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Broadway parkette site
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Parkette planned for midtown neighbourhood hungry for green space

October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 Dennis Hanagan Broadway Avenue, Jaye Robinson, park, parkette, Redpath Avenue

A new parkette is in the offing near a prominent midtown intersection, but it’s two years away for the park-deprived neighbourhood.

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Davisville church to sell land for new park

February 12, 2015 Shawn Star Greenspace, Josh Matlow, Manor Road United Church, park, Reverend Debra Schneider

Manor Road United Church has been in talks with the city to acquire the greenspace at the front of its property.

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Park to be renamed for fallen officer

February 9, 2011 Town Crier staff memorial, park, Ryan Russell, Toronto Police

Dupont Parkette to be redubbed in memory of Sgt. Ryan Russell

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Otter Loop turned into green space

December 23, 2010 Town Crier staff Green Space, park, Toronto Transit Commission

The former transit loop is in construction with plans of turning it into a heart-shaped park

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High flying skaters in East York

November 22, 2010 Town Crier staff park, skateboards, students

A sunny day for Grade 8 D.A. Morrison MS student Carter Douglas shows off his best skateboard moves at a recently built skateboard park on Cosburn Avenue on Nov. 10.

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Slow start for Oriole playground

November 1, 2010 Town Crier staff accessibility, park, playground

Construction of accessible park should be finished before the end of the year

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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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