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Toronto’s old Palace Pier Ballroom

February 24, 2016 johndougtaylor

The Palace Pier Ballroom and Amusement Centre, depicted on a 1930s postcard. My memories of the Palace Pier, an immense structure that extended 300 feet

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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 lost mineral baths on Bloor Street

February 8, 2016 johndougtaylor

High Park Mineral Baths on Bloor Street in 1920. Photo from the Toronto Public Library, r-2113 The first time I heard the shrieks and laughter from

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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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Upper Canada College’s former boarding house—Toronto

January 31, 2016 johndougtaylor

A student boarding house that was part of Upper Canada College, when  it was locate on the north side of King Street, is the only

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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 Trinity College of Trinity Bellwoods Park—Toronto

January 24, 2016 johndougtaylor

Most people who stroll spacious Trinity Bellwoods Park, its southern boundary on the north side of Queen Street West, would have difficulty imaging the impressive

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