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Frank Stollery store-demolished 2015 – Historic Toronto

September 13, 2016 admin

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 – Historic Toronto

August 31, 2016 admin

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

Toronto’s Lost CNE – Historic Toronto

August 21, 2016 admin

“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

August 15, 2016 admin

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 – Historic Toronto

August 7, 2016 admin

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 “World’s Biggest Book Store” (demolished)

July 6, 2016 admin

World’s Biggest Book Store on Edward Street on April 16, 1981. Photo from the Toronto Archives, F1526, Fl001, Item 2. I attended high school in

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Toronto’s old movie theatres in Toronto Life magazine

June 25, 2016 admin

Toronto Life magazine has published online many photographs of Toronto’s old movie theatres. They were derived from the book shown below. Published by Dundurn Press,