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Toronto’s architectural gems–the Darling Building on Spadina

January 19, 2013 johndougtaylor

The Darling Building at 96 Spadina Avenue, on the southwest corner of Spadina and Adelaide Street is perhaps the least attractive of the loft/warehouse buildings

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Toronto’s architectural gems–the amazing Fashion Building on Spadina

January 12, 2013 johndougtaylor

The Fashion Building on the northwest corner of Camden and Spadina is one of the most impressive warehouse-loft buildings ever constructed to facilitate the needs

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Toronto’s architectural gems–Tower Building at Spadina and Adelaide

January 9, 2013 johndougtaylor

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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A and A Records and Broadway shows on vinyl

December 4, 2012 johndougtaylor

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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Military hero of War of 1812 lived near McDonald’s at Queen and Spadina

December 1, 2012 johndougtaylor

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

November 8, 2012 johndougtaylor

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

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Toronto’s hamburger corner–where is it and why?

October 10, 2012 johndougtaylor

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

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The vanished underground men’s washroom at Queen and Spadina

September 30, 2012 johndougtaylor

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

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Sinfully saucy and diverse–Toronto’s Spadina Avenue

September 28, 2012 johndougtaylor

   Spadina Avenue in 1906 (left) and today (right). Both pictures look north on Spadina toward Dundas St. At one time, Spadina Avenue was a

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Exploring Toronto’s architectural gems–the Paul Magder fur shop at 202 Spadina Avenue

August 7, 2012 johndougtaylor

                                                 The Paul Magder Fur Shop at 202 Spadina Avenue During the final decades of the nineteenth century, the building at 202 Spadina was

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