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Doors Open at Metropolitan United

May 31, 2011 johndougtaylor

On Saturday 28 May, the Metropolitan United Church at Queen and Church streets was one of the nearly 150 sites that participated in Toronto’s “Doors

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Service to Honour Victims’ of the Empress of Ireland

May 30, 2011June 22, 2021 johndougtaylor

I recently attended a service in Mount Pleasant Cemetery to honour the memory of those members of the Salvation Army who perished when the Canadian

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Queen Street West’s Urban Philosophers

May 30, 2011 johndougtaylor

“One must look west from University Avenue on Queen Street to capture the visual flavour of old downtown.” —M. Kluchner, Toronto the Way It Was

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Historic Fort York

May 24, 2011 johndougtaylor

Visiting Fort York  Today I walked among the oldest surviving buildings in our city. The fort was destroyed during the American invasion of York in

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Victoria Day in Canada

May 22, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

  When I was a child, we referred to Victoria Day as “Fire-Cracker Day.” There were few public displays of fireworks, and even if there

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Moon Bean Coffee Company (Cafe) – Kensington Market

May 21, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

Painting of the Moon Bean Coffee Company at St. 30 Andrew Street, Kensington Market  (Acrylic on stretched canvas, 16’ x 20”)           Moon Bean

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New Post on Gurney Stove Foundry on King Street West near Spadina where the Brant House is located.

May 21, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

I have added another post on these historic buildings because this week I was able to photograph the foundations of one of the building. The

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