Category Archives: Jane’s Walk

Ten Years of Spadina Streetcars

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Steve

Today, July 27, 2007, marks the tenth anniversary of the Spadina streetcar/LRT.  Despite the transit crises of past weeks, we celebrate an important birthday for the Spadina line and for our transit system. I started writing this piece for the Jane’s Walk … Continue reading →

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Jane’s Walk 2: My Home Streetcar Lines — Mt. Pleasant & St. Clair

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Steve

Back in the days when goodly chunks of ”the suburbs” were still farms, I grew up in North Toronto near Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton.  This neighbourhood dates from the building boom of the 1920s, although our house was older, 1906, the third one built … Continue reading →

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Jane’s Walk 1: The Early Days of the Streetcar System

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Steve

Before I start to write about individual parts of the streetcar system, here’s a bit of historical background.  Today, people see only the network downtown, small one compared with the size of Toronto, not to mention the GTA, but the … Continue reading →

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Jane’s Walk

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Steve

Friday, May 4th will be Jane Jacobs’ birthday, and in her honour on Saturday, May 5th there will be many walks around neighbourhoods in the city.  You can read all the details at the event’s website. In 2005, I received … Continue reading →

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