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Toronto’s greatest lost mansion—Cawthra House

February 19, 2016 johndougtaylor

The Cawthra House in 1897, on the northeast corner of King and Bay Streets. The view depicts the west facade on Bay Street. Photo from

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The old Ford Hotel—Toronto

February 19, 2016 johndougtaylor

       Toronto’s Ford Hotel in the 1930s (postcard S-1500) I vividly remember the old Ford Hotel, but unfortunately, until I began researching its history, never

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The old Dufferin Gates at Toronto’s CNE

February 16, 2016 johndougtaylor

The old Dufferin Gates of the Canadian National; Exhibition on November 16, 1942. Toronto Archives, Series 372, S0372, Item 1659.  Although the Canadian National Exhibition

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Toronto’s first brick home— built by Quetton St. George

February 11, 2016 johndougtaylor

The Quetton St. George House on King Street in 1885, after its brick facades had been covered with stucco. Toronto Public Library, r-2655. Few personalities

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The lost buildings of Upper Canada College, Toronto

February 3, 2016 johndougtaylor

Upper Canada College in 1890, photo from the Ontario Archives, 10002101 Archdeacon John Strachan, who became the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto, petitioned the British

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The lost buildings of St. Patrick’s Market, Toronto

January 31, 2016 johndougtaylor

Toronto’s second town market, the St. Patrick’s Market, was preceded by the St. Lawrence Market, founded in 1803, on orders from Governor Peter Hunt. The

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Toronto’s lost armouries on University Avenue

January 27, 2016 johndougtaylor

During the final decades of the 19th century, the Federal Government in Ottawa ordered a number of armouries built across Canada to train and maintain

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The lost Hanlan’s Hotel on the Toronto Islands

December 29, 2015 johndougtaylor

Hotel Hanlan on Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands, c.1908. Toronto Archives Fonds 1244, Item 0176 The Toronto Islands have been viewed as an idyllic

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Merry Xmas 2015 from tayloronhistory.com

December 24, 2015 johndougtaylor

                    “View from the Terrace on a Rainy December Afternoon, 2015—watercolour on paper, 8 1/2” by 11”  Greeting to those who have followed this

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Toronto’s architectural gems—1860s houses on Elm Street—Barbarian’s Steak house

September 10, 2013 johndougtaylor

Barbarian Steak House is located at 7-9 Elm Street, a short east-west street that is two blocks north of Dundas Street West. Barbarian’s between Yonge

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