After the Spadina Expressway Commemorative Plaque, 2010
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Resource ID
4959
Access
Open
Address
393 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 2J4
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2010
Historical Themes
Program Category
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Time Period
Caption
After the Spadina Expressway Commemorative Plaque, 2010
Description
This is one of three plaques commemorating the Spadina Expressway.The cancellation of the Spadina Expressway in 1971 left a section completed from Wilson Avenue in the north to Lawrence Avenue in the south. Now known as the William R. Allen Road the expressway was opened to Eglinton Avenue in 1976 while the Spadina subway line was completed along the planned route of the expressway in 1978.
The cancellation of the Spadina Expressway project was a landmark in the development of the City of Toronto. It signalled the end to plans for the other expressways which were to be cut through existing neighbourhoods.
The Stop Spadina movement also helped give a voice to citizens in the planning of their neighbourhoods and encouraged greater respect for the historic urban fabric during a period of intense redevelopment. Newly elected municipal politicians influenced by the Spadina Expressway fight and other movements of civic activism would shape the City of Toronto in the 1970s.
Marker lat / long: 43.666566, -79.403544 (WGS84)