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  2. Ashbridge Estate - Wikipedia

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    The present home was built starting in 1854, with additions in 1900 and 1920. As the city of Toronto grew and encroached on the estate, the family gradually sold off their land, leaving only the current 2-acre (0.81 ha) property by the 1920s. The estate is located on Queen Street East near Greenwood Avenue in the Leslieville neighbourhood.

  3. List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the oldest buildings and structures in Toronto, that were constructed before 1920. The history of Toronto dates back to Indigenous settlements in the region approximately 12,000 years ago. However, the oldest standing structures in Toronto were built by European settlers. Remains of a Seneca settlement exist at the federally ...

  4. Queen Street, Toronto - Wikipedia

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    Queen Street was the cartographic baseline for the original east–west avenues of Toronto's and York County's grid pattern of major roads. The western section of Queen (sometimes simply referred to as "Queen West") is a centre for Canadian broadcasting, music, fashion, performance, and the visual arts. Over the past twenty-five years, Queen ...

  5. R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant - Wikipedia

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    R. C. Harris. Construction started. 1932. Opened. November 1, 1941; 82 years ago (1941-11-01) The R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is both a crucial piece of infrastructure and an architecturally acclaimed historic building named after the longtime commissioner of Toronto's public works Roland Caldwell Harris.

  6. Old City Hall (Toronto) - Wikipedia

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    1984. The Old City Hall is a Romanesque-style civic building and former court house in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the home of the Toronto City Council from 1899 to 1966 and a provincial court house until 2023, and remains one of the city's most prominent structures. The building is located at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, across ...

  7. Metropolitan United Church - Wikipedia

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    Organist/Director of music. Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm [2] Metropolitan United Church is a historic Neo-Gothic style church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest and most prominent churches of the United Church of Canada. It is located at 56 Queen Street East, between Bond and Church streets, in Toronto's Garden District.

  8. The Opera House (Toronto) - Wikipedia

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    1909. Opened. 1909. Website. theoperahousetoronto.com. The Opera House is a music venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the city's most historic performing venues, opening in 1909. [1] It has also been a cinema and a live theatre venue. It is located at 735 Queen Street East, east of downtown in the Riverdale neighbourhood.

  9. Toronto streetcar system - Wikipedia

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    Most non-revenue tracks are located in downtown Toronto; they include, roughly from east to west: [111] Leslie Street between Queen Street East and the Leslie Barns: This connects a carhouse to the streetcar system. [112] Coxwell Avenue between lower Gerrard Street East and Queen Street East