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Parks Forestry And Recreation

vandals destroy trees and shrubs
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East York tree planting wiped out by vandals

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Rodger Burnside Friends of the Don East, Parks Forestry And Recreation, Tree planting, trees, Victoria Park Avenue

Vandals are blamed for destroying almost all the 120 trees and shrubs planted in Taylor Creek Park by communinty volunteers three weeks ago.

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Runnymede swim programs may get axe

January 5, 2012May 4, 2017 Omar Mosleh Budget Cuts, funding, Parkdale-High Park, Parks Forestry And Recreation, Programming Cuts, Runnymede Colleagite Institute, Sarah Doucette, school pools, Toronto District School Board

School’s pool on the list of seven to be cut in the budget

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Off-leash park has resident barking mad

October 24, 2011June 22, 2014 Shawn Star animals, city council, city parks, community, Dog Parks, Monarch Park, off-leash area, Parks Forestry And Recreation, Paul Wesley, Paula Fletcher, safety, Toronto Animal Services

Also claims various city departments are giving him the runaround

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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, 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
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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
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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
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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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