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Artist Paul Kane House, 56 Wellesley St. East Toronto

July 2, 2018 johndougtaylor

Paul Kane’s house at 56 Wellesley Street East, Toronto. Photo taken June 29, 2018. I first learned about the Irish/Canadian artist Paul Kane in the

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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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Toronto’s carousels of the past and present

August 20, 2017 johndougtaylor

The Centre Island carousel (merry-go-round) at Centreville in July 1987. Photo from author’s collection. The carousel is one of the few amusement rides that generates

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History of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

May 31, 2015 johndougtaylor

Gazing north on Queen’s Park Crescent in 1930. To the north of the museum is the Park Plaza Hotel. Toronto Archives,  Fonds 1244, Item 3058.

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Toronto’s historic Royal Alexandra Theatre

May 18, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Royal Alexander Theatre in August, 1955 , Toronto Public Library, r-4963-1 In the 19th century, King Street was one of the most fashionable residential

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Capturing Toronto’s past through art

February 23, 2015 johndougtaylor

Gazing north on Yonge Street from Queen Street in 1948, acrylic on stretched canvas, 18” x 24”, painted in 1995. Toronto is one of the

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Winter scenes after a Toronto storm

February 17, 2015 johndougtaylor

             Houses wrapped in winter on D’Arcy Street in Toronto February is a cruel month, when Toronto becomes locked in frost’s icy grip. However, after

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TIFF madness 2014—King St. festival

September 8, 2014 johndougtaylor

King Street on the afternoon of the day TIFF opened, Thursday, September 5, 2014. The crowds had not yet gathered. King Street gazing west at

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Thoughts about Toronto’s 2014 CNE

August 29, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Zip Line at the 2014 CNE, in the background the Food Building and the BMO Stadium. Attending the CNE is an end-of-summer ritual for

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