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Lansdowne Avenue

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neighbourhood. In the 2000s, the section from Queen to the CN/CPR tracks was narrowed for street calming. Both sides of the street are residential with some institutional uses, including a fire station, a park and a community centre. Starting at the rail tracks underpass, the roadway widens to four
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In the superblock between Eglinton and Lawrence, there are two small, disconnected sections of Lansdowne which are roughly in line with the southern alignment of the street. The southernmost of these two sections (from Wingold Avenue to Glengrove Avenue) is also mixed residential and industrial,
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in 1883. The section from to north of Dupont was laid out in 1888 and was named Mackenzie Avenue, after William Innes Mackenzie, the secretary of the Toronto House Building Association. The section to the south of Davenport was first named Jubilee, then Malvern, according to the 1890 Atlas of
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Toronto. The various sections were renamed to Lansdowne in 1910 when the area was annexed by Toronto. The section north of Davenport was built after 1890 and was built on the estate of Allan Royce. The estate became Earlscourt Park.
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Streetcars used to operate on Lansdowne Avenue between St Clair Avenue West and Dundas Street West. In 1947, streetcars were replaced by trolley bus service. Trolley bus service was finally replaced by the existing 47 bus in 1992.
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shoreline. Along the west side is Earlscourt Park, and the roadway curves around and alongside the Park. From here north to St. Clair, both sides of the street are residential.
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North of Bloor Street, the street is four lanes with parking, and is mixed uses of residential and retail storefronts until north of Lappin Avenue, and the cross-town
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while the northernmost of the two sections (Glenlong Avenue to Playfair Avenue) is only one block long, and completely residential.
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store until it went out of business in 2000. The building was mostly demolished, leaving only the eastern facade, and a large '
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neighbourhood at St. Clair Avenue West, a major east-west thoroughfare. Across the intersection is Prospect Cemetery.
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lanes. On the west side is a former cash register factory, which was converted to a
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Lansdowne Avenue was built by the Village of Parkdale and named after the
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North of Davenport, Lansdowne climbs a steep hill, which was the former
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West. This stretch is completely residential on the east side, with
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on the west side, a large high school. This area is within the
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neighbourhood. The Bloor Street stretch here is known as '
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is located on Lansdowne, just north of Bloor Street.
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For the avenue in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, see
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State Route 2005 (Delaware County, Pennsylvania)


City of Toronto government
Toronto
Queen Street
Dundas Street
Bloor Street
Dupont Street
St. Clair Avenue
roads in Toronto
Roncesvalles Avenue
Dufferin Street
Toronto
Ontario
Queen Street West
St. Clair Avenue West
Queen Street West
Parkdale
Knob Hill Farms
No Frills
Little Portugal
College Street
Bloor Street
École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère-André
Brockton Village
Bloordale Village
CPR tracks
loft
Davenport Road

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