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An Evaluation of a Unique Residential Street ,~_+:'. ~ -.~: ' .- :-:~ I t 728 (713 S76 MAY 11 1983 LIRMRV WASHINGTON. o.e. 20410 An Eva.lua t ton of. a ue Resident Lal Str:eet E .1(. March 982 This project was carried out with the assistance of a grant from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation under the terms of the External Research Program. The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent the official views of the Corporation. Cana~ Mortgage end Hous,n9 :::o':israti'. r, Societe canadienne d'hypotheques er de icgecn~c:I Cenedian Ho.sing k.t~.rr ..1 t . .on C<:n re Cen . ' Ire Genad1en de documen1i1t•cm 111, l'habital1on GENERAL INTRODUCTION ; ~ i I • 1 r : HISTORICAL DIVISION OF LAND j t 5 •.. ·" : ~. \iii '· ,: : '· .... • . ~- •:,..;,; I.".>: F ') 1\: ., .\ 1-: I I) City Location Historical Division of Land Mapping of the Area Palmerston Boulevard is located The historical maps document two blocks west of Bathurst Palmerston Boulevard over a Street close to the central period of time from 1858 to core of the city. It is a pri• 1982. These historical maps marily residential street that can be read as a text and have runs north and south between intrinsic traits. College Street at its southern limit and Bloor Street to the no:x:-th. 7 [o~ ---' l.J LJ LJ DD lJ LJ LJ LJ LI l.J LJ uLJ LJ f l °;·i·:· =.'8880000 BO ' l 0lllDDDDDDD BO I DIUIDDDDD D BD I I I D [b~D I D CJ~D [50 DD o~gRooo ~B~ noo' d88 l100DD01 I 19 18 !DD .. ' oor \ 1 . DO DD f oonoooOoo CJ',.o:J DOU DODOO I Local Context Neighbourhood Context quite different in character, ~ is interrupted and temporarily - i Below College Street, the focused onto a small square ' street is named Palmerston named Palmerston Gardens. This Avenue and changes quite dis• square has been built upon • I tinctly in character to a ty• quite densely and its possible pically narrow and dense work• original purpose of a garden ing class residential street, has not been realized. and is terminated in an undis• tinguished manner. The focus of this research is upon the strip running between North of Bloor Street, the College and Bloor Streets, street is also called Palmer• called Palmerston Boulevard. ston Avenue. This street, again 8 Boulevard Structure _J L ······· ······-· •., ........ ......• II II Boulevard Structure Undistinguished at the neigh• bourhood context, the detailed map of its structure however, illustrates a set of clear for• mal implications that suggest earlier aspirations. The position of the square at the north part of the Boulevard and the pronounced break of alignment at Bloor Street pro• vokes speculation; in order to investigate these concerns.in an informed manner, an histor• ical analysis of the formation of the area must be undertaken, which will propose how land was subdivided, in which peri• ods building took place and the physical ramifications of these factors. 9 BLOOR The Conception of the Boulevard ' ~ I I ' ~ I ( - t - 1858 DJ CTI]] [[fil] DIIIJ E 0 (').... §§§§§§§§ Dimensions of Blocks LENNOX ~ Park Lots are alotments of E space, mathematically predeter• >} J ....~ mined by original blocks of the I .... city, used to describe large I parcels of undeveloped land ~§~~~~~~ ~ that were intended for eventu• al subdivision and settlement. E ....~ Park Lots 19 and 20 are 182 me• I ters wide. These park lots are HARSORO oe- subdivided to contain one ~~~~I~~ ~ street and two blocks on either side. The normal street width E of 20 meters and block depth ~.... of 82 meters is set here. The blocks are then subdivided equally to establish lot depths of 41 meters. When lanes are ULSTER 0 developed, the lot depth be• ::; g CJ comes 38 meters. ...;, ...~Ill ~:I The width of Palmerston Boule• f vard running between Park Lots 19 and 20 is 24 meters, signi• ficantly wider than Euclid and • Markham Streets • Orientation erz ~41 .. 24 20 ~ e: The primary orientation of Pal• .... .... ~ ·~"' ... ~"' •I' .... ~·· merston Boulevard is north/ 104 m - south with cross streets that - run east/west. The orientation of the yet unbuilt houses are COl.LEGE I set, and the lot fixed. 1 ..+-- Park lot 20 , 1 Park lot 19 182 m -+-+- 182 m -+ Lane service is indicated and frontages are set out along the 1858 length of the Boulevard. The variables determining house form and type that have been laid down are: 1. Width of the lbt 2. Position of the lot on the The area of blocks, streets, block (ie. mid-block or and lots that make up the area corner lots) of Palmerston Boulevard as set 3. Position and the location of down in 1858 embody the expla• the lane service. nation for the growth of the Boulevard and the formation of The lot is characteristically the area. long and has its smallest di• ~ension facing the Boulevard. 10 The smallest unit of the first set of lots is 16.28 meters by 38 meters. The built form of the house will orient itself to be perpendicular to the Boulevard and the lane system. Size of Blocks The Boulevard, as it extends northward, contains diminishing length of blocks. The top three blocks are of basically equal length. The first of these blocks starting at Bloor Street has a lane system that forms a "T" shape, and services lots that front onto both Bloor Street and Palmerston Boulevard. At this stage, the access to the lane is shown emanating from Euclid or Markham Streets and Palmerston. The position and undifferentiation of this lane access treats Palmerston equal• ly to the other streets. The Appearance of Built Form 1899 The 1899 map shows the first buildings starting to appear on the surrounding streets. The position and relative number of houses suggest an incremental type of growth~ houses appear for the most part sporadically which is an indication of the lack of market control. 1899 Large lots shown in the 1858 map initiate subdivision. The division of original lot sizes indicated in the northern blocks is into three parts. Lanes appear, and disappear in Institutions make an appearance. some cases. Lanes no longer A major church is built at the have ··access from Palmerston. southwest corner of Palmerston In particular, the Palmerston Boulevard and College Street access to the lane previously and the general area gains two noted at Bloor Street is now other churches and a school. closed. By opposition to the narrow lots of the adjoining streets with their haphazard growth and smaller working-class house types, Palmerston's unique character was guaran• teed. The Boulevard emerges as an exclusive enclave for those of wealth and position. The ideal aspect of Palmerston Boulevard, however, suffers an unfo'r tunat.e blow. The shift previously described that oc• ... i I urs in Palmerston Boulevard to Palmerston Avenue at Bloor Street offers an explanation of the inability of the Bou• levard to continue across Bloor Street to the square formed at Palmerston Gardens. The square never materializes as public open space but in• stead is built upon with dense rowhouse type units. Stabilization 1923 . j The 1923 map of Toronto shows i the primary building stock of . the city built. The map of the Palmerston Boulevard of 1923 demarks the stabilization of the built form. The street is composed of single houses sit• ting in landscaped lots. The far-reaching ramifications of the initial plan of 1858 have been realized. The idea 1923 of one house/one lot extends from the individual level of the lot to form a block; the blocks form the Boulevard, and the Boulevard becomes a unique residential street in the city. 14 The Present 1982 There has been little variation of the built form of the Boule• yard since 1923. The original lot order has been maintained with little or no fluctuations. The new built form that does emerge in this map is the buil• ding up of the lane systems through the construction of coach houses and garages. The nature and potential of the lane system built form has yet to be fully realized and points to a future densification of the street as the residential demands of the city grows. 1982 !. 1'· 15 l HOUSE TYPE ANALYSIS ' • 17 ··-------------------- .Introduction This section of the study The next step involves the deals with the analysis of analysis of Houses "C", "D", I ten houses from the Boule• and "E", combining both spa• . ' vard. The analysis is broken tial and temporal concerns into three sections, moving with a specific intention of in groupings of two, three, discovering common properties then five houses. and characteristics. Each of these stages will look The final grouping of five at the houses under discus• houses, "F", "G","H","J", and Siqn within a framework of "K", will then be studied in categories. The first group a more informed manner given of two houses to be analysed the results and propositions offer simple contrasts; the raised by the earlier examples. first contrast is between an unaltered house "A" and a All of the examples have been converted house "B". The ana• set into a common format, to lysis proceeds initially with ease comparison and facilitate the unaltered example, where familiarity with the houses space is first posited. House under study. "A" is spatially described The terminology and method by naming parts, and enumera• used in this work proceeds ting characteristics. The from a simple descriptive leval spatial properties are under• of things to a more advanced stood in categories of description, using more fami• "spaces": liar names and terms. The host of relationships, contradictory 1) External Space names and phenomenon demand 2) Internal Space that these simple relation• ships be described in their 3) Middle Space (between ex• uncorrupted simple terms, keep• ternal and internal) ing these to a minimum to aid in explaining the increased House "B" proceeds with an complexities of usage later on.
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