Building
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Year Completed
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Year Demolished
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Location
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Image
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Crookshank House
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1834
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facade incorporated into 56 Blue Jays Way
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William Henry Draper Villa by John George Howard
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1834
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James Gooderham Windmill
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1834
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1866
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Near mouths of Taddle Creek and Don River, south of Front St E. Was survey point for laying out Toronto. Foundation exists in Gristmill Lane in the current Distillery District
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Dr. William Gwynne Cottages
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1835
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Dufferin Street south of King Street
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John Sleigh House
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1835
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Taylor's Wharf
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1835
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1866?
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Frederick and George Streets and Palace (Front) Street. Commemorated by Taylor's Wharf Lane
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York's 5th (Toronto's second) Custom House – 1 storey building
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1835
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Front Street, east of Yonge
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Elmsley Villa
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1837
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1875
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Bay St at Grosvenor
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Freeland's Soap Factory
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c. 1837
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1865
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Yonge St at Front St, then on the harbour
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Home District Gaol John George Howard, architect.
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1837–1841
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1887
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Southeast corner of Front and Berkeley Streets
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Hagerman Mansion / York House
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1837
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NE corner, Wellington St W at Simcoe
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First Dover Court Estate
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1837
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1853
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Dundas St W, west of present-day Ossington
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145 King St E built by John George Howard, Thomas Young
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1839
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facade retained on new development
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James McDonell Store built by John George Howard
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1839
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Church Street
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Rusholme
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1839
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1954
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Rusholme Road north of Dundas St W
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New Fort York
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1840
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1947
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Exhibition Place (gate iron work used for ceremonial gateway to Guildwood Village)
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Victoria Brewery/O'Keefe Brewery
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1840s (rebuilt several times)
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Victoria Street and Gould Street (a fragment exists at Guild Park)
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Fire Hall No. 1
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1841
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1924
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139–141 Bay St
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St Paul's Anglican Church
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1841
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Bloor Street, between Church and Jarvis
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Fire Engine No. 4
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1842
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1861
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St. Patrick's Market Queen St W
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Kearnsey House
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1843
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1904
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east of Yonge St north of Wellesley, now site of Dundonald St
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Methodist Church
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1844
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1888
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South side of Richmond Street between Yonge and Bay.
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Moffat, Murray and Company
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1844
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1987
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36 Yonge Street (facade preserved as part of Brookfield Place
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Commercial Bank of the Midland District (William Thomas)
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1845[3]
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1992
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13–15 Wellingtonn Street facade preserved within BCE Place
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Samuel Peters Jarvis Property
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1845
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Coffin Block Building
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1845
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1890s
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Front Street, replaced by Gooderham Building
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Bank of British North America
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1845
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1871
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Northeast corner, Yonge and Wellington Streets.
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Bank of Montreal
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1845
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1885
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Northwest corner, Yonge and Front Street, rebuilt with current building
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Merchant's Bank
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1845
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façade retained as part of Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street
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Homewood (residence of George William Allan) by Henry Bowyer Lane
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1847
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1964
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Northwest corner of Wellesley and Sherbourne
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Great Toronto Fire of 1849
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Government Creek Bridge
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1848–1851
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1900?
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Sunnyside Villa
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c. 1848
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1945
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Sunnyside Ave at The Queensway
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Argyle Hotel
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1849–1865
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1987 (facade preserved at Brookfield Place)
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1 Wellington Street West, 46 Yonge Street, Downtown
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William Gordon Property
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1849
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Gamble Grist Mill
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c. 1850
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1881 (fire)
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Humber River north of Bloor St W ruins incorporated into "Old Mill" in 1980s
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Tecumseh Wigwam (tavern)
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1850
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1874
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Bloor St W at Avenue Road (site of Park Plaza hotel)
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John Hagerty Building
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1851
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1987
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42 Yonge St (facade retained in Brookfield Place)
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William Cawthra Building
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1851
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1987
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44 Yonge Street (facade retained in Brookfield Place)
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Fourth St. Lawrence Market building
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1851
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1904
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Replaced by 1904 St. Lawrence Market North building
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John Crawford Block
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1852
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1987
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38-40 Yonge Street (facade retained as part of Brookfield Place)
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Toronto Normal School
Frederick Cumberland and Thomas Ridout (Design)
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1852
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1963
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(front façade portions incorporated into the entrance to Ryerson University's athletic centre) 40, 50 Gould Street
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Trinity College (first campus)
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1852
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1925
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Trinity Bellwoods Park (gates retained at Queen St W)
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Cawthra House
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1853
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1949
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Northeast corner of King and Bay Streets
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Second Dover Court Estate
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1853
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1933
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Dundas St W, west of present-day Ossington
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Toronto Mechanics' Institute
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1853
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1949
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Church St at Adelaide St E
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Enoch Turner Property
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1854
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Provincial Lunatic Asylum
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1854–1875
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1975–1976
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current day 999 Queen Street West
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William Hey and John Dixon Warehouse Store
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1855
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1983
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11 Wellington West Facade preserved as part of Brookfield Place
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Second Toronto General Hospital
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1855
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1913
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Gerrard St, east of Parliament St
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Crystal Palace
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1858
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1906 (fire)
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Moved and reconstructed in 1878 at Exhibition Place, replaced by Horticultural Building
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The Hall Casimir Gzowski Estate
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1858
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1904
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East side of Bathurst St, today's Alexandra Park
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First Toronto Union Station
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1858
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1873
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York Street at Station Street, replaced by second Union Station
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Yorkville Town Hall
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1860
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1941 (fire)
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856–860 Yonge Street (after demolition, some stone was retained on Fire Hall at 34 Yorkville Avenue)
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Union Mills, Weston built by John George Howard
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1860s
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Lawrence Avenue West and Weston Road (Side Line and High Street)
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Ontario Bank
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1861
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1964
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North-east corner of Wellington and Scott.
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Heydon Villa
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1864
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1929
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west of Dovercourt Road, south of College
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Great Western Railway depot (later repurposed as a fruit market)
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1866[5]
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1952 (fire)[5]
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Yonge Street at Esplanade, now the site of the Sony Centre
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Alexander Street Baptist Church
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1867
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c. 1950s
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Alexander Street between Yonge and Church streets
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Grand Central Hotel National Hotel
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1868
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2013
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facade preserved on 251 King Street East/39 Sherbourne Street, Old Town
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Grand Opera House
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1872–74
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1927
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south side of Adelaide St W, between Yonge and Bay
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Customs House
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1873
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South-west corner of Yonge and Front Street
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Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women
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1872
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1964
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King Street West, east of Dufferin Street (now site of Lamport Stadium)
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St. Andrew's Market
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1873
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1932
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Richmond Street W between Brant and Maud, south to Adelaide
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Toronto Central Prison
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1873
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1920
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Liberty Street west of Strachan
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Second Toronto Union Station
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1873
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1931
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South-west corner of York and Front Streets, replaced by current Union Station
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Jacob Bull House
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1875
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1990
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14 John St, Weston
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349 Yonge Street (Steeles Tavern 1936-1974, later annex of Sam the Record Man)
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1875
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2009
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Downtown
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Barnstable (Remegius Elmsley Estate)
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1878
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1921
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Bay St at St. Joseph St
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Hanlan's Hotel
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1878
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1909(fire)
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Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands
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Allan Gardens Pavilion Hall
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1879
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1902 (fire)
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Allan Gardens
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William Davies Co. Pork Processing Plant
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1879
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c. 1990
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Don River at Front St E (now Corktown Common and West Don Lands land development)
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First Exhibition Grandstand
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1879
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1906 (fire)
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Exhibition Place
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South Parkdale railway station
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1879
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1911
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Jameson Avenue at GWR tracks
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Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women
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1880
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1969
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King Street West near Dufferin
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Ontario Bolt Works
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1881
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1989
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The Queensway at South Kingsway, Swansea
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Manning Arcade E. J. Lennox
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1882
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1962
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22–28 King St W
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William Luke Buildings
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1884
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2015
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774 Yonge Street (facade to be incorporated into condo project)
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Yonge St Arcade
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1884
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1954
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137 Yonge St / 74 Victoria St
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The Beatty Building E. J. Lennox
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1886
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3 King St W
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John Burns Carriage Manufacturers
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1886
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1996
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126 John Street, Entertainment District (facade retained as part of Theatre complex, now fronts the Marshalls store)
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Robert Lauder Stores
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1886
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2013
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267–271 Queen Street East
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Sunlight Park baseball stadium
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1886
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1913
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Queen St E at Don River
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Cyclorama
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1887
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1975
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Front St W at York St
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Empress Hotel[6]
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1888
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2011 (fire)
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335 Yonge Street
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First Parkdale Collegiate Institute (then Jameson Collegiate)
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1889
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1928
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209 Jameson Ave (replaced by current building)
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University Avenue Armouries
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1891
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1963
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University Avenue and Armoury Street
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Toronto Board of Trade Building
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1892
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1958
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Front Street East and Yonge Street
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Beard Building
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1894
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1935
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163 King St E at Jarvis St
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Temple Building (International Order of Foresters)
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1896
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1970
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Richmond and Bay
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Hanlan's Point Stadium
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1897(rebuilt 1903, 1910)
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1926 (bleachers) 1937 (field removed for airport)
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Hanlan's Point, Toronto Island
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John Kay Store
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1898
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design by S. George Curry, originally at 36–38 King Street W, facade retained at 11 Adelaide Street W
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CNE Manufacturer's Building
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1902
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1961 (fire)
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Exhibition Place, now Better Living Centre site
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Bank of Nova Scotia headquarters
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1903
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1969
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39 King St W (now Commerce Court)
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Great Toronto Fire of 1904, 104 buildings destroyed
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St. Lawrence Market North Building
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1904
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1968
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Replaced by current St. Lawrence Market north building, itself slated for demolition
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5 St. Joseph St Warehouse Wickson & Gregg
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1905
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2010
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Street facade retained around condo tower
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Second Exhibition Grandstand
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1906
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1947 (fire)
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Exhibition Place; now site of BMO Field
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Royal Canadian Military Institute
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1907
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2010
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426 University Avenue (historic facade reproduced 2014)
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CNE Women's Building
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1908
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1961
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Exhibition Place, now Better Living Centre site
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Ardwold
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1910
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1936
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Spadina Rd
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North Toronto Collegiate Institute
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1912
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Collegiate Gothic (facade of original building in the courtyard of current structure), 70 Roehampton Avenue
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Quebec Bank headquarters
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1912
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1969
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King St W at Bay St, now Commerce Court
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Bank of Toronto
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1913
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1965
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King and Bay (some stonework re-assembled at Guild Park)
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Land Registry Office
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1915
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1964
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Queen St W at Bay St, now Toronto City Hall
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Savarin Tavern
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1919
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1980
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330 Bay Street (facade initially retained, later demolished)
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Maple Leaf Stadium
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1926
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1967
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Bathurst St at Fleet St
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National Building
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1926
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2009
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333 Bay Street (facade retained)
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John McBride Estate
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1927
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2013
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2621 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Mimico Built by John McBride first cousin of former Toronto mayor Sam McBride
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Westinghouse Building
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1927, 1935
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2016
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King Street at Blue Jays Way facade retained in new development
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Commerce and Transportation Building
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1929
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159 Bay Street, NE corner at Front St
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Stollery Building
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1929
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2015
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1 Bloor Street West, Toronto Men's clothing store (1929–2014); being redeveloped into 80 floor condo (The One)[10]
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Toronto Star Building
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1929
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1972
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King Street West and Bay Street (now First Canadian Place)
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Creeds Ltd Building
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1930
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1980
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46 Bloor St W (now Holt Renfrew)
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First Mount Sinai Hospital building
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c. 1930
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2007
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100 Yorkville Ave (facade retained as part of new development)
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North American Life Building
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1932
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1976
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112 King St W (now First Canadian Place)
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William H. Wright Building (former The Globe and Mail building)
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1937
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1974
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NE corner, King St W and York St
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Toronto Postal Terminal
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1941
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1997
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NE corner, Bay St at Lake Shore Boulevard. (Bay St and Lake Shore facades retained in Air Canada Centre)
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Bank of Montreal Building
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1948
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1975
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50 King St W
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Exhibition Stadium
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1948
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1999
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Exhibition Place
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North York Fire Department Station 3
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1950s
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2006[11]
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Finch Avenue West west of Weston Road. Mural of station painted on building on the original site
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Workmen's Compensation Board Head Office and Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters
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1953
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2011
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90 Harbour Street Mix of Art Deco, Art Moderne and Modern Classical; to become site of 75-storey condo, Ten York[12]
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Hall of Fame Building Home of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Hockey Hall of Fame
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1961
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2006
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Exhibition Place. Front foyer incorporated into BMO Field
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