# @toronto_archives on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeMarm6l8t4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71289866-toronto-archives-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T13:00:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** City of Toronto Archives (@toronto_archives) — https://gondola.cc/toronto_archives

## Caption

You get an expressway, and you get an expressway, and YOU get an expressway! In 1943 the Toronto Planning Board's first Master Plan foresaw not only the future Gardiner Expressway and the 401, but also superhighways along Bloor Street, Queen Street, Christie/Strachan and Coxwell Avenue.

Series 40, File 221

#TOHistory #TorontoArchives

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