to begin at the present-day intersection of Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue. It travelled north along Ossington Avenue, then turned west at Garrison Creek along
22052-435: Was too small, and he wanted to build a new arena, larger and more impressive. After considering various sites, the site at the corner of Carlton and Church was purchased from The T. Eaton Co. Ltd. for $ 350,000, ($ 6.71 million in 2023 dollars), a price said to be $ 150,000 below market value. The new 12,473-seat (14,550 including standing room) arena was designed by the architectural firm of Ross and Macdonald . To finance
22201-481: Was when I noticed every bar and shop in Toronto had ice hockey on TV. The arena had also hosted the Beatles , Elvis Presley , and the boxer Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali . So, when the building was shut down, the social context changed. The new store would need to be more than a supermarket. It would have to revitalize this part of the city with a new sense of place. There’s no reason it shouldn’t be part of
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