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Theatre book featured in Toronto Life Magazine
The October 2016 issue of Toronto Life magazine features an article on the recently published book by Doug Taylor about Toronto’s old movie
“Toronto Then and Now,” published by Pavilion Press (London, England), is a coffee-table style book that explores 75 heritage sites in Toronto and illustrates
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Frank Stollery store-demolished 2015
Frank Stollery’s store at Yonge and Bloor Streets in the 1970s. Toronto Archives F124, S 1465, fl 0685, it. 109 During the mid-1950s, I was
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Toronto’s Yonge Street streetcars—ended in 1954
A Peter Witt Streetcar #2894, built by Ottawa Car Company for the Toronto Transportation Commission (later renamed the Toronto Transit Commission) My earliest memories of
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Toronto’s Lost CNE
“Toronto’s Lost CNE” refers to structures and features that over the past decades have been demolished or discontinued. Though I remain a fan of the
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Ontario Place, closed in 2011
Aerial view of Ontario Place gazing east toward the city, after 1980, Toronto Archives, S 1465, Fl 0361, Item 0012 My initial visit to Ontario
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Chorley Park (demolished), residence of Ontario’s lieu. governor
Government House—”Chorley Park” on July 4, 1924. Toronto Archives, F1548, S 0393, Item 1899. The term “Government House” is the official title that applies to
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Toronto’s Yonge Street Arcade (demolished)
The Yonge Street Arcade in 1885, Toronto Public Library r- 1494 When the Yonge Street Arcade was built, it presented a revolutionary concept in
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Toronto’s Bluebell ferry (decommissioned in 1955)
The Bluebell in 1920, in Toronto Harbour, photo from the Toronto Public Library, 964-6-41 The Bluebell was built at the Polson Iron Works, located on