Dufferin Old Time Pictures And Maps

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One of the park's perennial borders, in 1913.

Dufferin Park Maps

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1913

1923

1970

It's possible that this map dates from the time when Gladstone Avenue ran through the park. Around that time there were big struggles around the apartment buildings on Rusholme -- the city had a plan to demolish more houses and to drive Dufferin Park Ave straight through from Dufferin Street to Hepbourne Street. But it was too late -- by then there was a growing opposition movement to high-rise developments and fast roads cutting through neighbourhoods (e.g. the Stop Spadina movement, the Quebec-Gothic Avenue movement). And pretty soon (when??) the road through the park was grassed over again too.