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The old Toronto Star Building (demolished)

March 27, 2016 johndougtaylor

The old Toronto Star newspaper building is the large structure on the left-hand side of the photo.The view is from the southwest, looking at the

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Toronto’s old Cumberland Four Theatre

March 22, 2016 johndougtaylor

The Cumberland Four Theatre in Toronto’s trendy Yorkville, Toronto Archives, Series 881, File 353  The multiplex theatre, the Cumberland Four, was located at 159 Cumberland

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The Gordon House, Toronto’s lost mansion

March 18, 2016 johndougtaylor

The Gordon Mansion on Clarence Square (Toronto) in 1900. Toronto Public Library, r-5407 On the east side of Spadina Avenue, between Front and King Streets,

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Grand Opera House on Adelaide Street, Toronto

March 14, 2016 johndougtaylor

                    The Grand Opera House on Adelaide Street in 1921, view looking west on Adelaide Street. Toronto Archives, F 1231, Item 0843. Toronto’s first building

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Toronto’s old Registry Office Building

March 11, 2016 johndougtaylor

The south facade of the Old Registry Building in 1955, photo from the Toronto Public Library, r- 5673 The beginning of the 20th century delivered

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Toronto’s historic old Customs Houses

March 6, 2016 johndougtaylor

                    Toronto’s Customs House (1870-1876) at Front Street East and Scott Street. Three Customs Houses preceded this one in the town of York (Toronto). Watercolour

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tayloronhistory.com—check it out!

March 2, 2016 johndougtaylor

The blog tayloronhistory.com first appeared on the internet in 2011. Since its inception, over 800 posts have been published that explore the Toronto’s history and

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Centre Island’s lost village—Toronto

March 1, 2016 johndougtaylor

Visiting Toronto’s Centre Island in the 1940s usually began by boarding a Toronto Peter Witt streetcar. When I was a young boy in the 1940s,

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