A visual history of Jarvis Street

[AlbertC]

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/05/a_visual_history_of_jarvis_street/

Derek Flack takes us on a tour of Jarvis Street, from grand beginnings to modernization. Pretty impressive series of photos.

 

[whatever]

Was the greenhouse at the Massey Residence (now the Keg Mansion) relocated to Allen Gardens?

 

[wwwebster]

This is something I ran across while browsing archive.org:

http://www.archive.org/details/twentyoneyearsof00freduoft

Attached are two extracted images: 145 Jarvis and 266 Jarvis.

 

[thecharioteer]

Some good photos from the Havergal College archives (original Jarvis St. building now part of the National Ballet School north of Carlton) :

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=thumbnail_gallery&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000376&pos=1

 

[whatever]

If anyone's really interested in the history of it there's a great book worth picking up, Jarvis Street: A Story of Triumph and Tragedy, by Austin Seton Thompson. It has quite a few older pictures (19th century) of what was there originally, and it explains the historical development of the street back to its origins. It's about 30 years out of date so it could probably use another chapter or two to account for what's happened lately, but it's still an interesting read

 

[Bogtrotter]

Nice little visual essay. Jarvis, perhaps more than any street in Toronto, exemplifies the degradation of the city in order to facilitate the automobile. From one of Canada's more attractive tree-lined boulevards to broad treeless asphalt roadways and C-grade architecture. A few architectural gems still clinging to life remain as a sad reminder of the inept planning and lack of foresight of the late 20th century.