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Moore Park
Moore Park’s combination of green space with proximity to downtown makes it one of Toronto’s most attractive neighbourhoods. It lies along both sides of St. Clair Avenue East between the Vale of Avoca section of the Rosedale Ravine and the Moore Park Ravine (formerly the Spring Valley Ravine). The northern boundary is Mount Pleasant Cemetery and the southern is the Canadian Pacific railway tracks. Moore Park is one of Toronto’s most affluent and desirable neighbourhoods.
The neighbourhood takes its name from its developer, John T. Moore. To encourage buyers, he built two bridges in 1891 – the original steel bridge on St. Clair over the Vale of Avoca, and the original wooden bridge on Moore Avenue over the Spring Valley (now the Moore Park) Ravine. He also helped establish railway service to the neighbourhood. The development was marketed to the wealthy then, and the neighbourhood remains wealthy now. Moore Park was annexed by the City of Toronto on December 16, 1912.
The Bridle Path’s houses are bigger, while Forest Hill and Lawrence Park have grander lots, but Rosedale and its northern neighbour, Moore Park, remain tops in Toronto for their class. The massive houses take up all the available space within their property lines.

Map of Moore Park
As you head north from Rosedale toward Moore Park, houses become more modern. Development in the area was first planned in the 1880s, but was waylaid till the early 1900s. Bordered by one of the most interesting commercial strips of Yonge, with some of the most attractive houses and charming parks in the city (not to mention the Rosedale Ravine), this neighbourhood is hard to beat.
Though most houses in Moore Park are a mix of early-20th-century Tudor, Georgian and Edwardian. The homes are impressive and there is a great deal of variety. Homes by renowned Old City Hall architect E. J. Lennox (89 Elm Street) and Arts and Crafts master Eden Smith (2 Cluny Drive) rub shoulders with brick-arched designs (44–46 Castle Frank Crescent) that wouldn’t be out of place in any 1970s suburb. There is even a smattering of row houses on Tacoma in north Moore Park.
Streets such as Standish and Astley, as well as the upper numbers of Summerhill Gardens all present relatively good deals, as do the row houses on Tacoma and the slightly larger ones on Ottawa.
Moore Park was subdivided in 1889 as an exclusive Toronto suburb for the very wealthy. Its namesake and creator was a gentleman by the name of John Thomas Moore. Moore was instrumental in building the Belt Line Railway, Toronto’s first commuter train. He personally oversaw the construction of the Belt Line’s showpiece station at Moore Park.
Moore leveraged all his money on the Belt Line, predicting it would bring many buyers to his Moore Park subdivision. However, shortly after the Belt Line opened Toronto suffered through a horrible depression and the Belt Line went bankrupt. This setback postponed the building of homes in Moore Park until the early 1900′s. By the 1930′s, Moore Park was completely developed.
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Midtown Toronto
Midtown Toronto is an affluent part of Toronto, located between Downtown Toronto and Uptown Toronto. Its borders are roughly defined as Bloor Street to the south and Lawrence Avenue to the north, Bayview Avenue to the east and Marlee Avenue/Bathurst Street/Dufferin Street on the west. The central core neighbourhood of the area is Yonge and Eglinton. Midtown also covers North Toronto and Forest Hill.
Rosedale, Forest Hill, Deer Park and Summerhill are generally defined as the most upscale cluster of neighbourhoods in the city, rivaled only by the central portion of Lawrence Ave., and boast some of the most exclusive residences in the city. The intersection of Yonge and St. Clair (in the Deer Park neighbourhood) is the commercial centre for these midtown neighbourhoods. It is home to the historic and pastoral Mount Pleasant Cemetery and the hidden St. Michael’s Cemetery.
Davisville Village encompasses the area east of Yonge Street to the west side of Bayview Avenue, and south from Eglinton to Merton Street, overlooking the vast park-like setting of Mount Pleasant Cemetery. It is one of the most sought-after neighbourhoods in Toronto, and is home to many residential high-rise apartments and boutique shops.

Map of Midtown Toronto
Its many large Victorian and Tudor homes are among the most expensive residences in the city. In 2008, the Mount Pleasant Village BIA was established and has been a significant asset in the evolution of the area whilst maintaining the heritage integrity of the buildings.
With the exception of Merton Street, Davisville’s lack of new high-rise condominium developments preserves a look and feel similar to that found in Toronto’s other upscale low-rise neighborhoods such as Lawrence Park, The Beaches and The Kingsway.
The centre of midtown and one of Toronto’s four major city centres, “Yonge and Eg” is the junction of North Toronto (east and west of Yonge, north of Eglinton), the northern edges of Davisville (southeast) and Chaplin Estates (southwest).
The immediate area includes several high-rise office buildings, the busy Eglinton Station, and a large mall-office complex. It is home to numerous restaurants, two multiplex cinemas, and a diverse retail strip. Since about 2000, this region has been undergoing a surge in commercial and residential development and a massive influx of young urban professional singles and families.
Find out which Midtown Toronto neighbourhood is right for you:
- Casa Loma
- Christie Pits
- Davenport Village
- Deer Park
- Dovercourt Village
- Forest Hill
- Hillcrest
- Moore Park
- Rathnelly
- Regal Heights
- Rosedale
- Seaton Village
- South Hill
- Summerhill
- The Annex
- Wychwood Park
- Yorkville
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Contact the Jeffrey Team for more information – 416−388−1960
Laurin & Natalie Jeffrey are Toronto Realtors with Century 21 Regal Realty.
They did not write these articles, they just reproduce them here for people
who are interested in Toronto real estate. They do not work for any builders.
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