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From Flickr: “Broadview Hotel, Queen St. E., n.w. corner Broadview Ave.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

The New Broadview Hotel—home of the infamous Jilly’s—has been sold. Shown here in December of 1954, this four-storey Romanesque Revival building decorated with terracotta animals and figures was originally built for $25K by Archibald W. Dingman. The building’s first tenants were the CIBC (ground floor), with lawyers and dentists above Read More →

From Flickr: “PLAYTER, RICHARD, house, Playter Cres., n. side, at head of southern section of Playter Blvd.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

School’s out! Kids are free to play in the park, or maybe in the garden… like Madeline and Mary Playter, pictured here, did in the 1920s. The Loyalist Playter family originally settled the area north of the Danforth between Broadview and Jackman avenues. While thier farmhouse can still be seen Read More →

From Flickr: “PLAYTER, RICHARD, house, Playter Cres., n. side, at head of southern section of Playter Blvd.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

School’s out! Kids are free to play in the park, or maybe in the garden… like Madeline and Mary Playter, pictured here, did in the 1920s. The Loyalist Playter family originally settled the area north of the Danforth between Broadview and Jackman avenues. While thier farmhouse can still be seen Read More →

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