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From Flickr: “Yorkville Town Hall, Yonge St., w. side, opposite Collier St.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

This group photo of the Street Railway Department was taken outside Yorkville Town Hall on the west side of Yonge at Collier Ave. In the background you can see a horse-drawn streetcar (with roof advertising) and a gas streetlamp. There are five barefoot boys, a farrier and at least one Read More →

From Flickr: “Yonge St., Queen to College Sts., looking n. from Queen St.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Yonge Street, 1888, looking north from Queen St: this stretch pretty much always a vital part of the city. Before the Great Toronto fire of 1904, most of the buildings in the downtown core stood no more than 3 or 4 storeys. A horse-drawn streetcar plods along the dirt road, Read More →

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