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Ed’s Warehouse Restaurant—closed in 1999

November 15, 2016 johndougtaylor

                   Ed’s Warehouse Restaurant on King Street West on October 9, 1981. Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, file 0067, Item 0014. In decades past, one of

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Demolition of historic Westinghouse building

May 6, 2016 johndougtaylor

The Westinghouse building on the southeast corner of Peter and King Street West is being demolished (April 2016), only the north and west facades being

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Toronto’s old hotel at Spadina and King renovated

August 4, 2015 johndougtaylor

The former Backpacker’s Hotel on the northwest corner of King Street West and Spadina Avenue was unveiled the 4th week of July 2015, after almost

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Toronto’s Gurney Stove Foundry, King Street West

May 24, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Gurney Iron Foundry on King Street West on April 13, 1927. Toronto Archives, S0071, It.4812 (1) The magnificent Victorian buildings, constructed of red and

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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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Renovations at site of old Backpackers’ Hotel

February 13, 2015 johndougtaylor

          The site of the former Backpackers’ Hotel on February 10, 2015. I have been observing the renovations in progress at the former site of

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Toronto’s Bell Lightbox (TIFF) on King St. West

January 19, 2014 johndougtaylor

I remember when the site of the Bell Lightbox, the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), was a parking lot. I also recall

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Toronto’s architectural gems—historic St. Andrew’s on King St.

May 13, 2013 johndougtaylor

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at 189 King Street West, on the southeast corner of King and Simcoe, is today nestled among the high-rise towers of

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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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