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Toronto’s wild flowers that today have mostly disappeared from the city scene

September 27, 2012 johndougtaylor

  Dandelions growing beside a roadway in Toronto. It is one of the few wild flowers that remain prolific.  In decades past, many streets in

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A historic building that disappeared from the northeast corner Spadina and College

September 26, 2012 johndougtaylor

The northeast corner of Spadina and College Streets, during the summer of 2012. The yellow-brick Art Deco building in the above photo was at one

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Chic new Spadina Avenue cafe-“Strada II.IV.I”- is open

September 25, 2012 johndougtaylor

I recently placed a post on this blog about the new cafe/restaurant that was due to open in the Consolidated Glass Building at 241 Spadina

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Two new shops to open in the Kensington Market

September 24, 2012 johndougtaylor

          The Global Cheese Shop on Kensington Avenue in the Kensington Avenue Kensington is an ever-changing scene. For many months now, renovations have been in

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“Kirkin’ of the Tartans” service for Queen’s Silver Jubilee at Toronto’s Metropolitan United

September 23, 2012 johndougtaylor

On Sunday morning, 23 September 2012, Metropolitan United  at 56 Queen St. East, held a “Kirkin’ of the Tartans” service to honour the 60th anniversary

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Chic cafe/restaurant to open on Spadina Avenue in old 1910 Consolidated Glass Building

September 23, 2012 johndougtaylor

           For many months now, the historic building at 239-241 Spadina, constructed in 1910, has been undergoing restoration and renovations. At one time it housed

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Amazing new art in Graffiti Alley is the work of Uber5000

September 21, 2012 johndougtaylor

I recently published a post about the amazing art work that is in progress in Rush Lane, commonly referred to as Graffiti Alley. The laneway

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Visiting Toronto’s best preserved nineteenth-century street-Willcocks Street

September 20, 2012 johndougtaylor

   Willcocks Street is the second street north of College Street. There appears to be some contradictions in the spelling of the name of the

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View Toronto’s first historic plaque

September 19, 2012 johndougtaylor

                                     While strolling along King Street, between Bay and Yonge Streets, on the north side of the street I saw two historic plaques that I

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A Toronto artist working in Graffiti Alley puts to shame New York’s Abstract Expressionists.

September 18, 2012 johndougtaylor

One of the laneways that crosses Graffiti Alley. This view looks north to Queen Street and is where the latest installation has appeared.  Rush Lane,

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