Next time you whiz down Mt. Pleasant Rd. you may recall the picture at the left of the Bloor St. overpass under construction in 1949. The extension from St. Clair to Jarvis was built in the late 40s. The TTC bitterly resisted having to build this monstrous streetcar detour. The shot looks west. Upper right is the old Rosedale Public School that stood at Crescent Rd. and Mt. Pleasant. The rather forbidding old school, built in 1891, is seen in 1952 after the Mt. Pleasant extension was finished. It was demolished and a new Rosedale Public built on South Dr. later in the decade. Lower right is the wide-open intersection at Jarvis St. and Mt. Pleasant looking northeast in 1952. The billboard on the right says Globe and Mail, First in the Day, First in Results. The other billboard advertises Regent gasoline. Here’s an interesting history of Mt. Pleasant Rd.
