Lansdowne and Wallace as it looked on October 6, 1929

I was doing some research in the Toronto archives website when I came across a wonderful photograph of workers laying or repairing streetcar tracks on Lansdowne Avenue just south of Wallace Avenue. The picture was taken on October 6, 1929. For historical reference, I should point out that the New York stock market crashed on October 29, 1929.

This part of Lansdowne has not changed that much. The buildings are quite recognizable. When you click to see the picture, notice how the streetcar tracks turn off to the left side of the image. Those tracks lead to the TTC barns that used to be at 640 Lansdowne. The site is now an empty lot in need of soil remediation. However, if you walk by the site and look carefully on the ground near the north end, you can still a few remnants of those tracks.

Looking through the archives, I also found this picture of the Lansdowne TTC car barn as it looked on June 7, 1911, as well as this June 29, 1926 photo of TTC trainmen. Notice the Paton Rd street sign on the side of the building. Just to make things more interesting, here's a December 2, 1924 photo of three streetcars at the Lansdowne barns. The cars are specially equipped to sweep snow off the tracks.