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Queen Street’s Hugging Tree repainted (2016)

October 10, 2016 johndougtaylor

  The west side of the Hugging Tree in October 2016, the Black Bull Pub in the background. It is not often that we find

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The lost buildings of St. Patrick’s Market, Toronto

January 31, 2016 johndougtaylor

Toronto’s second town market, the St. Patrick’s Market, was preceded by the St. Lawrence Market, founded in 1803, on orders from Governor Peter Hunt. The

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Toronto’s 441-443 Queen West at Spadina

June 2, 2015 johndougtaylor

The view in the above photo gazes east along Queen Street on September 29, 1910, from a short distance west of Spadina Avenue. On the

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Odeon Theatre in Parkdale—Toronto

July 23, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Odeon Theatre in 1919. The featured movie is Cecil  B. DeMille’s film, “Don’t Change Your Husband,” a silent comedy released in 1919. Photo from

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Toronto’s old Rivoli (People’s) Theatre on Queen West

July 15, 2014 johndougtaylor

The Rivoli Restaurant and Club on Queen Street West, a short distance east of Spadina While wandering around Toronto examining its heritage architecture, sometimes I

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Old bank of Montreal at Queen and Portland

July 14, 2014 johndougtaylor

B The former site of a branch of the Bank of Montreal, at 577 Queen Street West, on the southeast corner of Portland and Queen

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Toronto’s 1881 row of shops at 388-396 Queen West

December 8, 2013 johndougtaylor

The above photo reveals an impressive row of shops on Queen Street West, near the northwest corner of Queen and Spadina. The shops are contained

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Toronto’s architectural gems—Cameron House on Queen Street West

April 20, 2013 johndougtaylor

                                          Cameron House in the summer of 2012 The Cameron House at 408 Queen West, on the corner at Cameron Street, is considered a

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The alleys where Rick Mercer films his “rants.”

November 29, 2012 johndougtaylor

       Alley that runs north from Richmond toward Queen Street West. The laneway pictured in the above photo extends north from Richmond Street, west of

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Toronto’s Architectural gems – Old City Hall

April 22, 2012 johndougtaylor

In the heart of Toronto’s financial district, each day thousands of people pass the Old City Hall. The reverberating sound of the bells in its

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