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From Flickr: “Queen Street in Brisbane, ca. 1887” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Queen Street in Brisbane, looking north. View this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://ift.tt/1FNyeN3 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: http://ift.tt/1iX4KPi You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland. via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ewgcDs

From Flickr: “Yonge St., King To Queen Sts., looking n. from s. of Temperance St.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Another snowy Thursday long ago… This week, a newspaper photo of Yonge Street, south of Temperance. The caption reads “REMOVING THE "BEAUTIFUL: Carting Thursday’s snow from downtown Toronto streets” (December 30, 1922). How à propos! Creator: Unknown Date: 1922 Identifier: X 65-97 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public 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 →