Jane's Walks are free neighbourhood strolls that emphasize the importance of walkable and diverse cities and neighbourhoods. Led by locals who know from experience what's important and interesting about the areas so they focus on personal observations.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
4:00pm, 2 hours
Dawlish Avenue was first laid out in W. S. Dinnick's plan for the Lawrence Park Estates in the early 1900s. Bordered by a park, it curved south eastward away from Yonge but was still close to transit and shopping. After World War II, the eastern end was developed quickly and with a focus toward car owners. Come along and see a this interesting street with a gal who grew up there.
Tour guide: Janet Langdon
Meeting Place: Parking lot at the south west corner of Bayview Avenue and Dawlish Avenue.
TTC Directions: From Lawrence Station, take the Sunnybrook 124 bus to the Dawlish Avenue stop.
End Location: St Edmunds Drive and Yonge Street. Not a circular route.
Difficulty: Gentle hills along the walk. Rough pavement with no sidewalks for the first 40% of the walk.
Parking: Some street parking. Note, this is a non-circular walk and the walk back to your car may take 20-25 minutes.
There’s never been a better opportunity to get out and meet your neighbours, and, as urbanist and author Jane Jacob said - “You’ve got to get out and walk”.
1 comment:
Hi Janet
My husband and I were part of your walk on Dawlish and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We were interested in researching more on the history of our house and wonder if you could give us some pointers as to how to get about doing that.
Thanks!
Annie Luk
annie.t.luk(at)gmail.com
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