Shawn Micallef
Mt. Pleasant Village is profiled in the Toronto Star online and in Saturday’s paper (February 13, 2016). Shawn Micallef who should glory in the title Living Columnist has observations about the old street. He notes the traffic lanes and concludes there are 1.5 in each direction. This is an odd leftover from the 1948 road widening (and sidewalk narrowing) which accompanied the Mt. Pleasant extension down to Jarvis St. Shawn Micallef goes on to discuss much other Mt. Pleasant history in his column which is worth a read. That history recalls a parallel time when the Town of Leaside was able to put up the fight of the century and save Bayview Ave and its wide sidewalks. The two lanes of traffic remain on Bayview but the angle parking is gone of course. It can still be seen just as it was then on McRae Drive at Trace Manes Park.
