Why Is Dundas Street So Weird?

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There must be a story behind why Dundas Street in Toronto has so many twists and turns, right? Right! Come along with me - it's story time.
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Old Dundas Street
02:21 The origin of Dundas Street
03:11 Ossington Avenue at Queen Street
04:00 Dundas Street and Ossington Avenue
04:56 Heading east toward University Avenue
05:49 Crossing University Avenue
06:19 Heading east from Yonge Street
06:46 The Bend at George Street
07:19 Bridge over the Don River
07:43 Where Dundas Ended - until it didn't
08:27 Extending Dundas Street to the east
09:55 The End Of Dundas Street
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@sealine8717 28 дней назад

This is the kind of surprisingly informative video you would have seen between programs on TVO back in the day. Hope you can keep making them!

@Loyatyispriceless 27 дней назад

I use to love tvo kids lol

@andrecarvalho9637 21 день назад

TVO still exists. Actually it's one of my favorite TV channels.

@hannibalb8276 19 дней назад

There's still lots of good content on TVO and similar channels, as well. Unfortunately the conservatives are (and have always been) trying to destroy those channels for dumb ideological reasons by cutting their funding over time.

@TheScottbb1 16 дней назад

They still have shows like this.

@mmmghool 23 дня назад

Im so happy the algorythm blessed this video and showed me this channel

@jaimis5377 11 дней назад

yt algo has been bad lately, but i was thinking the same!

@sjappiyah4071 27 дней назад

Lived on Dundas & Spadina for 6 years, always found it weird how bendy this street is. Thanks for answering my lingering questions lol

@mikeychowster 23 дня назад

Great Video! Only 2 things to add. 1. Dundas and Bloor are the only 2 streets in Toronto to intersect each other twice (Around Bloor, Dundas and Kipling area and right on TTC's Dundas West Station). 2. As of 2019, the overpass at Dundas and Kipling has been demolished and Dundas was rerouted. Dundas now intersects at Kipling and curves northward east of Kipling into Bloor St W Intersection.

@johnnytoronto1066 15 дней назад

THAT WAS GREAT!!!! Thanks from an old guy who grew up in T.O. and knows Dundas very well from one end to the other, including the straight parts west of Six Points. Very informative, and now at last it all makes sense!

@HassanAlibhai 29 дней назад

Love the "links in usual places". Allows me to really get context into what you say. Keep up the excellent work.

@notsmoothsteve 28 дней назад

And it's quicker than saying the whole spiel about links for every single link in each video :-)

@AnUnseenRuler 20 дней назад

Also Love the Edna Boyle gestures 😂

@joshabooth 28 дней назад

I really like that a random Kei truck drove past you on old dundas for a moment. It was so out of place to see something like that show up. In all seriousness, this was a really informative video!

@GordonSlamsay 28 дней назад

Only trucks I want on the streets these days (and the only truck I want to own)

@joshabooth 28 дней назад

@@GordonSlamsay They're really cool. I have a friend who works with vehicle importing and insuring right-hand drive vehicles. I'm considering buying one in the near future!

@GordonSlamsay 28 дней назад

@@joshabooth I seen only 2 for sale within the gtha area (a Sambar and a Carry) they just seem so much more practical than whatever sludge the big 4 have crapped out in the last 30 years

@joshabooth 28 дней назад

@@GordonSlamsay I absolutely agree. The closest thing to a normal truck I've seen released in the last 15 years is the ford Ranger and even that thing is gigantic. If you're interested in checking out some vehicles, feel free to get in contact with me and I can send you some links to check some out.

@ScrizzDubb 24 дня назад

@@joshabooth get a Sambar then get the VW bus front end, would look awesome cruising the GTA!

@gregory-of-tours 29 дней назад

I remember being told as a kid on a tour at Fort York that Dundas curves upwards to the West so that it would be out of canon range from ships on the lake.

@wtspman 26 дней назад

I read that the curve northward was to avoid swampy land around what is now Grenadier Pond.

@gadgetgirl02 19 дней назад

It's Lakeshore Avenue that was routed that way, not Dundas. It's harder to see now that Lakeshore itself has been rerouted in places, not to mention the lakeshore itself being reshaped, but you can still see it is a certain distance from the shore. It can't be Dundas because 1812 cannons just couldn't shoot that far.

@gumhoy5054 21 день назад

A straightforward informative video with no obnoxious presentation. I appreciate that a lot.

@tatyana9974 6 дней назад

As a native Dundasian, I take offense to being lumped in with Hamilton, regardless of what the census says. Great video!

@Mmwindowcleaners 29 дней назад

I didn't even know about Old Dundas. super cool.

@Stripbolt 27 дней назад

There's a bar called Bathurst Local right by the Alexandra Park jog and it has an antique map hanging up showing Dundas in all its pre-realignment glory, along with all the other road network oddities that have gotten ironed out over the years. Lovely thing to look at while having a drink. Would love to see a video exploring how Toronto's street grid came to feature so many absurd jogs and misalignments at every arterial. (Lansdowne/Jameson is the stuff of nightmares, and that's just scratching the surface...) I've always assumed it had to be due to the way the land was parceled out along division roads and developed lot by lot with no cohesive urban plan, and the historical maps I've seen more or less confirm this, but I've never gotten in the weeds enough to learn the full history, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

@tomthetitan101 28 дней назад

What a gem of a channel, thank you for putting these togather!

@HayyuAdam 27 дней назад

thank you for including more maps, it makes it so much easier to follow along. you’re videos are becoming more and more enjoyable. i can’t wait for the next ones!!

@notsmoothsteve 26 дней назад

Glad you like them!

@djphilipj 12 дней назад

Very well put together video. Thanks for sharing!

@JimLambier 27 дней назад

As someone who lives in the town of Dundas, I found this very interesting. In particular, the part about the street being stitched together was something that I didn't know. This does seem to be a theme that I noticed when driving to London. The road is frequently named Dundas street but often switches to another name for part of the route.

@hereisspencerR6 28 дней назад

Your content quality has improved drastically! Always happy to see one of your videos

@mistermikeyjay 28 дней назад

Great content and good, straight forward delivery. This is what a longer episode of 'Structures' would have been like. Thanks again for your work, have a good day.

@ComboBreakerHD 21 день назад

I do not know who you are or why I'm here but you have a very endearing personality. I enjoyed listening to your informative insight, cheers.

@myheartbelongstowhat 22 дня назад

Just subscribed! I love how informative and detailed the video is! Great job!

@wendyweilermusic522 26 дней назад

Great video, Steve, really informative! Liked and subscribed....thanks for this!

@Jacorywoohoo 24 дня назад

This video was awesome! Love learning more about the city I live in, keep up the great work, Steve. 😊

@LordNelson_369 3 дня назад

I just started watching your channel! Amazing work you do !!!! Very informative! 👍👍👍I just subscribed!!

@TheJohnGway 23 дня назад

I really like your video format, simple and to the point.

@dutchcanuck7550 24 дня назад

Worth a like and subscribe. Thanks for the hard work putting this together.

@MikeTaylorPhotoArts 19 дней назад

I lived on Dundas at Highpark and worked in the Junction there for a good few years. Dundas is a great street with so much variation in community from end to end. Great vid. I'll be back.

@pbandj089 2 дня назад

I miss the polish bakeries and stuff

@INFJ_In_Progress 26 дней назад

This is pretty cool, hoping your subscriber count blows up with this video being recommended to Torontonians and everyone abroad. I miss having an actual interest in exploring the downtown core despite living here all my life. Great work and thanks for sharing Steve.

@chipotleeater 26 дней назад

Excellent content. Thank u friend, keep up the good work!

@DwainRichardson 11 дней назад

Dundas Street is definitely bendy. Quite a lot of information in such a short video. Thank you for sharing your findings with us! (-:

@wootwootowning 20 дней назад

this is actually really informative and interesting about the city im living in. great job!

@tttwotwelve 25 дней назад

YOU ARE A LEGEND!!! please keep it up this made my day

@mikaeldinoto 28 дней назад

This is a great video. Lots of good info, well presented 👍

@forkast 25 дней назад

great vid! super informative

@xgvto5374 22 дня назад

I just wanted to say I really liked this video. You've got a new subscriber in me!

@Budzabit 18 дней назад

Coincidentally, this popped up on my feed while on a vacation to Toronto. Very informative, and I love the history! If you don't mind me asking, where do you typically get your information/sources from? Keep up the great work!

@sistav 20 дней назад

Amazing and informative video!

@Roguerebel297 19 дней назад

This was great thanks for the info!

@landrecce 22 дня назад

Really interesting dude. Well presented!

@spears104 28 дней назад

I really enjoy your videos!

@leandrae-6269 24 дня назад

This was fun to follow with a map. Thank you!

@unimpressedcat2140 19 дней назад

Great video. Love learning about my city

@AlexColberg 21 день назад

Fascinating. Excellent research work.

@lcslay92 24 дня назад

keep up the videos love watching!!

@tristanridley1601 24 дня назад

It's so surprising how young the street is. I saw a street so bendy and believed with confidence that it was ancient like Kingston Road.

@Justin-uc8sc 22 дня назад

Tristan can you please call Sarah back she is worried sick

@avalons343 29 дней назад

I go down Dundas regularly and the questions often crosses my mind. Now I know! haha. Thank you! This was really cool!

@zxrcanada 24 дня назад

Great video! love hitorical contents like this about Toronto!

@cmair77 28 дней назад

Very informative, thank you sir.

@coreya2476 24 дня назад

Excellent video. Well done!

@ComfortQube 8 дней назад

I just started watching your stuff, love it haha. Dundas street never ends to me as somebody who use to live in Guelph and didn't know the area well.

@Phukugoooglification 7 дней назад

UofMoo 92

@SpaceOfAids 29 дней назад

Great video, thanks

@princessefd 26 дней назад

What an interesting topic! Thank you!!!

@younghokim1994 23 дня назад

This is really great!

@mr8966 2 часа назад

Thx. A video on the history of Rosedale streets would be cool as it also has many winding streets unlike the rest of Toronto’s very grid-like orientation. Has an interesting history of bridges, the Glen Rd bridge now almost finishing it’s latest reconstruction.

@rulesR4foolz 22 дня назад

thanks for this knowledge!

@brotherpaul963 26 дней назад

I just found your video and I watched the whole thing. Well Done!!!

@William.Marsh. 26 дней назад

Awesome video!

@hamishmarshall4094 27 дней назад

On parts of Dundas east of Boulton you can see the houses that used to be on Whitby avenue and are now on Dundas sitting above the grade of the street with the old sidewalk that goes off at an angle from the street. And farther east there are a bunch of garages that face Dundas because it goes down the line of what was once a back alley.

@deedunk8383 23 дня назад

Great video!

@PeopleandPlacesTV 21 день назад

Great stuff buddy

@tamsynnlee 12 дней назад

Great info. Thanks for walking the distance aswell. New sub 🇨🇦 🍁

@nate8892 29 дней назад

Just got this video in my recommended page. I'm glad I clicked. Great video.

@royieg2543 27 дней назад

Awesome video, used to live on Dundas west and truly amazing

@alsosean 27 дней назад

Super informative video! I’ve travelled Dundas many times and it’s great to learn some of the history behind it’s wonky route. Thanks!

@notsmoothsteve 26 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@kittymamayyz 23 дня назад

Not sure how this came up on my feed, but I'm glad it did. Fantastic video! I also love the dry sense of humour: "Now here are 2000 words..." I chuckled at that. Nice one Steve! New subscriber!!! 😊

@alukuhito 29 дней назад

Thanks for the video. I used to live on Roncesvalles Avenue, which merges with Dundas St. West a little south of Bloor where the Dundas West Station is. I always thought it was weird how from Yonge St. heading west towards Roncesvalles, it gradually got more north, then went quite a bit north of Bloor, only to head back south of Bloor further west, near Kipling.

@DanielDaria 16 дней назад

As a new comer to GTA, thank you for your informative videos!

@notsmoothsteve 16 дней назад

Thank you so much for your support! I'm glad you enjoy my videos.

@robertb3409 21 день назад

I just discovered your video today. Great information on Dundas Street. I grew up near Runymede and Dundas.

@bobstuart2638 20 дней назад

I'm still satisfied with the theory that Dundas follows the trail of a drunken Moose.

@cobanermite4562 13 дней назад

Wow! that was very insightful! We need more videos like these. As a Gen Z I really appreciate video like these. I wish I was born earlier to experience how great Toronto was back then. Maybe someday, you'll be able to produce a high-quality documentary of Toronto's legacy.

@Phukugoooglification 7 дней назад

Toronto and what is most of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes was French controlled for 200 plus years until 1790. What happened 1790? The French Revolution and the lose of most of its colonial control in the greater globe. Lord Simcoe Graves established British control and they ran the French inhabitants out and into defeat, in a brief nutshell of this country's colonial existence.

@TheOfficialWoof 10 дней назад

Amazing work like always Steve. p.s whats your cat's name

@notsmoothsteve 10 дней назад

The cat in my avatar was Tuxx. Sadly, she developed cancer and passed away earlier this year. My new cat is very shy but maybe once she comes out of her shell she may agree to be in a video. Time will tell!

@RoyalKuma90 29 дней назад

Dundas ends up being renamed it should be named after George Dundas who died in WW1 and received the Victoria Cross. Add a poppy sticker to every Dundas sign.

@davegreenlaw5654 22 дня назад

Good idea that would save the city alone plenty of money. However, I have a sinking feeling that a good chunk of the 'anti-Dundas' crowd are also 'anti-war' so I doubt that would fly.

@SkullLeader 20 дней назад

Better than naming it after the current leadership, which would be Dumbass St.

@Goophyass 12 дней назад

This sounds like an interesting course of act, especially taking into account how Dundas street matured into its current path with a post ww-1 merger of the various streets into Dundas.

@16th6ToothSon_ 28 дней назад

Steve, I don’t know who you are but now I’m subscribed to your channel. I’ll check out for the links in the usual places.

@hellionsentinel 22 дня назад

Very informative

@Jstkillntime 29 дней назад

Stumbled across your videos and just enjoying them, well done.

@bigrick3267 21 час назад

lived at the corner of Parliament and Dundas all through the 80's and early 90's, went for a drive thru the area last time I was back in Toronto and it's changed a whole lot since then

@mloik1 25 дней назад

Very interesting Steve.

@sheldrake1111 24 дня назад

Very interesting video

@mikerobidoux3032 24 дня назад

It is, isn't it

@maddy7704 24 дня назад

Great vid Steve, love the specific Toronto history. The informational content is superb. However, when you're talking about a specific subject, it would help to show a bit more of it! For example, when you're talking about Old Dundas street, the one third of the subject is being blocked by your body. The vlog style is engaging and visually interesting, but an establishing shot of the important streets would give the viewer a better sense of place and feel better to watch. I think you're pretty close to indie youtube greatness, and if you added a few tweaks you could fully immerse the viewer in the subject you're talking about. Thanks for reading (if you're reading, that is, lol)

@notsmoothsteve 24 дня назад

Thanks!

@andreasissons7766 22 дня назад

Great history of the street. I drive along Dundas in the east end all the time because I enjoy the meandering.

@kzzkfiles 23 дня назад

loved this

@jayneyp8683 23 дня назад

I love this! I wish you could go more into the detail of what happened to all of the little streets when Dundas extended East of Boulton. So many streets got cut off and or split!! Tiverton is also such a weird little street! The stretch between Pape and Jones etc. Anyway, love this!!

@billhollings6567 19 дней назад

Very interesting history! Thanks for publishing it! I have a poster made from a Toronto map from 1854, and it shows many of the small streets and kinks with their original names. Others were simply non-existent or fields at that time. I found it interesting that at that time, King & Queen were clearly laid out as main streets, but the next main street above that was College, then Bloor. Everything in between was just small local streets.

@danielr8566 23 дня назад

Longtime Toronto resident and you just blew me away with this video. So interesting! Now, what about when Dundas goes north of Bloor and meanders through the Junction? Just excellent work sir, thank you.

@AlexA-nd3yy 23 дня назад

This video is fascinating to me! While I don't live in Toronto now, most of my life I did. I know many of the streets mentioned here. I am particularly looking forward to watching next "The Lost Bridge on Lawrence Avenue" as I can remember before the current Lawrence was put through straight. (Also before the DVP.) Which killed the skill hill there, which I also remember skiing at. Last time I checked (not that many years ago) the poles were still there for the Poma Lift, even though it was decades since they had been used.

@teenagestacker6063 24 дня назад

An interesting video would be about the Wychwood Park neighbourhood, interesting history, beautiful place in Toronto, which could be expanded to the local area around it and how it's always used for movies!

@thomasburns6289 26 дней назад

Great video

@InADarkTavern 27 дней назад

My favourite RU-vidr

@taylorcoutts9681 5 дней назад

I love these

@baymoe1 21 день назад

Awesome content. Having brought up by Leslie and Dundas, I hold fond memories of the area. Btw, perhaps consider a gimbal when taking videos while walking. The shaking takes away from what is otherwise a fantastic video.

@notsmoothsteve 20 дней назад

Yeah, or at least I need to walk more slowly and smoothly :-)

@mzimmerman1988 22 дня назад

thanks for the video! Any plans to do a video on the Esplanade/St lawrence market area? I had a conversation with a man on the Go train that claimed to be a student of one of the architects involved in the project. He walked me through some of the goals given to the teams that designed the neighbourhood and my own walks seem to verify some of what he said.

@notsmoothsteve 21 день назад

Hmm ... nothing planned in that regard, but thanks for the suggestion - I'll keep it in mind.

@56nickrich 20 дней назад

I waited until the last few minutes and you did indeed mention the street I lived on for a quarter century.. Dagmar. The city "expropriated" all the land behind the south properties and built uniform garages for each home. I had a solid concrete fort in the backyard underneath our garage when I grew up!😁👍

@AeroAndZero 22 дня назад

1:24 love the timing of that vehicle crossing the river!

@wongobongo 17 дней назад

I love that depending where you live you can live North of/South of/ East of Dundas St. West all while at the same address

@Thegbiggamerz 23 дня назад

It’s cool to see how the city changed !

@smileyghostkat3068 26 дней назад

Thanks dude! I always thought it was really interesting when i go down dundas street with my grandpa to the polish deli! ^-^ Edit: just realized you have more videos on toronto which is very helpful! I want to learn my away around better especially on public transit!

@scarboroughcyclist 28 дней назад

Good video - it's always fun delving into the history of Dundas St. and how it came to be. As far as the area just west of the Don River goes, originally the streets east and west of Wilton Crescent had different names - west of Wilton Cr. was Crookshank St., and east of Wilton was Beech St. Over time the name Wilton expanded to take over the neighbouring streets, until Dundas came and absorbed the whole lot of them.

@notsmoothsteve 28 дней назад

Thanks for the info! So my guess about Crookshank was right, but I hadn't seen a reference to Beech before.

@AnarchyApple 13 дней назад

yes i have wondered that, recommended youtube video!

@Afriendd 13 дней назад

I appreciate the bits of humour haha

@cat-.- 14 дней назад

I appreciate that they keep a single name for a street for as long as possible. Always made me wonder why the dichotomy of St. George and Beverly, College and Carlton, Uni Ave and Avenue Rd, etc. Now I know why!