{"id":56562,"date":"2013-09-10T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.buzzbuzzhome.com\/?p=56562"},"modified":"2024-02-19T02:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T07:57:09","slug":"look-back-st-clair-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/guides\/look-back-st-clair-avenue","title":{"rendered":"Along the Avenue: A look back at St. Clair&#8217;s rich history"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Yonge may be the world&#8217;s longest street and Bloor is famous for the glitzy mink mile, but other thoroughfares such as St. Clair have long histories of their own.<\/p>\n<p>The east to west street has been in the public eye for the last few years, largely because of the streetcar right-of-way and new developments moving westward into the neighbourhood. Now that the Wychwood Barns, a former streetcar maintenance facility off of St. Clair and Christie, is celebrating its 100th birthday, we figured it would be the perfect time to look back at the street&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/look-back-st-clair-avenue.html\/westonstclair\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56564\" alt=\"Weston&amp;StClair\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/WestonStClair.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"690\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heydon House hotel, at the northwest corner of Old Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue West in 1955.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/look-back-st-clair-avenue.html\/stockyards-stclair\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56567\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56567\" alt=\"Stockyards StClair\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Stockyards-StClair.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"687\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Stockyards at Keele and St. Clair Ave. W., also in 1955.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/look-back-st-clair-avenue.html\/runnymede\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56569\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56569\" alt=\"Runnymede\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Runnymede.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"687\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CPR Runnymede Yards and roundhouse, looking west along St. Clair from Runnymede Road. Back in 1957, the area was much more industrial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/look-back-st-clair-avenue.html\/eatons\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56568\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56568\" alt=\"eatons stclair\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/eatons.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the old streetcar on St. Clair, looking east at Warren Road, in 1952.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/look-back-st-clair-avenue.html\/hillcrest-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56573\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56573\" alt=\"Hillcrest St. Clair\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hillcrest.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hillcrest Village is still known for its mom and pop shops today. Not too much has changed. Here&#8217;s St. Clair\u00a0looking east from Lauder Avenue in 1953.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/look-back-st-clair-avenue.html\/library\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56578\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56578\" alt=\"library\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/library.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"549\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Deer Park library, just east of Yonge Street, in 1952. The community spot is still around <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=Deer+Park+Library,+Saint+Clair+Avenue+East,+Toronto,+ON&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=43.688435,-79.3925&amp;spn=0.157644,0.363579&amp;sll=43.723882,-79.41627&amp;sspn=0.009909,0.022724&amp;oq=Deer+Park+Library&amp;gl=ca&amp;hq=Deer+Park+Library,&amp;hnear=St+Clair+Ave+E,+Toronto,+Ontario&amp;t=m&amp;z=12&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=43.688435,-79.3925&amp;panoid=L5I0Ddy5B1vtnthoiJ02Sg&amp;cbp=12,15.62,,0,-0.85\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a> though the neighbourhood has intensified considerably.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see what&#8217;s happening in the community today? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/builder\/the-rockport-group\">The Rockport Group<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/toronto-on\/the-nest-condos\">The Nest<\/a>, with design by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/architect\/raw-design\">RAW<\/a>, is giving the Hillcrest Village area a major stylistic update. Learn more about the development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/toronto-on\/the-nest-condos\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>All photos from the Toronto Public Library&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontopubliclibrary.ca\/digital-archive\/\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">digital archive<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Wychwood Barns in Hillcrest Village gears up for its 100th anniversary, we take a look at St. Clair&#8217;s 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