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Queen Street East near gas leak
NEWS 

Gas leak in the Beach causes evacuation of businesses

March 4, 2020March 9, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian evacuation, gas leak, Queen Street East, Toronto Police

No one was hurt and damages were minor as businesses were evacuated early Saturday morning after a gas leak in the Beach.

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650 Parliament residents recall fire
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Residents still displaced one year after devastating high-rise fire

September 15, 2019October 1, 2019 Zeba Khan 650 Parliament, 650 Parliament Residents’ Association, evacuation, fire, high-rise, management, rent hike, residents, Wellesley

Families with young children, elderly residents, students, immigrants and people from all backgrounds were displaced last year by the fire at 650 Parliament.

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candle held high for 650 Parliament St. homes
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Evacuated Parliament Street residents hold vigil for their homes

August 22, 2019August 28, 2019 Rodger Burnside and Alexei Malakhov evacuation, fire, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Parliament Street

Residents of 650 Parliament St. and their supporters held a candlelight vigil yesterday to mark one year since they were evacuated from their apartments.

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NEWS 

Heat back on in Flemingdon building

January 21, 2011 Town Crier staff apartment, evacuation, Heat

Broken sprinkler alerted firefighters to situation

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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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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