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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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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 Paradise Theatre—Part II

March 7, 2015 johndougtaylor

                      Paradise Theatre c. 1946. Ontario Archives During the summer of 2014, in my quest to locate and photograph Toronto’s old local theatres, none of

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Capturing a Toronto winter on canvas

February 28, 2015 johndougtaylor

                       Capturing a Toronto winter on canvas is a daunting task. I prefer to sketch directly onto the bare canvas, placing an easel on the

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Capturing Toronto’s past through art

February 23, 2015 johndougtaylor

Gazing north on Yonge Street from Queen Street in 1948, acrylic on stretched canvas, 18” x 24”, painted in 1995. Toronto is one of the

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Winter scenes after a Toronto storm

February 17, 2015 johndougtaylor

             Houses wrapped in winter on D’Arcy Street in Toronto February is a cruel month, when Toronto becomes locked in frost’s icy grip. However, after

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Renovations at site of old Backpackers’ Hotel

February 13, 2015 johndougtaylor

          The site of the former Backpackers’ Hotel on February 10, 2015. I have been observing the renovations in progress at the former site of

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