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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.
Pimlico is demarcated to the north by Victoria Station, by the River Thames to the south, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the east and the former Grosvenor Canal to the west. At its heart is a grid of residential streets laid down by the planner Thomas Cubitt, beginning in 1825 and now protected as the Pimlico Conservation Area.
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Administratively, it is defined as part of the Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown neighbourhood. [1] It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.
Old Toronto 18 Darling Terrace 1877 562–566 Parliament Street Cabbagetown: Old Toronto 18 Davies Terrace 1877 467–477 Queen Street East Corktown: Old Toronto 18 Don Brewery T. Davies & Bro Malt House 1877 27–39 Old Brewery Lane Trefann Court: Old Toronto 6 Gate Lodge of Dale 1877 15 Dale Avenue Rosedale: Old Toronto 18 Hillside Church 1877
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
Many one-story bungalows have added second floors, and many shops have been converted to more upscale shops. Canada's only borough, East York was semi-autonomous within the greater municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. In 1998, Metro Toronto and its constituent municipalities were dissolved and replaced by the new "megacity" of Toronto.
Toronto ON 43°38′59″N 79°22′34″W / 43.6498°N 79.3762°W / 43.6498; -79.3762 ( Toronto Street Post Office / Bank of Canada Federal ( 9933 )
An outstanding example of picturesque design inspired by the 19th-century tradition of rural cemeteries in a naturalistic setting; many of the grave markers are representative of significant epochs in the history of Toronto and the rest of the country Old Toronto City Hall and York County Court House [50] [51] 1899 (completed) 1984 Toronto