Walking across Toronto - College/Carlton

College Street and Carlton Street make up another 'across the downtown' route that I took in 2022. They meet (with a bit of a north/south jog) at Yonge Street.

As always, click on any picture to see a big version! Also part of this map of my walks across Toronto.

I started at the eastern end of Carlton Street (by Riverdale Farm). This first (last?) block of Carlton starts as brick.

There are nice houses in Cabbagetown (which is what this part of the city is called).

Allan Gardens from Carlton St. A wonderful set of greenhouses dating 'way back'. This picture hides most of the greenhouses to give them a mysterious air.

Maple Leaf Gardens (now Loblaws). This is looking NW at the corner of Church Street and Carlton.

And I remember when the building on the far right of the above picture (new building; NE corner of Carlton and Church; see old photo below) was the headquarters of Warner Bros. in Canada.

A view of Maple Leaf Gardens from a year earlier (earlier than my walk that is, not earlier than the previous picture) - across the street from the main entrance.

This picture actually looks south towards a mural on a building on Yonge St - but since taken from Carlton it's included in this walk!

College Park on the SW corner of College and Yonge. Originally Eaton's until the Eaton Centre was built a few blocks south. Cool Art Deco look with brass doors, marble, and lots of architectural details.

The original 'Oddfellows Hall', later a CIBC and now various businesses (with a quite large building behind it) at the NW corner of College/Carlton and Yonge Street.

Fran's Restaurant is still here! Just west of Yonge on College.

The new (well, completed in the 80's) Toronto Police Headquarters

The original 'Victoria Hospital for Sick Children'! Now a Canadian Blood Services regional centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Hospital_for_Sick_Children

(Part of) the MaRS Discovery District - a private/public partnership to commercialize innovation.

And now some University of Toronto buildings. (College Street was originally named after King's College which was the start of U of T). The new 'Innovation' building is (was) under construction.

Looking N to the Ontario Parliament buildings at University Avenue

The newish (1975) Ontario Hydro building (now Intact Centre) at the SW corner of College and University

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building at U of T

The Stewart Building - was Ontario College of Art when I attended UofT. Now the Rotman School of Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Athletic_Club

The Mining Engineering Building. I always liked the look of it, and that Taddle Creek would occasionally make its presence known by bubbling up from its buried location underneath!

The entrance to King's College Circle. Somewhere behind the trees on the right is the Mechanical Engineering building I attended for my Masters

Toronto Public Library entrance across from UofT

Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields. Interesting Gothic look.

Looking N up Spadina to Knox College

Sneaky Dee's - restaurant/bar and live music (formerly a lot of punk rock)

Former Baptist church and now condo conversion. Not sure how many condos, but see this! https://www.blogto.com/city/2016/06/house_of_the_week_510_college_street/

The CHIN building. Some of the first multilingual radio and TV programming in Canada. 

A mural highlighting that I had just passed through one of the main Italian areas (in addition to St Clair Avenue West that is). At Ossington Avenue.

The Emmet Ray - bar on College Street. Known for hosting Euchre nights (Brenda and I have been).

Mixed commercial/condos at College and Dovercourt. Was apartments at least back until WWI (https://cgwp.uvic.ca/person.php?pid=142739)

The old 'Boys Entrance' to the YMCA at College and Dovercourt

And finally, the (western) start of College Street where it peels off from Dundas Street and starts its life.