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A stub of Front Street to the east of the bay is shown on an 1834 plan of York. This would align today with Mill Street in the Distillery District. On an 1894 map of Toronto, Palace Street has become part of Front Street, and the street has been extended to the east to the Don River. The Esplanade is shown connected to Mill Street. And in the ...
65-71 Front Street West Toronto ON 43°38′44″N 79°22′51″W / 43.6455°N 79.3808°W / 43.6455; -79.3808 ( Union Station (Canadian Pacific Railway and Grand Trunk
Simcoe Place is an office building and shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tower is 148 metres (486 ft) metres (486 feet) with 33 floors. [2] It was completed by architects Carlos Ott and NORR in 1995.
Before incorporation as a city in 1834, Toronto was known as York.For about two decades from its inception in 1793, most residents settled in an area bounded by present-day Jarvis and Parliament streets, south of Queen Street East (then known as Lot Street), and north of Front Street, which at the time was at the waterfront.
Old Toronto 18 67 Front Street East 1877 67 Front Street East St. Lawrence: Old Toronto [40] 65 Hazelton Avenue 1877 65 Hazelton Avenue Yorkville: Old Toronto 18 29–31 Howard Street 1877 29–31 Howard Street St. James Town: Old Toronto 18 33–35 Howard Street 1877 33–35 Howard Street St. James Town: Old Toronto 18 86–90 Lewis Street 1877
Ruins on Front Street after the Great Toronto Fire of 1904. The Great Toronto Fire of 1904 destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto. The fire destroyed more than 100 buildings. [69] The fire claimed one victim, John Croft, who was an explosive expert clearing the ruins from the fire. [70]
The Dixon Building (number 49) and Griffiths Building (number 47) are parts of a heritage building located on Front Street, Toronto, Ontario. The 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-storey building is an example of Second Empire architecture and was constructed in 1872-3 according to the designs of Walter Strickland. Detail of the roof window at 47 Front St.
The History of the Battle of Toronto by William Lyon MacKenzie, 1839 from the Ontario Time Machine; Historicist articles on Toronto History by Torontoist.ca; Toronto Boom Town, a 1951 National Film Board of Canada documentary covering the first half of the 20th century; Toronto Past, a blog devoted to links to Toronto history stories and resources