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  2. Front Street (Toronto) - Wikipedia

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    By 1816, Front Street was extended to the east to connect to Palace Street. 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 ...

  3. Dixon and Griffiths Buildings - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. History of neighbourhoods in Toronto - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of historic places in Toronto - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. St. Lawrence Hall - Wikipedia

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    The Great Fire of Toronto in 1849 caused the northern portions of this building to be pulled down, leading to the building of the current St. Lawrence Market in 1850 a block south at what was then Palace Street, and today is known as Front Street. The vacated area at the corner of King and Jarvis was in the heart of the growing community.

  7. List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Toronto - Wikipedia

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    Also known as the "First Toronto Post Office" (it was the fourth post office in York, but the first one to serve the settlement when it became Toronto in 1834), it is one of the earliest surviving examples in Canada of a building purpose-built as a post office; typical of small, early 19th-century public buildings, combining public offices and ...

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

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    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

  9. Gooderham Building - Wikipedia

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    The Gooderham Building, also known as the Flatiron Building, is an historic office building at 49 Wellington Street East in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is located on the eastern edge of the city's Financial District (east of Yonge Street) in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood, wedged between Front Street and Wellington Street in Downtown Toronto, where they join up to form a triangular intersection.