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UPDATE (no longer speechless): Some people can't read what the photo says and asked me to paste it here, so here it is:
Crawford Street passes through Trinity Bellwoods Park over a graceful triple-span concrete bridge which still exists, but is now buried beneath the street. The bridge once crossed a ravine carved by Garrison Creek as it flowed from North of St. Clair Avenue into Lake Ontario, near Fort York.
Crawford Street was first extended over the ravine on a wooden bridge in 1884. In 1914 and 1915, R.C. Harris, Commission of Works, had the old bridge replaced with one made of concrete. A visionary, Harris was responsible for the Bloor Street Viaduct, in 1918. The bridge's spans, railings and lamp posts captured Harris' flair for dramatic public architecture.
Both Garrison Creek and the Crawford Street Bridge now lie hidden beneath this park. By the 1800's, the creek was so polluted that it was gradually channelled underground into a brick sewer, built through the area in 1885. Portions of the ravine were then filled in, here with the earth from the subway excavation in the 1960s. The bridge was buried up to its sidewalks and roadbed and its railings and lamp posts were removed. In 2004, the original sidewalks and roadbed were entirely rebuilt, but the remainder of the bridge rests intact beneath the surface.
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