High Park North

Infobox City
official_name = High Park North
subdivision_type2 = Country
subdivision_name2 = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Ontario
subdivision_type = City
subdivision_name = Toronto

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image_caption=A subway train crosses Clendennan Avenue, a residential road in High Park North


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map_caption=Location of High Park North within Toronto

High Park North is an officially-defined neighbourhood of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the south by Bloor Street, on the west by Runnymede Road, on the north by Annette Street, Quebec Avenue and Humberside Avenue, and on the east by the CNR/CPR railway tracks. It is located in the Parkdale-High Park provincial and federal ridings.

Character

High Park North is mainly residential, containing many semi-detached homes built in the early 20th century. North of High Park, the neighbourhood has several high-rise apartment buildings, built after the construction of the Bloor-Danforth subway. Bloor Street is the main east-west thoroughfare. It is a four-lane road and is commercial in with storefront-type businesses with residential second and third storeys. North-south roads include Keele Street and Dundas Street. Both are primarily residential within the neighbourhood.

History

High Park North falls entirely within the boundaries of the town of Toronto Junction, which was incorporated in 1892. As Bloor Street was still an uneven and a mostly undeveloped street, early housing in the area was concentrated to the north and east, where it was easier to access the stores and industry along Dundas Street. High Park Avenue in particular was the site of many early homes of the Junction wealthy, as was modern Evelyn Crescent; many of these houses are still standing. High Park North emerged as a neighbourhood once Bloor Street was widened and evened out following World War One, when most of the residential homes which still exist today were built.

;TransportationThe neighbourhood is served by the Dundas West, Keele and High Park stations of the Bloor-Danforth TTC subway line. The TTC operates local buses out of each station.

;Schools
Humberside Collegiate Institute, built in 1894, is located on Quebec Avenue at the intersection of Humberside Avenue. Keele Street Community School and Community Centre is located along the west side of Keele Street north of Bloor Street. High Park Alternate School Jr is located on Annette Street.

;LibrariesThe Runnymede Branch of the Toronto Public Library, housed in a heritage building built in 1930, is located within High Park North at Bloor Street West and Glendonwynne Road. The Annette branch of the TPL is located to the northeast of the neighbourhood at Annette and Medland.

ee also

*List of neighbourhoods in Toronto

External links

* [http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns88.htm High Park North neighbourhood profile]
* [http://www.wtjhs.ca/ The West Toronto Junction Historical Society] maintains archives of historical documents, pictures and other information about the neighbourhood's past.

Toronto Neighbourhood Geography
North = The Junction
East = Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson
South = Roncesvalles Village, Dufferin Grove
West = Runnymede-Bloor West Village
Center = High Park North