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Gardiner Museum
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Saturdays and Sundays: Visit the Gardiner Museum for free

July 12, 2020July 30, 2020 Streeter staff ceramics, Gardiner Museum, Queen's Park

The Gardiner Museum, specializing in ceramics, has announced it is offering free admission on weekends, as well as fun outdoor activities for families.

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Royal Ontario Museum
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Starting July 11: Visit the ROM again with timed-entry ticket

June 28, 2020July 9, 2020 Streeter staff museums, Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum reopens its doors to the public starting Saturday, July 11 — but to get in you’ll need to book timed-entry tickets.

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Weekdays: CanLit exhibit at rare book library

March 18, 2020February 25, 2020 Streeter staff books, CanLit, Fisher Library, literature, St. George Street

Exhibit at the Fisher Library explores how CanLit has been shaped by an entire community of writers, editors, illustrators, agents and booksellers.

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Saturdays: Exhibit celebrates the Roaring Twenties

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff City of Toronto Archives, Davenport Road, photography, Spadina Road

“The Twenties: Snapshots of Everyday Life,” presented by the City of Toronto Archives, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the 1920s.

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Continuing to April 13: International exhibit on the second-generation experience

March 12, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, Wynford Drive

A partnership between the Aga Khan Museum and the Luciano Benetton Foundation’s Imago Mundi is jointly creating “Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From.”

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Daily: Book art at Toronto Reference Library

March 12, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff books, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

The Toronto Public Library’s “Art of the Book” exhibit showcases rare, fine press and artist-made books from the library’s special collections.

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Royal Ontario Museum
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March 17: Free night to explore the ROM

March 2, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

The ROM is open extended hours on the third Monday night of each month. Visitors have complimentary access to explore the 40 galleries.

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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Weekdays: CanLit exhibit at rare book library

February 18, 2020February 25, 2020 Streeter staff books, CanLit, Fisher Library, literature, St. George Street

Exhibit at the Fisher Library explores how CanLit has been shaped by an entire community of writers, editors, illustrators, agents and booksellers.

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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Daily: Book art at Toronto Reference Library

February 15, 2020February 25, 2020 Streeter staff books, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

The Toronto Public Library’s “Art of the Book” exhibit showcases rare, fine press and artist-made books from the library’s special collections.

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Feb. 25–April 13: International exhibit on the second-generation experience

February 10, 2020March 8, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, Wynford Drive

A partnership between the Aga Khan Museum and the Luciano Benetton Foundation’s Imago Mundi is jointly creating “Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From.”

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Royal Ontario Museum
Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Feb. 18: Free night to explore the ROM

February 3, 2020November 12, 2019 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

The ROM is open extended hours on the third Monday night of each month. Visitors have complimentary access to explore the 40 galleries.

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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Saturdays: Exhibit celebrates the Roaring Twenties

January 11, 2020January 15, 2020 Streeter staff City of Toronto Archives, Davenport Road, photography, Spadina Road

“The Twenties: Snapshots of Everyday Life,” presented by the City of Toronto Archives, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the 1920s.

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Royal Ontario Museum
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Jan. 21: Free night to explore the ROM

January 6, 2020November 12, 2019 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

The ROM is open extended hours on the third Monday night of each month. Visitors have complimentary access to explore the 40 galleries.

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Jan. 17–26: Erie Canal exhibit at Todmorden

January 3, 2020January 15, 2020 Streeter staff DesignTO, Pottery Road, Todmorden Mills

DesignTO presents an exhibit exploring through cast clay vessels the marginalized histories that made the Erie Canal possible.

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Royal Ontario Museum
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Dec. 17: Free night to explore the ROM

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

The ROM is open extended hours on the third Monday night of each month. Visitors have complimentary access to explore the 40 galleries.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

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