St. Clair Avenue is a major east-west street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It was laid out in the late eighteenth century by the British as a concession road (the Third Concession), 2 km (1. In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped land to define lots to be developed the name comes from a 25 mi) north of Bloor Street and 4 km (2. Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 5 mi) north of Queen Street. Queen Street Toronto, may refer to Queen Street East Queen Street West
St. Clair Avenue has two sections. The western section extends from Moore Park in the east to Scarlett Road in the west, a distance of approximately 10 km. Moore Park could refer to these places Moore Park New South Wales a park and suburb in Sydney, Australia Moore Park Nature An eastern section picks up on the far side of the Don Valley at Taylor Creek Park, extending for 7 km to Kingston Road. This article is about the river in Toronto Canada For other rivers with the same name see Don River (disambiguation. Kingston Road (originally "The Kingston Road" was built by American engineer Asa Danforth as a route to connect Toronto (then called York with Kingston Like all streets in Toronto which cross Yonge Street, St. Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly Clair is divided into separate East and West sections, each with its own street numbers beginning at Yonge Street.
One notable fact about St. Clair is its relative shortness for a major concession street. In the west, it does not even reach the Humber River. This article is about the river in Toronto Ontario Canada Links to other rivers of the same name can be found here. This contrasts sharply with parallel crosstown streets such as Bloor Street or Eglinton Avenue, both of which continue into Etobicoke and eventually, Mississauga. Eglinton Avenue is an east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Mississauga to the west Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel
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Name
The street's name is reputed to have been named after Augustine St. Clare, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly is an anti- Slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. [1] Apparently, farm children who were reading the novel attributed names in it to the local trails and posted them at intersections, with St. Clair being the only one generally adopted.
Another story has their father, Albert Grainger, adopting St. Clair as his middle name after reading the novel, and the street later being named for him. The first known printed use of the St. Clair name was in an 1878 publication, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of York.
History
The first European settlement on St. Clair was at Yonge Street, where the Heath family bought land in 1837. A thriving neighbourhood, Deer Park, was established by the 1850s. Deer Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and St The next settlement was about 5. 5 km west, at Old Weston Road (then Weston Road), where settlement of Carlton Village began in the late 1840s. The western end of St. Clair experienced substantial development, with the municipalities of West Toronto, Earlscourt, Dovercourt, and Oakwood established there.
These municipalities were annexed by Toronto between 1908 and 1911, and the western section of St. Clair Avenue became entirely managed by the City of Toronto. To stimulate development along what was then largely a rural road, the city's Toronto Civic Railways built a streetcar line from Yonge Street to Caledonia Road (this line, extended west, still survives as the Toronto Transit Commission's 512 St. Clair route, the city's northernmost streetcar line). Toronto Civic Railways (TCR was an agency created and owned by the City of Toronto, Canada, to run streetcars in newly annexed areas of the city that the A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit The 512 St Clair streetcar is an east-west streetcar route in Toronto, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. The street was heavily developed by 1930.
Much of the development from this era survives. St. Clair West is one of many streets in Toronto which has experienced little development since an initial building boom. The exception is the intersection with Yonge Street, which has experienced heavy nodal development since the opening of the St. Clair subway station there in 1954. St Clair is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The buildings there include the world headquarters of George Weston Foods Inc. St. Clair now intersects with two more subway stations, Warden station in the east and St. Clair West station near Bathurst Street. Warden is a station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. St Clair West is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Community
The eastern section of St. Clair passes through several prominent neighbourhoods starting with Moore Park and Deer Park. Moore Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It lies along both sides of St Deer Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and St West of Avenue Road are Forest Hill, Oakwood, Earlscourt (including Corso Italia), and The Junction. Forest Hill is an affluent neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Earlscourt, Toronto, Canada was a squatter settlement in the early 20th century Corso Italia is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on St The Junction, is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that derives its name from two native trails which intersected in the area prior to European The eastern section of St. Clair passes eastward through Parkview Hill, Woodbine Gardens, Clairlea, Birchmount Park, and Kennedy Park to Cliffcrest.
St. Clair Avenue is well-known for the high population of Portuguese, Latin American and Italian people. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging St. Clair is usually where the Italian and Portuguese soccer fans celebrate after a game they won. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Over the years, the Italian and Portuguese people throughout Toronto have established a rivalry in soccer against each other. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario One of the longest-lasting celebrations on St. Clair was when Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which lasted from around 3:30p. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament m. until around 12:30p. m.
Corso Italia, Toronto's other Italian enclave is found on St. Corso Italia is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on St Clair Avenue West, between Bathurst Street and Old Weston Road. Bathurst Street is a north-south street in Toronto and York Region, Ontario, Canada. Weston Road is a north-south street in west end Toronto, Ontario, Canada. St. Clair West is also used as an umbrella term to refer to all neighbourhoods from Old Weston Road to Bathurst as they share a similar building style, and its inhabitants are predominantly lower middle class and of Italian descent. In developed nations across the earth the lower middle class, is a sub-division of the greater Middle class which constitutes by far the largest socio-economic class However there are large Jewish, Black, Portuguese and Hispanic minorities.
St. Clair Avenue West has heavy automotive and public transit traffic. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Over half the commuters in the congested rush hour traffic travel by streetcar. The 512 St. Clair streetcar line connects with the St. Clair and the St. Clair West stations on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line. The 512 St Clair streetcar is an east-west streetcar route in Toronto, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. St Clair is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. St Clair West is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of October 2006, the Toronto Transit Commission is rebuilding the streetcar line in a reserved right-of-way separated from car traffic similar to that of the 510 Spadina route on Spadina Avenue. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 510 Spadina and 509 Harbourfront are streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission Spadina Avenue is one of the most prominent streets in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Landmarks
In popular culture
"Jane St. Loring/Wyle Parkette is a small plot of land on the northeast corner of the Mount Pleasant Road and St by Architect Leslie Rebanks the Wittington Tower is a 20-storey octagonal tower located at 22 St Clair", in the Barenaked Ladies' song "Jane", is named for the intersection of Jane Street and St. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative Jane Street is a north-south thoroughfare in western Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that begins at Bloor Street and continues north into York Clair Avenue.
Notes
- ^ Mike Filey (2003). Toronto Sketches 7. Dundurn Press, 155.
References
- Nancy Byers, St. Clair West in Pictures, Toronto Public Library, 1997
External links
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