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Bowden Street

Danforth vigil
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‘Love, not hate’ fills Danforth at vigil for shooting victims

July 26, 2018November 17, 2018 Rodger Burnside Bowden Street, Danforth Avenue, Doug Ford, Faisal Hussain, Greektown on the Danforth BIA, John Tory, Logan Avenue, shooting, Toronto Police, vigil

She was honouring those who were killed but she didn’t hate anyone, not even the man thought to have shot

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Danforth Avenue blocked after shooting
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Shooting spree on Danforth leaves three dead, 12 injured

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Rodger Burnside Bowden Street, Danforth Avenue, Mark Saunders, shooting, Special Investigations Unit, Toronto Police

East York and Riverdale residents woke up today to learn their beloved Danforth Avenue strip had become the site of one of Toronto’s worst mass shootings.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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