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Toronto’s amazing intersection at Yonge and Front Streets

March 25, 2013 johndougtaylor

Standing at the intersection of Yonge and Front Streets today, it is difficult to imagine that at one time it was beside the shoreline of

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the bank building at Yonge and Front Streets

March 21, 2013 johndougtaylor

The former Bank of Montreal building at Yonge and Front Streets is one of the most impressive bank structures ever constructed in Toronto. Built between

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Toronto’s architectural gems—Masonic Temple up for sale

March 15, 2013 johndougtaylor

Today’s Toronto Star (March 15, 2013) has a report by Alyshah Hasham that the historic Masonic Temple on the northwest corner of Yonge and Davenport

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Toronto’s first movie screening and first movie theatre

March 13, 2013 johndougtaylor

Today, Toronto is known as one of the great film centres of the world. The Toronto International Film Festival clearly demonstrates the city’s love affair

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Remembering the Imperial Theatre ( Pantages, Canon, Ed Mirvish)

February 27, 2013 johndougtaylor

                  The Imperial Theatre on Yonge Street in 1972. Photo, City of Toronto Archives During the 1950s, I worked as a “parcelling-boy” at the Dominion

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Toronto’s architectural gems—Queen’s Quay Terminal

February 20, 2013January 18, 2022 johndougtaylor

When the Queen’s Quay Terminal at Toronto’s Harbourfront was constructed in 1927, it was the only large building on the western shoreline of the harbour.

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the Bank of Commerce (CIBC) on King Street

February 18, 2013 johndougtaylor

Although the Art-Deco Bank of Commerce building in Commerce Court is no longer the tallest structure in Toronto, it remains one of the most impressive

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Toronto’s architectural gems—the Waverly Hotel 484 Spadina

February 16, 2013 johndougtaylor

The Waverly Hotel at 484 Spadina is located north of the CIBC, on the northwest corner of Spadina and College. Next to hotel, on its

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Toronto’s architectural gems-the Bank of Nova Scotia at King and Bay

February 10, 2013 johndougtaylor

The impressive headquarters of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto, located  at 44 King Street West, is on the northeast corner of the intersection

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Toronto’s Spadina Ave. when it was a quiet rural location

January 26, 2013 johndougtaylor

Viewing this photo of Spadina Avenue, with its bustling retail shops, set amid modern and 19th-century buildings, it is difficult to visualize it as a

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