The measure of difference on Jarvis is something to behold, particularly because there remain just a few hints at what it all used to look like.
Prior to the 1940s, Jarvis Street was probably the most beautiful in all of Toronto, lined with the mansions of some of Toronto's wealthiest families.
And then, in 1947, the street was forever changed when many of its trees were ripped out to widen it for increased automobile traffic. While the project might have been necessary to accommodate a growing city, it's sad to think of what was lost in the process.
Here's what Jarvis Street has looked like through the years.
1890s
St. Lawrence Market
Old (old) City Hall
Jarvis south from Carlton
Horticultural Gardens (between Jarvis and Sherbourne)
1900s
Jarvis in 1903
The first Jarvis Collegiate
1910s
Jarvis Street Baptist Church. Photo via the McCord Museum
Allan Gardens Palm House
1920s
Juvenile Court Building at 311 Jarvis
The (then) new Jarvis Collegiate in 1924
1930s
Jarvis and Maitland
Jarvis and Carlton (northwest corner) 1931
1940s
Jarvis and Carlton pre-street widening 1947
Jarvis north of Carlton post-street widening 1947
1950s
Jarvis north of Lombard Street
1960s
Jarvis south of Bloor
Jarvis and Queen (looking south)
Jarvis and Queen (looking north)
The birth of the Gardiner 1963
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