Homewood Avenue

Homewood Avenue is an historic street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It runs between Jarvis and Sherbourne, from Wellesley Street south to Carlton Street.

A narrow tree-shaded street, Homewood Avenue hosts a wide variety of the architecture of the past 150 years, including Victorian mansions, upscale condominiums and working class Edwardian houses. It was named after the estate of the Allan family whose house stood at the top of it. Later, the Wellesley Hospital, named after the Duke of Wellington, was located on the site until its demolition in 1998. It was the Allan estate that donated the land for Allan Gardens.

Not officially linked to any one local neighborhood, Homewood Avenue has strong ties to Cabbagetown, The Garden District and South Rosedale. There are two playing fields at the north end, Jarvis Collegiate Institute's football field and Our Lady of Lourdes' soccer pitch. It also contains Montague Park, a peaceful little garden in the heart of the city.

There were formerly three dead end streets branching off the west side of Homewood, as indicated in maps of the area from the 1890s. The southern two have been completely removed to allow for condominium development. The northern street, Maitland Place, has since been extended past its former dead end to connect with Maitland Street, which formerly ended at Jarvis Street.

External links

* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carlton+St+%26+Homewood+Ave+Toronto,+ON&daddr=Wellesley+St+E+%26+Homewood+Ave+Toronto,+ON&mrcr=0&mra=pe&sll=43.6647,-79.37507&sspn=0.006519,0.014591&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1 Google Maps of Homewood Avenue]