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The Story of Gibson House—North York, Toronto

September 8, 2018 johndougtaylor

         Gibson House in North York, Toronto, at 5172 Yonge Street. Gibson House, the home of David and Eliza Gibson, recreates life in a 19th

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Toronto’s Eaton Centre—Phase One (history)

January 19, 2018 johndougtaylor

                    Toronto Eaton Centre (Phase One) in 1977, the year  it opened. View gazes north, the fountain in the foreground. Toronto Public Library, tspa 0109978. 

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Toronto’s Eaton Centre Phase Two (history)

January 19, 2018 johndougtaylor

                   Phase Two of the Eaton Centre, gazing south toward Queen Street at Christmas in 1994. Toronto Public Library, tspa 0015016. In 1979, the second

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Westbury Hotel Toronto (history of)

April 21, 2017 johndougtaylor

The Westbury Hotel in 2015, the view looking south on Yonge Street toward Carlton from Alexander Street.  The Westbury Hotel is soon to be demolished,

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HMV Music—history

April 17, 2017 johndougtaylor

                         HMV Music’s Toronto flagship store at 333 Yonge Street in April 2017 The HMV on Yonge Street closed on Friday, April 14, 2017.

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Toronto’s Colonial Tavern – demolished

September 30, 2016 johndougtaylor

            The Colonial Tavern during the summer of 1973, when Yonge Street was closed to vehicle traffic to create a pedestrian mall. In the photo,

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Frank Stollery store-demolished 2015

September 13, 2016 johndougtaylor

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 Arcade (demolished)

July 29, 2016 johndougtaylor

      The Yonge Street Arcade in 1885, Toronto Public Library r- 1494 When the Yonge Street Arcade was built, it presented a revolutionary concept in

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Fond Memories of Sam the Record Man

April 5, 2016 johndougtaylor

                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|)

April 1, 2016 johndougtaylor

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

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