16 Facts About Spadina Avenue

Spadina Avenue is one of the most prominent streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Lower Spadina Avenue continues the last block to the lake after the expressway.

For much of its extent, Spadina Avenue Road is a less busy residential road .

The name originated under the latter pronunciation, with the former a colloquialism that evolved as Spadina Avenue was extended from the wealthy neighbourhoods north of Bloor into the more working-class and immigrant areas to the south; for many years, the pronunciation difference served as a class marker.

Spadina Avenue was the original name of the street from Bloor Street to Queen Street West, built by Dr William Baldwin beginning in 1815.

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Baldwin designed the original Spadina Avenue, choosing its extra large width and placing the circle that is today 1 Spadina Avenue Crescent.

Spadina Avenue named the connecting Baldwin Street after himself, and Phoebe Street to the south was named after his wife Phoebe Baldwin.

Southern section of Spadina Avenue was the heart of Toronto's industrial area for most of the 20th century, but in the 1970s, most of the factories left.

Some land along this portion of Spadina Avenue has been redeveloped into the condominium tower complex of CityPlace.

Concord Canada House at 23 Spadina Avenue will have 74 stories, The Well at Front Street will have 46 stories and The Taylor at 57 Spadina Avenue will have 36 stories.

Intersection of Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue is the centre of Toronto's second-oldest Chinatown, with many restaurants and shops catering to the Chinese community.

The Chinese Spadina Avenue began in the 1970s after the departure of Jewish Toronto from the area.

Spadina Avenue Road is interrupted just north of Dupont Street by an escarpment, Davenport Hill.

Spadina Avenue Road continues atop this escarpment in front of Spadina Avenue House, one of Toronto's largest mansions.

Spadina Avenue Road continues north through the wealthy neighbourhood of Forest Hill.

North of Eglinton Avenue, Spadina Road is again interrupted, here by the trenched right-of-way for the defunct Belt Line Railway, now a popular walking trail.