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The Great Hall at Dovercourt and Queen—Toronto

June 23, 2018 johndougtaylor

Majestic amidst the modern urban clutter, The Great Hall at 1087 Queen Street West is on the southeast corner of Queen and Dovercourt Road. My

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Scadding House beside the Eaton Centre, Toronto

April 21, 2018 johndougtaylor

               Scadding House in Trinity Square (Toronto), beside the Eaton Centre, photo March 2018. Toronto has many interesting heritage buildings, some in prominent locations and

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The last surviving Tollkeeper’s Cottage in Canada

April 7, 2018 johndougtaylor

      Tollkeeper’s Cottage at 750 Davenport Road, in early-June 2014. The small, unpretentious cottage in Tollkeeper’s Park, on the northwest corner of Bathurst Street and

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Exploring Historic Spadina House and Museum, Toronto

March 12, 2018 johndougtaylor

Spadina House at 285 Spadina Road in August 2014. The view gazes northeast toward the west (left-hand) and the south facades. On the south (right-hand)

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Amazing story of Yorkdale Plaza (Toronto)

February 21, 2018 johndougtaylor

Yorkdale Plaza from the Macdonald-Cartier (401) Highway in 1964, the year the plaza opened. The camera faces southwest toward Eaton’s Yorkdale, on the east side

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Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto (history)

February 2, 2018January 25, 2021 johndougtaylor

The Church of the Holy Trinity, located in Trinity Square in downtown Toronto, is located on the west side of today’s busy Eaton Centre.  When

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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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Memories of Toronto’s old Terminal One (demolished)

January 8, 2018 johndougtaylor

Terminal One (Aeroquay 1) at Toronto International Airport in 1972. Toronto Public Library, tspa 003228. The Terminal at the Toronto airport, which became known as

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Gibraltar Point Lighthouse — Hanlan’s Point

January 1, 2018 johndougtaylor

                                        Gibraltar Point lighthouse at Hanlan’s Point, Toronto Islands Recently I dined at a restaurant located atop one of the city’s towering skyscrapers that

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