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Toronto-Dominion Centre

Designed by Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in association with John B. Parkin Associates and Bregman and Hamann Architects, the Toronto-Dominion Centre is located in the heart of...

Designed by Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in association with John B. Parkin Associates and Bregman and Hamann Architects, the Toronto-Dominion Centre is located in the heart...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Toronto Carrying Place

For perhaps thousands of years before modern highways, overland trails connected the lower and upper Great Lakes. One of those trails began near here, at the mouth of the Humber River. The trail's...

For perhaps thousands of years before modern highways, overland trails connected the lower and upper Great Lakes. One of those trails began near here, at the mouth of the Humber River. The trail's...

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  • ontario
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Toronto Railway Heritage Centre

This 45 tonne Diesel-Electric Whitcomb centre-cab switching locomotive was manufactured by the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario, in 1950. It was used to switch freight cars around...

This 45 tonne Diesel-Electric Whitcomb centre-cab switching locomotive was manufactured by the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario, in 1950. It was used to switch freight cars...

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  • ontario
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Traffic at Yonge and Sheppard - 1860's

This 'urban' view looks West along Sheppard Avenue. The Dempsey Store, originally built by Joseph Shepard Jr. was the largest building in the area and still stands today. To the right waits a...

This 'urban' view looks West along Sheppard Avenue. The Dempsey Store, originally built by Joseph Shepard Jr. was the largest building in the area and still stands today. To the right waits...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Toronto Horticultural Society

Founded in 1834 under the patronage of Sir John Colborne, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (1828-36), this was the first horticultural society organized in this province. Established to...

Founded in 1834 under the patronage of Sir John Colborne, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (1828-36), this was the first horticultural society organized in this province. Established...

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  • ontario
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Toronto General Hospital 1856-1913

In the area bounded by Sumach, Gerrard, Sackville and Spruce streets, the Toronto General Hospital opened in 1856. It replaced the original hospital at King and John Streets. Designed by architect...

In the area bounded by Sumach, Gerrard, Sackville and Spruce streets, the Toronto General Hospital opened in 1856. It replaced the original hospital at King and John Streets. Designed by...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Toronto Huskies

The Maple Leafs were in first place, the football season was in full swing, and the local sports calendar was mighty crowded. So forgive Toronto for treating a moment of history as a mere...

The Maple Leafs were in first place, the football season was in full swing, and the local sports calendar was mighty crowded. So forgive Toronto for treating a moment of history as a...

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  • ontario
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Toronto Irish Famine Memorial

Fleeing poverty and disease as a result of the failure of the potato crop over 100,000 Irish immigrants arrived in Canada in 1847. They landed first at the quarantine station at Grosse Île, a...

Fleeing poverty and disease as a result of the failure of the potato crop over 100,000 Irish immigrants arrived in Canada in 1847. They landed first at the quarantine station at Grosse Île,...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Thomas Hogarth House circa 1875

This rural-style house was built for Thomas Hogarth, a local school principal. Its original lot extended north to today's Wolfrey Avenue and included a carriage house. The home remained in the...

This rural-style house was built for Thomas Hogarth, a local school principal. Its original lot extended north to today's Wolfrey Avenue and included a carriage house. The home remained in the...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Thornton and Lucie Blackburn

In 1985, archaeologists digging on this site uncovered fascinating clues to Toronto's history as a terminus of the famous Underground Railway. From 1834 to 1890, this site had been the home of...

In 1985, archaeologists digging on this site uncovered fascinating clues to Toronto's history as a terminus of the famous Underground Railway. From 1834 to 1890, this site had been the home...

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Toronto's Reggae Roots

In the 1970s and 1980s, estimated 100,000 Jamaicans immigrated to Canada. Many settled in Toronto on Eglinton Avenue West, between Oakwood Avenue and Allen Road, in "Little Jamaica", which became...

In the 1970s and 1980s, estimated 100,000 Jamaicans immigrated to Canada. Many settled in Toronto on Eglinton Avenue West, between Oakwood Avenue and Allen Road, in "Little Jamaica", which became...

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  • ontario
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Toronto General Hospital

This institution, the first general infirmary in Upper Canada, began operation in 1829. It was periodically hampered by administrative and financial difficulties but through the initiative of the...

This institution, the first general infirmary in Upper Canada, began operation in 1829. It was periodically hampered by administrative and financial difficulties but through the initiative of the...

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The Tyrrell House

This building was the home of William Tyrrell. For twenty-seven years (1851-1878) he served on the councils of the Township of York and in 1881 became the first reeve of the town of Weston. Two of...

This building was the home of William Tyrrell. For twenty-seven years (1851-1878) he served on the councils of the Township of York and in 1881 became the first reeve of the town of Weston. Two of...

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The Taylor Cemetery

John Taylor (1773-1868), his wife Margaret Hawthorne and seven children emigrated from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1821. In 1839, three sons, John, Thomas and George, purchased this land from...

John Taylor (1773-1868), his wife Margaret Hawthorne and seven children emigrated from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1821. In 1839, three sons, John, Thomas and George, purchased this land from...

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Teiaiagon and the Aboriginal Occupation of Baby Point

Up on the nearby promontory of land is one of the best-known First Nations archaeological sites in the City of Toronto. Aboriginal peoples likely used this advantageous site for thousands of...

Up on the nearby promontory of land is one of the best-known First Nations archaeological sites in the City of Toronto. Aboriginal peoples likely used this advantageous site for thousands...

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The Teamway

You are walking through the Teamway, now a pedestrian passageway running along the west side of the York Street "subway" or tunnel and underneath the railway viaduct. In earlier days, goods...

You are walking through the Teamway, now a pedestrian passageway running along the west side of the York Street "subway" or tunnel and underneath the railway viaduct. In earlier days, goods...

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  • ontario
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Town of North Toronto - Centenary

On 22 November 1889, the unincorporated villages of Davisville and Eglinton formally united to create the Village of North Toronto. Less than a year later, on 7 April 1890, it changed status to...

On 22 November 1889, the unincorporated villages of Davisville and Eglinton formally united to create the Village of North Toronto. Less than a year later, on 7 April 1890, it changed status...

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  • ontario
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Toronto-Dominion Centre

Situated at the heart of the Financial District, the Toronto-Dominion (TD) Centre is a cluster of six towers with 4.3 million square feet of space and a capacity of 21,000 office tenants, making...

Situated at the heart of the Financial District, the Toronto-Dominion (TD) Centre is a cluster of six towers with 4.3 million square feet of space and a capacity of 21,000 office tenants, making...

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  • ontario
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Theodore August Heintzman 1817-1899

A German immigrant and veteran craftsman, Heintzman founded one of Canada's longest lived and most prominent firms of piano manufacturers. He first immigrated in 1850 to the United States where he...

A German immigrant and veteran craftsman, Heintzman founded one of Canada's longest lived and most prominent firms of piano manufacturers. He first immigrated in 1850 to the United States where he...

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  • ontario
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The Thomson Settlement

The first permanent resident in Scarborough Township was David Thomson, a Scot who came to Upper Canada with his brother Andrew in 1796. Each was granted 160 ha and David built a log cabin on his...

The first permanent resident in Scarborough Township was David Thomson, a Scot who came to Upper Canada with his brother Andrew in 1796. Each was granted 160 ha and David built a log cabin on his...

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