West Toronto Diamond
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The West Toronto Diamond is a railway junction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It connects the Metrolinx Weston Subdivision, which carries the GO Transit Kitchener line, UP Express and Via Rail Corridor
CP's West Toronto station in 1923. This picture is facing north-west, and was taken close to where Dupont Street now passes under the tracks.
The Junction
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The Junction is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is near the West Toronto Diamond, a junction of four railway lines in the area. The neighbourhood was previously an independent city c
West Toronto Diamond
…near the intersection of Keele Street and Dundas Street in Toronto. The West Toronto Diamond is often referred to as "the junction" and gives Toronto's The Junction neighbourhood its name. The junction was originally controlled by a complex interlocking built by Saxby and Farmer which controlled 21 switches, derails…
Aerial view of The Junction in 2024
View of The Junction in 1906. The Junction was eventually annexed by the City of Toronto in 1909.
The Canada Packers stockyards, located at the southwest corner of Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue, 1950. The Junction was home to a large manufacturing community for the first half of the 20th century.
The elimination of the neighbourhood's alcohol prohibition law in 2000 has led to a number of new restaurants and bars moving into the neighbourhood.