The Birkbeck Building at 8-10 Adelaide Street East is an Edwardian architectural gem that today is surrounded by faceless modern towers of glass and
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Toronto’s 7th Post Office on Toronto St.
Toronto’s Seventh Post Office, located at 10 Toronto Street, remains as impressive today as when it was built between the years 1851 and 1853. The
The wonderful old movie theatres of my youth have mostly been demolished. However, a few have survived destruction by being recycled for other commercial
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Toronto’s old movie theatres—the Danforth Music Hall (Allan’s Danforth)
The Danforth Music Hall, at 147 the Danforth, is located on the south side of the street, a short distance east of Broadview Avenue.
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Toronto’s architectural gems—the former hotel at Bay and Elm Streets
The restored 19th-century-style building on the southwest corner of Elm and Bay Streets is an excellent example of the architectural gems from the past that
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Toronto’s Parkdale Theatre on Queen St. near Roncesvalles
This photo of the Parkdale Theatre at 1605 Queen Street West, on the southwest corner of Queen and Triller Avenue, is from the Ontario Archives
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Toronto’s 1881 row of shops at 388-396 Queen West
The above photo reveals an impressive row of shops on Queen Street West, near the northwest corner of Queen and Spadina. The shops are contained
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Toronto’s old movie theatres—the Town Cinema
The above photo is from the collection of the Toronto Reference Library, and was taken in 1969 by Dick Darrell of the Toronto
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Toronto’s Hip Queen St. West—naughty and nice—Part 2
The former Bank of Hamilton on the northeast coroner of Spadina Avenue and Queen Street West. This is the second post providing a snapshot view
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Toronto’s hip Queen St. West—naughty and nice—Part One
The quote below was written by Christopher Hutsul in the Toronto Star on August 29, 2004. Queen St., in effect is becoming one vast accidental