Caption: TTC PCC 4459 and a sister car operate in MU on the busy Bloor streetcar route (in the pre-Bloor-Danforth subway days), heading westbound on Bloor Street West past Bedford Road, passing the exit tracks of the TTC's Bedford Loop. In the background is the Texaco building (Texaco Canada Ltd headquarters), and across Bedford along the north side of Bloor are old Victorian-era houses converted into retail stores for Clare's Sportswear Shop, Steak N' Burger ("Steakhouse" sign) , a Harvey's, Superior Optical Co, and Swiss Chalet (the original and first Swiss Chalet location).

Bedford Loop originally opened in 1953 to handle short-turning streetcars along Bloor. Later when the St. George Subway Station (end station of the new University line) and bus terminal was being built next door, it wasn't incorporated, remaining as a separate loop. The streetcar tracks on the central part of Bloor and Danforth, including Bedford Loop, were abandoned and removed when the new crosstown Bloor-Danforth subway opened in February 1966, replacing the Bloor and Danforth streetcar routes (except short shuttles that operated at both ends until the 1968 extensions opened). Today it has been decades since a streetcar passed by this spot, and a parkette and parking lot have replaced the old Bedford Loop by the subway station. All the old houses/stores in the background previously mentioned were knocked down for a high rise condo in the mid-2000's.

Robert D. McMann photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.