The intersection of Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue is a busy one. Three streetcar routes pass by this corner which has a public library, a beautiful old bank, and marks the beginning of East Chinatown. Here are some photos of the intersection today and through the years.
Riverdale Library, 1912. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Broadview and Gerrard, 1914. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Laneway on Gerrard, 1960. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Broadview north of Gerrard, 1977. You can see a bit of the now demolished East Wing of the Don Jail behind the library. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Broadview south of Gerrard, 1977. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Broadview, south of Gerrard 1979. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Gerrard East of Broadview in 1981. Source: City of Toronto Archives
Gerrard, Looking East from Broadview, 2014
Though obscured by trees, the Riverdale Library still looks much the same as it did in the 1912 photo
North East Corner of Broadview and Gerrard, 2014
Broadview, South of Gerrard, 2014
Broadview, South of Gerrard, 2014
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