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Old East York is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto located in the former East York. While East York was a much larger area, the name has been kept as a reminder to the days before the mega city. There are multiple definitions of its extent, but at its largest Old East York has covers the portion of the former city south of Taylor-Massey Creek and the Don Valley Parkway. It thus stretches from the Don River in the west to Victoria Park Avenue in the east. The southern border is the old boundary between East York and Toronto.
The area is primarily made up of single detached homes and ownership is well above average (at over 65). Most of the houses are small bungalows constructed in the post-war era, but today many are being torn down and replaced by larger houses. The area is middle class primarily and while once dominated by seniors, many are moving on and younger families are finding an affordable neighbourhood within fairly close proximity to the city centre.
The people in the area are predominantly of British, Irish andGreek descent.[1]
Schools
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Neighborhood sections
Todmorden Village To the north of O'Connor (which splices down the middle of the neighbourhood) is Todmorden village. Much of the village lies atop the Don Valley Ravine which is lined with forest. Mature trees are a big presence in this area of the neighbourhood and create an extremely peaceful and natural area, rarely found this close to downtown Toronto. Where Pape and the Donlands head North past O'Connor is a gorgeous area consisting of very few streets and beautiful homes.
Woodbine Heights This section of Old East York is bounded by Coxwell on the West, Woodbine on the East, the Don Valley Ravine on the north and Mortimer on the south. As with much of the Old East York neighbourhoods, this area is primarily based on single dwelling homes owned by older residents or retirees. Recent demographic changes have brought in many new young middle-class residents to the area.
Woodbine-Lumsden is a neighbourhood in the former East York area of the city of Toronto. Woodbine-Lumsden is bordered by Woodbine Avenue to the West, Strathmore Blvd to the South, Main street to the East and Taylor Bush Park to the North.
Over sixty five percent of homes are owned and most are single detached homes. The neighbourhood is middle income, although the spectrum is truly spanned with few very low and few very high income earners. The trend over the past decades however, has been more wealth and less lower income earners.
This area was known as being the original homestead of the Smith clan, starting with Reuben Smith in the 1920s, followed by his son Thomas and the remainder of his extended family.
Crescent Town to the far east is a collection of apartment towers that acts as an immigrant reception area, primarily for new immigrants from South Asia.
Broadview North is a neighbourhood is bordered to by Pape Avenue to the East, Chesterhill to the South and the DVP to the West and North. The area is dominated by renters and high rise buildings. There are numerous low income buildings in the area, however, renting (at over 70%) is certainly the norm in this area howerver at the very north the area is compriesed of many bungallows many of which are being redone into 2-storey houses because of the decent area and the considerably low housing price. The area has significant Greek and Serbian populations.
Landmarks
- East York Civic Centre
- East York Collegiate Institute
- Toronto East General Hospital
