Mimico - Character

Character

Early Mimico had few buildings and few of these survive. Architecturally, homes in Mimico range from grand lakeside estates to bungalows built in the 1920s to 1940s, and low rise apartment buildings built in the 1950s and 1960s. East of Mimico between Mimico Creek on the west and the Humber River to the east, there is a large area of condominium high-rise tower development along the lake shore. Lake Shore Blvd. West is also home to many Eastern European delicatessen, independent stores and bakeries, giving the area a Eastern European atmosphere.

Businesses in Mimico's commercial strips along Royal York (north of the railway) and Lake Shore Boulevard West (South of the railway) have organised themselves into two Business Improvement Areas: 'Mimico Village' (along Royal York Rd. in northern Mimico) and 'Mimico by the Lake' (the heart of the former 'Mimico Beach' postal area along the lakeshore in eastern Mimico).

  • Mimico Baptist Church on George St

  • Shops on Royal York Rd (old Red and White)

  • Older shops on the South Side of Lake Shore (now demolished)

  • Windsor Hotel (now Blue Goose Tavern)

  • Home of the Van Every Settlers on Lake Shore btwn Royal York and Dwight (Demolished)

  • Hendry House on Mimico Ave at Queens Ave

  • Polish Consulate on the Lake Shore (formerly McGuiness Estate)

  • An Estate on Lake Shore Blvd (to be demolished for redevelopment)

  • Kay House on Victor Ave in 1900

  • Kay House on Victor Ave

  • One of the oldest surviving farmhouses in Mimico, on Stanley Ave

  • Older house overlooking Minnie Creek (now buried) at Superior & Stanley

  • Victorian House on Stanley at Victor

  • 'Trinidad House' on Stanley at Victor

  • Neo Georgian Houses on Lake Cres (former Hendry Farm)

  • Westernmost of three Victorian homes on Cavell Ave (Murray House, early Mimico Librarian)

  • One of three Victorian homes on Cavell Ave

  • Easternmost of three Victorian homes on Cavell Ave (Birthplace of Sir Ernest MacMillan)

  • Oldest surviving house on former Van Every Estate, MacDonald Street

  • Historic Pidgeon home on Stanley (formerly Pidgeon) Ave near Royal York

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