Speeding car leaped narrow sidewalk at Balmoral Ave. in November, 2016/Bulldog
Outside Brown School 2015/Jack Lakey, Star
Avenue Rd. south from St. Clair in 1937 when it was a pleasant, treed street
The narrowness of sidewalks on both sides of Avenue Rd. south of St. Clair Ave. is a longstanding issue. Residents groups and City staff struggle with the reality that there is no simple solution. Widening of the street nearly 70 years ago turned it into a speedway. Photos show (left) a frightening 2016 crash of a car onto the east sidewalk at Balmoral Ave, (centre) safety fences outside Brown Public School, 454 Avenue Rd. and (right) traffic looking south on Avenue at St. Clair in 1937. We don’t have much to say about streetcars that is very nice but there’s no doubt they slow down traffic. City News takes up the issue (below) as ratepayers complain.
