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Amazing what will pop up online, isn't it?
That guy (Goldie) must be obsessed by bank failures!
I wouldn't bank on it! There's some amazing record of Toronto banks available on-line, but trying to figure out the corner of where that magnificent bank was located, it must be the southeast corner:

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The give-away is the building directly south. Next question, is the present 'Green Beanery' the original structure wildly modified, or an entire replacement? I'd say, the more I pore over the pics, it's highly brutalized, but the original.

It's like turning a statue into a bag of ground limestone in the guise of progress and modernity.
 

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Toronto Police Band, Massey Hall 1923
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Gallery at Colborne Lodge, High Park c.1900 TPL
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Art Gallery of Ontario 1913 TPL
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Second Ally 1970...by American artist Jules Olitski at AGO in 1987 TPL
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Waiting for Santa at Honest Ed's. 1992 TPL
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Baseball at Hanlan's Point c.1900 TPL
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View towards Hanlan's Point 1929 TPL
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Don't know about removal, but here's a 1919 photo:
Hanlan's Point stadium and amusement park 1919 postcard.jpg
 

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And another image of Hanlan's Stadium....c.1912.
Hanlan's Stadium 1897 or 1912?.jpg
 

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