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Toronto’s architectural gems—Masonic Temple up for sale

March 15, 2013 johndougtaylor

Today’s Toronto Star (March 15, 2013) has a report by Alyshah Hasham that the historic Masonic Temple on the northwest corner of Yonge and Davenport

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Toronto’s first movie screening and first movie theatre

March 13, 2013 johndougtaylor

Today, Toronto is known as one of the great film centres of the world. The Toronto International Film Festival clearly demonstrates the city’s love affair

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Toronto’s lost architectural gems—the site occupied by the Roy Thomson Hall

March 11, 2013 johndougtaylor

                                     Toronto’s famous Roy Thomson Hall The site of today’s Roy Thomson Hall is one of the most historic locations in Toronto. During the 19th

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Kensington Market gem soon to disappear

March 9, 2013 johndougtaylor

I was truly saddened when I saw the real estate sign on the building that houses the Casa Acoreana on the northeast corner of Baldwin

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the old Knox College at 1 Spadina Crescent

March 8, 2013 johndougtaylor

At the head of Spadina Avenue, where the street divides to form Spadina Crescent, is one of Toronto’s grand structures from the nineteenth century. The

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the entire Kensington Market

March 6, 2013 johndougtaylor

Casa Acoreana Cafe and Food Shop on the corner of Baldwin and Augusta, on a summer day in 2012 This post was inspired by the

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Toronto’s architectural gems—St. Stanislaus Koska RC Church at 12 Denison Avenue

March 5, 2013 johndougtaylor

The building that today is St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church was built between the years 1879 and 1880, and was consecrated as the West

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Toronto’s Sunnyside Beach on a hot summer’s day during former decades

March 3, 2013 johndougtaylor

  This Sunnyside photo was taken on a July morning in 2011. The beach was quiet and there were few strollers on the boardwalk. It

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Toronto’s architectural gems–Bishop’s Palace on Church Street

March 2, 2013 johndougtaylor

The yellow-brick building at 200 Church Street, a short distance north of Shuter Street, is one of the oldest residences in the city. The building

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Toronto’s Biltmore Theatre on Yonge St.

March 1, 2013 johndougtaylor

The Biltmore Theatre in 1948, the year it opened. City of Toronto Archives, SC 303-A The Biltmore Theatre, built in 1948, seated almost 1000 patrons,

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