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History of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

May 31, 2015 johndougtaylor

Gazing north on Queen’s Park Crescent in 1930. To the north of the museum is the Park Plaza Hotel. Toronto Archives,  Fonds 1244, Item 3058.

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Toronto’s Boer War Monument

May 26, 2015 johndougtaylor

Gazing north on University Avenue from south off Queen Street West on June 23, 1939. The Boer War monument is visible. The monument in the

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History of Toronto’s CN Tower

May 25, 2015 johndougtaylor

                The CN Tower is perhaps Toronto’s most recognizable landmark, visible from almost any viewpoint in the downtown. Whether a person is entering the city

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Toronto’s Gurney Stove Foundry, King Street West

May 24, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Gurney Iron Foundry on King Street West on April 13, 1927. Toronto Archives, S0071, It.4812 (1) The magnificent Victorian buildings, constructed of red and

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Toronto’s historic Royal Alexandra Theatre

May 18, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Royal Alexander Theatre in August, 1955 , Toronto Public Library, r-4963-1 In the 19th century, King Street was one of the most fashionable residential

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Old Bank of Montreal—Queen and Yonge

May 13, 2015 johndougtaylor

The former Bank of Montreal at 173 Yonge Street on December 30, 1913. Toronto Archives F 1231, It. 2036. In the first decade of the

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Toronto’s historic Fairmount Royal York Hotel

May 11, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Fairmount Royal York Hotel, at 100 Front Street between Bay and York Streets, is one of Toronto’s outstanding architectural gems. The land where the

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Toronto’s new Union Station

May 7, 2015 johndougtaylor

      Union Station in the 1960s, Toronto Archives, F0124, F10002, Id.017 (1) There was a time when almost everyone who entered or departed Toronto travelled

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Toronto’s old 1873 Union Station

May 5, 2015 johndougtaylor

This view of the old Union Station in 1922 gazes east from the south side of the tracks near the Esplanade. On the right-hand side

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Toronto’s old Fort York

May 4, 2015 johndougtaylor

Gazing eastward to the entrance to the old Fort at York on April 10, 1909. City of Toronto Archives, Fl.1548, S0343, It. 1737(1). On July

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