Dovercourt Park
Dovercourt Park is a Toronto neighbourhood, situated north of Bloor Street between Christie Street to the east, the CPR railway lines to the north, Dufferin Street to the west.
The Village of Dovercourt was founded in the 1870s. Its residents were originally poor immigrants from England living in dozens of one and two bedroom tar and paper shacks which initially resulted in the village being called a shantytown.
The village was annexed by the old City of Toronto in 1912 resulting in city services being extended to the neighbourhood helping stimulate its growth and development by 1923.
The name Dovercourt comes from the name of the home of the Denison estate, located west of Dundas and Ossington.
Present
Past
The neighbourhood contains a mixture of land-uses. The main thoroughfare of Bloor Street consists almost exclusively of mixed-use residential and commercial buildings. The Bloorcourt Village BIA posts its streetlamp banners on Bloor between Dufferin and Montrose. The area has changed over the years and now is fascinating multi-cultural collage of people and houses.
Information from Wikipedia.org
