Summerlicious 2013 in Toronto at Yonge and Eglinton
Last week we shared with you three of our favourite restaurants in Yorkville that are partaking in the much-anticipated Summerlicious. We love the event so much that we took on the fun task of picking out our favourite restaurants in ever-so-poppin’ Yonge and Eglinton. Many restaurants are still taking reservations but we recommend calling them ASAP because Torontonians can’t get enough of Summerlicious. Continue reading
New spots to check out in Yonge and Eglinton
Yonge and Eglinton is undoubtedly one of the hottest neighbourhoods in Toronto. Every month there seems to be a new restaurant or shop opening up to accommodate the hundreds of people that are moving into the new Yonge and Eglinton Condos being built. Continue reading
Eglinton station back in the day
As you probably already know, E Condos will have an underground connection to Eglinton Subway Station. This is just one of the many changes that Eglinton Station has seen over the years since it opened to the public back in 1954. Let’s take a look back at what it originally looked like in those days. Continue reading
Yonge and Eglinton: Past, present and future
Yonge and Eglinton will experience a dramatic transformation once E Condos takes up permanent residence at 8 Eglinton Avenue East in 2017. In many ways though, Yonge and Eglinton has always been a neighbourhood of transformation and a lot has changed at this intersection over the last 200 years.
Back in the 1930’s for example, the Toronto Dominion Bank used to sit at the northeast corner of Yonge and Eglinton.
The building now looks completely different from what it looked like in the 1930’s and Dominion Bank has been rebranded and is now called TD Canada Trust.
The bank will experience yet another makeover when it is incorporated into the design of E Condos. It will be one of the retail spaces that will occupy the ground floor of E Condos in 2017.
The southeast corner of Yonge and Eglinton has seen a lot of changes too. Back in the early 20th century, the intersection had several residential homes, some of which were converted into shops. The one in the photograph below for example, sold cigarettes, cigars and tobacco.
Many of these shops and residential homes were later turned into commercial buildings and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce opended a branch at 1 Eglinton Avenue East in the 1930’s.
The bank is still there today and like many of the buildings on Yonge and Eglinton, it looks completely different from what it looked like 80 years ago.
Here are a few more old photos of Yonge and Eglinton along with some recent ones.
And of course, here’s what Yonge and Eglinton will look like in 2017.
