City of Toronto contractors are currently resurfacing Church Street between Park Road and Gloucester Street.

Reader Stuart Mullin sent us three photos offering a rare glimpse of the old TTC streetcar tracks on Church at Bloor Street East. Stuart shot the photos today, Thursday, April 1, and they include views of the setts and parts of the curves that allowed the cars to turn from Church to Bloor (and in the opposite direction.)

^ Photo: Stuart Mullen.

^ Photo: Stuart Mullen.

^ Photo: Stuart Mullen.

The TTC operated streetcars along the Church route until May 15, 1954.

The TTC operated streetcars along this part of the Bloor route until February 26, 1966, when it opened the Line 2 Bloor - Danforth subway.

You can read Transit Toronto’s history of streetcars on Church Street by James Bow, here.

You can read Transit Toronto’s history of streetcars on Bloor Street by James Bow, here.