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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

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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Poster for cancellations
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Cancellations and shutdowns spreading quickly

March 16, 2020November 9, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, camps, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fisher Library, Fox Theatre, March Break, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Reference Library, Tranzac Club

The news is coming in faster than we can keep up — with show cancellations, postponements, venue shutdowns and other abrupt changes.

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street performer not cancelled due to coronavirus
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Events cancelled across our neighbourhoods so far

March 14, 2020March 17, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, busking, camps, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fisher Library, Koerner Hall, March Break, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Reference Library, Tranzac Club

Not every performer is suffering from venues being shut down and people staying away during the coronavirus scare. “The crowd

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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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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
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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
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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
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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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