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Demolition of historic Westinghouse building

May 7, 2016 admin

The Westinghouse building on the southeast corner of Peter and King Street West is being demolished (April 2016), only the north and west facades being

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Arena Gardens (Mutual Street Arena) now demolished

April 28, 2016 admin

Mutual Street Arena, City of Toronto Archives, SC 646 When I was a boy in the 1940s, my friends and I enjoyed roller skating

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Toronto’s Cyclorama (demolished) on Front Street – Historic Toronto

April 19, 2016 admin

In the foreground is the building that once housed Toronto’s Cyclorama, on Front Street West. The photo was taken c. 1975, the year prior to

Developers’ appeals to the OMB ruin neighbourhoods – Historic Toronto

April 6, 2016 admin

Developer’s appeals to the OMB are usually disastrous for neighbourhoods and heritage buildings. This concerns me greatly, as I have now placed over 800 posts

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Fond Memories of Sam the Record Man – Historic Toronto

April 6, 2016 admin

Sam the Record Man on Yonge Street in 1971, Toronto Archives, F1526, fl 0003, Item 0025 My earliest memories of purchasing records from Sam

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Fond Memories of A and A Records (demolished|) – Historic Toronto

April 1, 2016 admin

In the 1950s, “A&A Records” and “Sam the Record Man,” two stores on Yonge Street, were an integral part of my teenage years. They were

The old Toronto Star Building (demolished) – Historic Toronto

March 28, 2016 admin

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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Grand Opera House on Adelaide Street, Toronto

March 15, 2016 admin

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 purposefully

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Toronto’s old Registry Office Building

March 12, 2016 admin

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 – Historic Toronto

March 7, 2016 admin

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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