Probably one of the shortest streets in the City (that would be interesting to find out what the shortest street actually is), Doty Place was one of those streets I had never been down before. I was out early one morning, and the traffic was light on Howard Ave., so I made the turn…
There’s really not a whole lot going on down there. This place is visible from Howard, but is actually on Doty Place. There was a car lot here until a few months ago… Kind of an interesting Mid-Century place. The buildings on Doty date to the late 50’s early 60’s. Maybe that’s when it became a street? It seems like it might be an extended alley or something.
Another old factory.
Looking over some old road map, some maps show Doty, others don’t. Once it makes a permanent appearance on the map (late 60’s) it is shown as extending more north toward the tracks, and farther north than the intersection with Holden. Some maps make it look like it once intersected with Howard and Eugenie, in a three road intersection.
Does anyone remember the area in the past?
Shortest? Ima Ct, off Sarah Ct
Doty Place hasn’t changed a whole lot since the early 80’s when I waited for the bus to take me to high school from Howard and Eugenie. There’s always been a car lot, a tool and die shop and not much else on Doty. Interesting point: did you know there was a car lot on Howard and MacDougall in the early 80’s? The place was leveled to make room for a Beckers’. I also remember a Beaver gas station stood where the Parts Source now stands on Howard between Doty Place and Memorial.
I worked directly across from there around 1989-90 and for the life of me I don’t remember seeing the street sign “Doty” until the last few years. I know it’s been there all along, but I always thought it was just a private drive off Howard for access to those businesses, didn’t know it was a public street. Has that street sign for “Doty” been up there all along??
Years ago there was a tire place back there. Not sure if it was a factory or just storage. It burned down in the mid eighties I believe. I grew up on Brazil (another very short street across Howard ) I was young but I remember standing out on my porch watching the smoke billowing out from all those burning tires. Years later the concrete slab the building tested on was still there and my brothers and some neighbourhood kids swept it off and played roller hockey on it. There was another abandoned building that still had power for some reason and a few of the kids would take the elevator up to the top.
Just southwest of the tracks where the mattress store was and beside the Beaver gas station was a pyamid of used tires which was set on fire in 1957 I think. We were sent home from Guppy public school as the smoke was so thick. It was Windsor’s mini Hagersville. Any firemen out there who remember this?