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Bedford Park began as a farming hamlet north of Toronto. The hamlet was a popular stopover for farmers making their way to market in the city. The neighbourhood was likely named after the Bedford Park Hotel, which opened in 1873 at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Fairlawn Avenue, just north of Lawrence Avenue. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ...
A sign for Yonge Street at the intersection with Maitland Street. ...
Lawrence Avenue is a east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario. ...
In 1890 Bedford Park was amalgamated with the hamlets of Davisville and Eglinton to the south, and incorporated as the City of North Toronto. In the same year, the Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto began service to the area, encouraging residential development. North Toronto is the northern section of the old, pre-amalgamation City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto was the one of many operator of horseless streetcars in Toronto. ...
Bedford Park is bisected by Yonge Street, lying north of Lawrence Avenue and east of Avenue Road. The northern boundary is Brooke Avenue on the West side of Yonge, and Snowdon Avenue to the east of Yonge. The eastern boundary is Roslin Avenue.
The original homes in the area were constructed between 1890 and 1940. Bedford Park was conceived as a middle class housing development on the northern boundary of the city, with mid-sized detached and semi-detached homes. The relocation of the Rosedale Golf Club in 1909 to the section of the Don Valley northeast of Bedford Park brought about development of the (more moneyed) bordering neighbourhoods of Lawrence Park and Teddington Park. 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ...
Rosedale is the name of more than one place. ...
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the river in Toronto, Canada. ...
Lawrence Park is one of Toronto, Ontario, Canadas affluent residential neighbourhoods. ...
Bedford Park's quiet streets, mature trees, good schools and parks, and close proximity to the 401 and Lawrence subway station attract young professionals and their families to the neighbourhood. Many of the original homes still stand, with a number having undergone extensive renovations. A portion of the original homes in the neighbourhood have been torn down and replaced with larger, more modern homes. Highway 401 as part of the 400-series network The Kings Highway 401 (also known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway) is a freeway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. ...
Lawrence is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the Toronto subway. ...
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada is called the city of neighbourhoods because of the strength and vitality of its many communities. ...
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