Tour participants, Fort York, June 2, 2019. Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
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Resource ID
7834
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Open
Credit Line
Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
Date of Creation
02 June 2019
Keywords
Park, urban planning, military history, transportation, grass, condominium
Program Category
Tours
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Hanifa Mamujee
Caption
Tour participants, Fort York, June 2, 2019. Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
Description
Participants learn about Fort York N.H.S., established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe to house a garrison of British soldiers. During the War of 1812, the fort was burned by Americans. Rebuilt after the fire, the fort remained a military base until the 1930s. It was then preserved and recognized as heritage site by the city.
Construction on the Gardiner Expressway, which began in 1955, threatened the fort. Plans called for an on-ramp for Bathurst Street which would be constructed as far as 50 feet into the fort’s southwestern wall. The resulting public uproar led to new plans by engineers who instead used adjacent railway and hydro lands.
Today, the expressway is very much visible, but somewhat dwarfed by new towering condos as the area becomes increasingly residential.