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College Street sinkhole
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Emergency repairs close College Street after 25-foot sinkhole appears

March 31, 2021April 5, 2021 Rodger Burnside Beverley Street, College Street, road repairs, Sewer, sinkhole, St. George Street

A stretch of College Street has been shut down after the collapse of a 148-year-old sewer and the appearance of a 25-foot-deep sinkhole.

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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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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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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

July 4–14: Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance, a musical

June 20, 2019July 8, 2019 Streeter staff Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, St. George Street, Toronto Fringe Festival

Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance, in running during the Toronto Fringe Festival from July 4 to 14 at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George St.

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St. Patrick 's Day parade
THINGS TO DO 

March 11: St. Patrick’s Day parade

February 25, 2018March 17, 2020 Streeter staff Bloor Street West, Nathan Phillips Square, parade, St. George Street, St. Patrick's Day, Yonge Street

Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is in its 31st consecutive year celebrating Irish cultural heritage. It is recognized as the largest Irish-themed event in Toronto.

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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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