The ten-storey Art Deco-style Tower Building at 106-110 Spadina Avenue, on the northwest corner of Adelaide and Spadina Avenue, is today a landmark structure in
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Toronto’s lost movie theatres–the Avon at 1092 Queen West
The restored building at 1092 Queen Street West once housed the Avon Theatre. When I moved from the suburbs to downtown in the year 2000,
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Toronto’s architectural gems–the Waterworks (Maintenance) Building on Richmond Street West
View of the Toronto Waterworks (Maintenance) Building from north east corner of Brant and Richmond Street West. A History of the Waterworks (Maintenance) Building at
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A and A Records and Broadway shows on vinyl
When 33 1/3 rpm vinyl disks hit the record shops of Toronto in the 1950s, we marvelled at the technological advancements that allowed so much
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Toronto’s architectural gems–Bank at Spadina and Queen West
378 Queen Street West (the bank building at the northeast corner of Spadina and Queen Streets) During the early 1840s, on the site of
The home of James Fitzgibbon was on the southwest corner of Queen West and Spadina, seen in the above photo. A bank occupies the site
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Grossman’s Tavern at 377-9 Spadina, Toronto
Some may question my sanity when I suggest that the building that houses Grossman’s Tavern on Spadina is an architectural gem. I might receive more
The site of the archaeological dig, St. Mary’s Church in the background. The photo on the left was taken 12 October, and the one
The corner of Queen Street West at Spadina Avenue seems to becoming a haven for hamburger outlets. There are already three places specializing in hamburgers
I previously placed a post on this blog about the men’s underground washroom from the early years of the nineteenth century. Since that post, I