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Now 'discovered' by BlogTO https://www.blogto.com/arts/2022/01/toronto-renovation-uncovered-colourful-surprise/
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LPCI
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LPCI
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We spent $538.00 on internet last month. We’re retired. And we can’t even upload photos? We use Bell Hub. Explornet was awful. Bring on Starlink!
lenaitch
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Wow, that's nasty. We were on a Bell Turbostick (before the hubs came out) and it was expensive if the usage got up - no streaming! I've heard a lot of complaints from folks that tried Explornet, including my brother. Our daughter's next door neighbour got on the Starlink beta service. Pretty impressive speed, no data cap (for now?). Assuming VOIP phone will work but they use a landline; no TV service. It's $129/mth plus about $800 up-front costs.
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Not me, I think it was @Richard White but it WAS someone on UT.
Richard White
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Goldie
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More than 50 years ago.
Ontario Place was under construction.....and proposed to open in 1971
Ontario Place was under construction.....and proposed to open in 1971
Goldie
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Osgoode Hall, published in the Beaver Magazine 1998
AlbertC
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The former Cyclorama building at present day 131 Front Street West, which is currently the Citigroup Place building.
Images put together by Toronto Journey 416 on IG:
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Images put together by Toronto Journey 416 on IG:
Toronto Journey 416 on Instagram: "The Cyclorama 🖼 was once located at 131 Front St W (opposite University Ave on the south side) in the Entertainment District of downtown Toronto. Today the site is home to the 20-storey office tower, Citigroup Place
548 likes, 0 comments - torontojourney416January 30, 2022 on : "The Cyclorama 🖼 was once located at 131 Front St W (opposite University Ave on the south side) in the Entertainment District of downto..."
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Goldie
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Amazing aerial view, looking S/E, at the industrial centre of Leaside c.1929.
The former Canada Wire & Cable Co., now a huge shopping complex, with the original Leaside Aerodrome to its north.
Thorncliff Racetrack is seen in the background at right.
Eglinton in the foreground and in the distance at top-left can be seen the RR bridge where Eglinton now extends thru to Leslie & beyond..
The former Canada Wire & Cable Co., now a huge shopping complex, with the original Leaside Aerodrome to its north.
Thorncliff Racetrack is seen in the background at right.
Eglinton in the foreground and in the distance at top-left can be seen the RR bridge where Eglinton now extends thru to Leslie & beyond..
Gregory Graham
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I can remember seeing all three of these buildings in the 1970s when I was a suburban kid who found these sorts of old buildings fascinating.The former Cyclorama building at present day 131 Front Street West, which is currently the Citigroup Place building.
Images put together by Toronto Journey 416 on IG:
Toronto Journey 416 on Instagram: "The Cyclorama 🖼 was once located at 131 Front St W (opposite University Ave on the south side) in the Entertainment District of downtown Toronto. Today the site is home to the 20-storey office tower, Citigroup Place
548 likes, 0 comments - torontojourney416January 30, 2022 on : "The Cyclorama 🖼 was once located at 131 Front St W (opposite University Ave on the south side) in the Entertainment District of downto..."
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Northern Light
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The former Cyclorama building at present day 131 Front Street West, which is currently the Citigroup Place building.
Images put together by Toronto Journey 416 on IG:
Toronto Journey 416 on Instagram: "The Cyclorama 🖼 was once located at 131 Front St W (opposite University Ave on the south side) in the Entertainment District of downtown Toronto. Today the site is home to the 20-storey office tower, Citigroup Place
548 likes, 0 comments - torontojourney416January 30, 2022 on : "The Cyclorama 🖼 was once located at 131 Front St W (opposite University Ave on the south side) in the Entertainment District of downto..."
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I can live w/o the Cyclorama; but could we tear down the Citi building and put Walker House back up please?
Richard White
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Walking to work this morning I came across this plaque on a retaining wall located at the SW corner of Front and John.
I did some research and apparently the HDR Run stands for "Hot Dog Run". A group of guys with corvettes would go cruising toronto every Thursday night after which they would park downtown and grab a hot dog.
A hot dog stand was located where this plaque is just prior to covid but I haven't seen it in ages.
I did some research and apparently the HDR Run stands for "Hot Dog Run". A group of guys with corvettes would go cruising toronto every Thursday night after which they would park downtown and grab a hot dog.
A hot dog stand was located where this plaque is just prior to covid but I haven't seen it in ages.
donoreo
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I do not think that is Eglinton in the foreground, probably Vanderhoof. It aligns better with the railway bridge than Eglinton does. Eglington is just off to the bottom left out of frame.
AlbertC
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Photo from parkdale.to, along Queen Street west of Gladstone in 1898:
Happy New Year Parkdalians!
Queen Street looking west from Dufferin in this 1898 view by photographer Josiah Bruce As 2021 comes to an end, we want to thank you so much for supporting your community. This New Year’s Eve…
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