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✨Discover Toronto's history through a collection of vintage and contemporary photos, showcasing the city's past with its present. 🔗 TorontoJourney416.com

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✨Kew Beach Fire Hall, today known as ‪Toronto Fire Station 227, is located at 1904 Queen St E, just east of Woodbine Ave, in The Beaches neighbourhood of #Toronto.‬

👉Kew Beach Fire Hall history at www.torontojourney416.com/kew-beach-fi...

#torontohistory #torontostreets #firestation

15.11.2025 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1958/January 1, 2025 – Looking northeast towards the corner of Bloor St W and Royal York Rd, in The Kingsway neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontojourney416 #torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #bloorstreet #bloorstreetwest

15.11.2025 15:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Circa 1920/November 8, 2025 – Looking southeast towards the corner of Dupont St and Christie St, in the Christie Pits and Seaton Village neighbourhoods of Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontojourney416 #torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #toronto #oldtoronto

14.11.2025 14:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨The Beare’s Limited ghost sign is at 51 Wolseley St, just north of Queen St W, in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉For over 25 more #ghostsigns in Toronto, visit www.torontojourney416.com/toronto-ghos...

#torontohistory #torontostreets

13.11.2025 19:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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1972/November 8, 2025 – Looking northeast toward the corner of Yonge St and Bloor St E in the Yorkville neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #yongestreet #bloorstreet #oldtoronto #torontojourney416

12.11.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae, a doctor from Guelph, was in the trenches caring for wounded soldiers near Ypres, Belgium, in the Flanders area. Contemplating the poppies growing between the graves, he wrote "In Flanders Fields."

👉More at www.torontojourney416.com/armistice-day/

#lestweforget

11.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Between 1937-39/August 31, 2025 - Looking northeast on Spadina Ave towards College St in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #spadinaave #spadina #oldtoronto

10.11.2025 16:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1972/October 18, 2025 – Looking northwest towards the corner of Jarvis St and Dundas St E in the Garden District of #Toronto. The archive photo shows the Warwick Hotel, built in 1910, closed in 1980 and was demolished shortly after.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontohistory

09.11.2025 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1920s/June 10, 2025 – Looking southwest towards the Pantages Theatre, today’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, at 244 Victoria St in the Downtown Yonge area of #Toronto.

👉More of the theatre’s history and photos at www.torontojourney416.com/imperial-six...

#torontohistory #torontostreets #torontotheatre

08.11.2025 23:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Circa 1912/September 22, 2025 – Looking southeast down Roncesvalles Ave from Grenadier Rd, in the Roncesvalles neighbourhood of Toronto.

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#torontojourney416 #torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #toronto #oldtoronto #roncesvalles

07.11.2025 15:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨The Ideal Aluminum Products Limited ghost sign is located at 2466 Dundas St W, north of Bloor St W, in the West Bend neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉For over 25 more #ghostsigns in Toronto, visit www.torontojourney416.com/toronto-ghos...

#torontohistory #torontostreets

06.11.2025 19:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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✨March 17, 1936/February 23, 2025 – Looking northeast along Lombard St, between Church St and Jarvis St in the Old Town neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Sub Series 70, Item 493

#torontohistory

04.11.2025 14:48 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I'm glad you enjoyed them!

05.11.2025 18:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1972/March 23, 2025 – Looking northwest towards the James Cooper House located at the corner of Sherbourne St and Linden St in the Upper Jarvis neighbourhood of Toronto.

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#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #toronto #oldtoronto

05.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Signs in Toronto✨

👉Over 400 interesting signs in #Toronto, along with their current or former locations at www.torontojourney416.com/signs-in-tor...

#torontohistory #oldsigns

04.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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✨Signs in Toronto✨

👉Over 400 interesting signs in #Toronto, along with their current or former locations at www.torontojourney416.com/signs-in-tor...

#torontohistory #oldsigns

04.11.2025 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨March 17, 1936/February 23, 2025 – Looking northeast along Lombard St, between Church St and Jarvis St in the Old Town neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Sub Series 70, Item 493

#torontohistory

04.11.2025 14:48 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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✨March 4, 1924/ May 4, 2025 - Looking southeast towards the corner of Bloor St W and Queen's Park in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto.

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#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #toronto #oldtoronto #bloorstreet

03.11.2025 15:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Signs in Toronto✨

👉Over 400 interesting signs in #Toronto, along with their current or former locations at www.torontojourney416.com/signs-in-tor...

#torontohistory #oldsigns

02.11.2025 18:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Signs in Toronto✨

👉Over 400 interesting signs in #Toronto, along with their current or former locations at www.torontojourney416.com/signs-in-tor...

#torontohistory #oldsigns

02.11.2025 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨July 17, 1973/April 24, 2025 – July 17, 1973/April 24, 2025 – Looking southwest along Yonge St from north of Cumberland St in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast #toronto #yongestreet

02.11.2025 15:56 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1950s/August 31, 2025 – Looking southwest towards the corner of Spadina Ave and College St in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #toronto #spadinaave

01.11.2025 14:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Haunted Toronto: Christie Mansion, today home to Regis College, at 100 Wellesley St W, in the Bay-Cloverhill area of #Toronto – built in 1881

👉Discover over 35 haunted places in Toronto at www.torontojourney416.com/haunted-toro...

#torontohistory #hauntedplaces #hauntedhistory

31.10.2025 19:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Halloween!!

31.10.2025 14:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Oct 1957/June 23, 2024 – Looking south along Mt Pleasant Rd from Balliol St, in the Davisville Village neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Sub Series 100, Item 361

#torontopast #torontohistory

31.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1950s/August 2, 2025 – Looking northeast towards the corner of Queen St E and Bertmount Ave, in the Leslieville neighbourhood of #Toronto.

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#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets #torontotheatre

30.10.2025 18:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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✨Haunted Toronto: The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, located at ‪100 Front St W in #Toronto – completed in 1929‬

👉Discover over 35 haunted places in Toronto, including Exhibition Place and UofT, at www.torontojourney416.com/haunted-toro...

#torontohistory #hauntedplaces #hauntedhistory

29.10.2025 18:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨1970s/Oct 18, 2025 - Looking northwest towards the former Berkeley Street Fire Hall No. 4, today’s Alumnae Theatre, at 70 Berkeley St in the Old Town neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉 Alumnae Theatre history at www.torontojourney416.com/alumnae-thea...

#torontohistory #torontostreets #torontotheatre

29.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨ Between 1930-35/October 18, 2025 – Looking southeast on Dundas St E towards George St in the Garden District of #Toronto.

👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com

Archive Photo Credit: (City of Toronto Archives, Series 1230, Item 4233)

#torontopast #torontohistory #torontostreets

28.10.2025 15:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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✨Haunted Toronto: Colborne Lodge, located at 11 Colborne Lodge Dr, in the southern portion of High Park in #Toronto – built in 1837

👉Discover over 35 haunted places in Toronto at www.torontojourney416.com/haunted-toro...

#torontohistory #hauntedplaces #hauntedhistory

28.10.2025 13:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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