Jameson Avenue is a multi-lane arterial road in the Parkdale neighbourhood in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is a north-south roadway from Lake Shore Boulevard to Queen Street . Originally laid out in the 19th century as a two-lane residential street, its traffic and land use has changed considerably from a suburban/semi-rural street to a main arterial connecting to an expressway .
15-488: The road is named for Robert Sympson Jameson , former Attorney General of Upper Canada . Jameson Avenue was built in the 1880s as part of the then Village of Parkdale's development, connecting Queen Street to the Lake Ontario waterfront. Parkdale Collegiate Institute , built in 1888 near Queen Street, was one of the first structures to rise alongside the street. Near the foot of the street at Springhurst Avenue and Jameson,
30-566: A major connecting path between downtown Toronto and the highway. King and Queen Streets started to carry large amounts of commuter traffic. When the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was created in 1953, one of the first projects proposed was a connector highway between the QEW and downtown. This became the Gardiner Expressway . The Gardiner Expressway's right-of-way was laid out just south of
45-707: A year. In 1837, he was named vice-chancellor of the Court of Chancery. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in 1841 and became its first speaker . He served on the councils for King's College and Trinity College . In 1842, he was named chief superintendent of education. He also was a member of literary clubs in Toronto and helped found the Toronto Society of Arts in 1847. In 1850, he retired from
60-508: The Ottawa or Grand river , thence descending the said river until it meets the northwesternmost boundary of the county of Grenvill. The said county of Leeds is to comprehend all the islands in the said river St. Lawrence nearest the said county, in the whole or greater part fronting the same. In 1798, the Parliament of Upper Canada withdrew parts of Leeds and Grenville to form Carleton County and
75-567: The South Parkdale railway station was built in 1879, on the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR). After the 1889 annexation of Parkdale into the City of Toronto, the pace of development increased around Jameson Avenue. The street became lined with single-family dwellings, many of them quite large, along the full length of the street down to the waterfront. Several still exist today. The first change in
90-627: The same post in Tobago . He was named Attorney General of Upper Canada in the same year and arrived in York ( Toronto ) in June. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Leeds in 1834, but his election was later invalidated after an appeal; it was found that Ogle Robert Gowan 's Orange supporters had intimidated voters. His wife finally joined him in 1836 but left him after less than
105-543: The Court and, in 1853, from the Legislative Council. He died in Toronto in 1854 of tuberculosis and left his possessions to Reverend George Maynard who cared for him at the end of his life. Leeds County, Ontario Leeds County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario . The county was first surveyed in 1792 as one of the nineteen counties created by Sir John Graves Simcoe in preparation for
120-666: The United Empire Loyalists to settle here. The county took its name from Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds ; the "Leeds" of the Dukedom referred to Leeds in West Yorkshire , England and not for Leeds, Kent , England . In 1850, Leeds County merged with Grenville County to create the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . This county was home to several townships as well as the city of Brockville. The original county
135-567: The character of the street came in the 1910s, when the GTR lowered the level of the railway tracks to below that of Jameson, and closed the railway station, replacing it with Sunnyside station to the west. As the City of Toronto grew, and with the development of suburbs to the west, east-west automobile traffic in the area increased. The completion of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in 1940 meant that Lake Shore Road, and by extension Parkdale, became
150-570: The eastbound Lake Shore Boulevard to north of the Gardiner, freeing up space for park uses and enhancing access to the waterfront. As of July 2009, the project still requires approval and funding from Toronto City Council. Robert Sympson Jameson Robert Sympson Jameson (1796 – August 1, 1854) was a lawyer and politician in Upper Canada , and later in the Province of Canada . He served as
165-430: The existing GTR rail lines, at the same level. This right-of-way meant the demolition of over 50 homes at the foot of Jameson. An interchange with the expressway at Jameson was also created, which eliminated pedestrian access to the waterfront from the neighbourhood, necessitating a pedestrian bridge. The section of Jameson leading to the lakeshore was removed. The street was not renumbered and the lowest numerical address on
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#1732852621284180-812: The first Speaker of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1843. He was born at Harbridge in the English county of Hampshire in 1796 and educated in Ambleside . He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the English bar in 1823. He practiced in London . He married Anna Murphy , a British author, in 1825. In 1829, he was appointed Puisne judge and Chief Justice of Dominica ; his wife remained in England . In 1833, he returned to London after refusing
195-418: The street is 79. The building of the highway changed the street from a residential neighbourhood street to an arterial roadway. The land use changed considerably after that, changing from single-family dwellings to the multi-storey apartment buildings that line Jameson on both sides from Springhurst to Queen Street today. Recently, plans have been made to revamp the area of the demolished neighbourhood, moving
210-553: The three counties together were constituted as Johnstown District , effective at the beginning of 1800. Leeds consisted of the following townships: The townships of In 1838, the parts of the townships of Burgess and Elmsley north of the Rideau Canal were withdrawn from Leeds and transferred to Lanark County . When the Johnstown District was abolished in 1850, Leeds County was united with Grenville County to form
225-401: Was constituted in 1792, and was united with Frontenac County as an electoral district for the new Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada : ... which county is to bounded on the east by the westernmost line of the county of Grenvill , on the south by the river St. Lawrence , and on the west by the easternmost boundary line of the late township of Pittsburgh, running north until it intersects
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