Sherbourne Street (Toronto)
Template:Other uses Sherbourne Street is an important roadway in Downtown Toronto.[1] It is one of the original streets in the original city of York, Upper Canada.
In 1838, following the Upper Canada Rebellion, seven blockhouses were built, guarding the approaches to Toronto, including the Sherbourne Blockhouse, built at the current intersection of Sherbourne and Bloor.
In the 19th Century Sherbourne was lined with the stately homes of many of Toronto's most prominent families, but by the 20th Century remaining stately houses, like 230 Sherbourne Street had been converted to rooming houses.
A streetcar ran down Sherbourne from 1874-1942.[2]
In the early 2000s Sherbourne was chosen as one of the first streets in Toronto to be retrofitted with dedicated bike lanes.
References
- ↑ Mary Ormsby. Sherbourne: Toronto's 'city in one street', Toronto Star, 2009-11-29. “From its origins two centuries ago, Sherbourne reflected what the city of York would become – a duelling ground where privilege, poverty and politics would battle to shape the metropolis. Those duels aren't over.”
- ↑ James Bow, Pete Coulman. Remembering the Sherbourne Streetcar (1874-1942), Transit Toronto, 2013-01-03. “Sherbourne Street was, after Yonge Street, the first major north-south street in Toronto to reach north towards Bloor. As streetcar service grew and developed in the young city, it wasn’t long before streetcar tracks followed.”