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

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✨1950s/January 1, 2025 – Looking northwest up Yonge St from south of Front St, in the Financial District and St Lawrence neighbourhood of #Toronto.

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November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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✨In 1905, the Eaton department store started the Santa Claus Parade tradition. The 121st Original Santa Claus Parade comes to #Toronto on Sunday, Nov 23, 2025. It begins at 12:30 pm at Christie Pits and ends at St Lawrence Market

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November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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✨1927/April 6, 2025- Looking northeast along Bloor St W from west of St George St in The Annex neighbourhood of #Toronto.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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✨August 31, 1953/November 8, 2025 - Looking northwest from the steps of Tip Top Tailors (now Lofts) at 637 Lake Shore Blvd W in the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood of #Toronto.

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November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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✨Between 1978-80/May 23, 2025 – Looking northeast along Yonge St from Gerrard St in the Downtown Yonge area of Toronto.

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November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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✨1927/April 6, 2025- Looking northeast along Bloor St W from west of St George St in The Annex neighbourhood of #Toronto.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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✨Toronto has seen a variety of #streetsign styles throughout its history, from the blue-and-white style fastened to buildings to those mounted on corner poles, including illuminated, acorn-topped, and neighbourhood-branded.

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November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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✨April 13, 1949/January 1, 2025 – Looking north up Dufferin St from Bloor St W, in the Bloorcourt and Bloordale Village neighbourhoods of #Toronto.

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Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Sub Series 58, Item 1913

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November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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✨August 1979/November 8, 2025 – Looking southeast along Thomas St between Bloor St W and Sultan St in the Bay-Cloverhill neighbourhood of #Toronto.

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November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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✨Formerly the Ideal Bread Company Factory, today the Argyle Lofts, located at the northeast corner of Dovercourt Rd and Argyle St in #Toronto.

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November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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✨1982/February 23, 2025 - Looking southeast towards the Devonian Square at Gould St and Victoria St in downtown #Toronto.

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Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 620, Item 173 - Avard Woolaver photographer
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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✨1958/January 1, 2025 – Looking northwest towards the corner of Bloor St W and Royal York Rd, in The Kingsway neighbourhood of Toronto.

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November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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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.‬

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November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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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.

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November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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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.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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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.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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."

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November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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.

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November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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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.

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November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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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.

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November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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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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November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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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.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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.

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

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November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM