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Service to Honour Victims’ of the Empress of Ireland

May 30, 2011June 22, 2021 johndougtaylor

I recently attended a service in Mount Pleasant Cemetery to honour the memory of those members of the Salvation Army who perished when the Canadian

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Queen Street West’s Urban Philosophers

May 30, 2011 johndougtaylor

“One must look west from University Avenue on Queen Street to capture the visual flavour of old downtown.” —M. Kluchner, Toronto the Way It Was

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Historic Fort York

May 24, 2011 johndougtaylor

Visiting Fort York  Today I walked among the oldest surviving buildings in our city. The fort was destroyed during the American invasion of York in

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Victoria Day in Canada

May 22, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

  When I was a child, we referred to Victoria Day as “Fire-Cracker Day.” There were few public displays of fireworks, and even if there

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Moon Bean Coffee Company (Cafe) – Kensington Market

May 21, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

Painting of the Moon Bean Coffee Company at St. 30 Andrew Street, Kensington Market  (Acrylic on stretched canvas, 16’ x 20”)           Moon Bean

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New Post on Gurney Stove Foundry on King Street West near Spadina where the Brant House is located.

May 21, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

I have added another post on these historic buildings because this week I was able to photograph the foundations of one of the building. The

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Atelier Cafe Lounge in the Gurney Stove Foundry at King and Brant streets.

April 30, 2011June 21, 2021 johndougtaylor

  Today I had lunch at Atelier Cafe Lounge on King Street West, located within the building that once housed the nineteenth-century Gurney Stove Foundry.

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The War of 1812

April 28, 2011 johndougtaylor

April of 2011 marks the 98th anniversary of the battle of York, during the War of 1812. This post contains the tongue-in-cheek section from the

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The Founding of Toronto

April 25, 2011 johndougtaylor

  This post contains a section from the book “The Villages Within.” It is a tongue-in cheek version of the founding of Toronto.   Those

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Kensington Market – Part 4 – Victorian Home on Wales Avenue

April 8, 2011 johndougtaylor

Discovering the Kensington Market, a Village Within the city!  This post examines two Victorian “Bay and Gable” houses on Wales Avenue.                      

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