In 1897 Walter Massey created a 100-hectare farm northeast of Toronto’s existing city limits, roughly north of the Danforth between Dawes Road and Pharmacy and including some of the streams and ponds in what is now Taylor Creek Park. He named it Dentonia Park Farm for his wife, Susan Denton Massey. The Masseys were rich, […]
At one time the corner at Kingston Road and Main Street was like ‘Gasoline Alley,’ with a gas station on the southeast corner (later the Dip ‘N Sip), a gas station on the northeast corner (later torn down), and an auto shop on the northwest corner (now Beckwith Garage, one of the few good mechanics […]
Artists are answering the call to imagine an International Mother Language Day monument in Taylor Creek Park. Azim Dewan, a long-time Crescent Town resident, leads a local non-profit that formed to commission and build a monument this fall. “This is for everybody,” said Dewan. “When this is established next year, maybe after 10 years – […]
The city’s 14th and 15th homicides took place on east Danforth on March 19. At 8:44 p.m., police responded to calls for a shooting at 2215 Danforth Ave. When officers arrived they found two men lying on the sidewalk with apparent gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at St. Michael’s Hospital. The victims have been […]
A man is in police custody facing numerous charges after a stabbing at a Dawes Road apartment. Shortly before midnight on Jan. 20, police responded to a stabbing call, and found a 40-year-old man suffering from obvious injuries. The victim was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Andrew Peter Jackson, 39, of Toronto, was arrested […]
People waiting for a bus or walking by Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue on a weeknight last week had plenty to say about Dawes Crossing, the new art project that officially opened there on Saturday. Built with oak beams, the piece looks something like a two-storey barn frame with lower wings on either side. […]
