What Toronto looked like in the 1980s Through these Fascinating Photos

#1 World’s Biggest Bookstore, 1980s

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#2 College Street, Toronto, 1983

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#3 Street vendor outside subway station, 1985

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#4 Premium gas station, Lake Shore Road, 1980

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#5 South-east corner, Carlaw and Danforth avenues, 1989

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#6 Balloon fountain, Scarborough Town Centre, 1980

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#7 Kensington Market, 1980s

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#8 The monorail at the Toronto Zoo, 1980s

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#9 CNE, 1985

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#10 Street vendor, Queen and Soho streets, 1988

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#11 Gerrard St. East in 1981

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#12 A photo from the modern day, featuring a 1980s-era police car from Metro Toronto.

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#13 Overlapping signs in Chinatown.

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#14 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1982

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#15 Yonge and Dundas, Toronto, 1982

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#16 Pape Station, Toronto, 1983

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#17 Ontario Place from the CN Tower, 1980s

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#18 Toronto, 1984

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#19 Skating rink in front of Toronto City Hall, 1980

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#20 Markham Street looking north to Bloor Street, 1982

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#21 Exhibition Place game stall, 1980

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#22 Dundas Street and Pacific Avenue, looking north, 1987

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#23 PCC streetcar on College Street, 1980

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#24 Akropol Greek Bakery, 458 Danforth Avenue, 1987

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#25 PCC streetcar 4392 on Church Street, south of Richmond Street, 1980

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#26 South-west corner, Dundas Street and Pacific Avenue, 1987

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#27 492 – 500a Danforth Avenue, 1982

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#28 Looking toward Queen and Bay street, 1980s

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#29 Looking east from the bridge over the Don River, June 2, 1981

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#30 Looking east at Queen and Leslie, June 6, 1981.

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#31 1050 Chum radio advertisement, 1980s

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#32 The Flatiron building with Derek Michael Besant’s mural looking quite fresh, 1980s

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#33 A postcard featuring Exhibition Stadium, 1980s

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#34 The PATH in the 1980s.

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#35 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1981

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#36 Queen and Spadina, Toronto, 1985

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#37 Queen West and Portland, Toronto, 1983

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#38 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1981

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#39 177 Carlton Street, Toronto, 1980

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#40 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1980

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#41 Toronto, 1984

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#42 Gerrard and Parliament, Toronto, 1981

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#43 Building under demolition, 1980

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#44 The Silver Rail, 1980

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#45 PCC streetcar 4643 on King Street East, 1980

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#46 Yonge Street in 1983

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#47 Spadina and Wellington, 1983

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#48 Man walking by phone booths in 1980.

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#49 Queen and Shaw streets looking west, 1980s

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#50 King and Spadina, 1980s

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#51 King near Shaw Street, 1980s

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#52 Looking across the Massey Ferguson lands on King West, 1980s

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#53 Liberty Village, 1980s

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#54 Dundas and Mavety streets, 1980s

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#55 Traffic Jam on King west near Portland, 1980s

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#56 Looking east across King from Duncan Street, 1980s

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#57 King and Simcoe streets, 1980s

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#58 Queen and Roncesvalles, July 18, 1983.

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#59 Queen and Gore Vale, July 13, 1983.

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#60 Queen and Bathurst, looking east, July 13, 1983.

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#61 Queen and Beverley, looking west, June 7, 1981.

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#62 Dead quiet Queen and Spadina in late summer. September 27, 1981.

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#63 A harsh and modern-looking Queen and Bay during a snowstorm. March 13, 1980.

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#64 Overhead view of Queen near City Hall, July 8, 1980

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#65 Bay Street trolley buses, July 18, 1983.

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#66 Drummer’s Paradise on Church Street at Queen, July 21, 1982.

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#67 Streetcar turning south onto Church past a Sears delivery van, February 13, 1980.

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#68 Queen and Sherbourne with St. Paul’s Basilica in the background. June 2, 1981.

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#69 An ice cold Queen and Parliament, looking east, February 6, 1981.

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#70 Queen and Sackville, looking east, June 6, 1981.

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#71 The Dominion on Queen during the bad old days. June 6, 1981.

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#72 The New Broadview Hotel, a.k.a. Jilly’s, as “Kicker’s,” August 31, 1983.

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#73 Streetcars continue to operate at Queen and Broadview despite track work (Broadview Hotel is “Maxi’s,”) March 25, 1981

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#74 Queen and Saulter, looking toward the rail bridge, June 6, 1981.

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#75 Queen and McGee near the Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre, June 6, 1981.

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#76 The many gas stations of Queen and Jones, June 6, 1981.

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#77 Trolley Bus at Dupont/Annette and Dundas. Image from barp, 1980s

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#78 A GO train coming into Union Station, 1980s

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#79 Yonge Street toward the end of the 1980s.

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#80 Bloor Street near Bay, facing north with the Holt Renfrew building in sight, 1980s

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#81 A diner on Bellair Street, 1980s

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#82 The skyline in 1986.

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#83 Marching Band, Toronto, 1983

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#84 Toronto, 1993

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#85 Dundas and Church, Toronto, 1983

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#86 Woodbine Beach, Toronto, 1983

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#87 Dundas West and Mavety, Toronto, 1984

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#88 Honest Ed’s, Toronto, 1984

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#89 Lamport Stadium, Toronto, 1984

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#90 Kensington Market, Toronto, 1983

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#91 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1984

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#92 Queen Street West, Toronto, 1985

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#93 Queen and Bathurst, Toronto, 1984

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#94 Boustead Avenue, Toronto, 1982

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#95 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1982

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#96 Queen and Portland, Toronto, 1983

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#97 Dundas West and Runnymede, Toronto, 1984

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#98 Pears Avenue, Toronto, 1984

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#99 Front and York, Toronto, 1982

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#100 Kensington Market, Toronto, 1983

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#101 Phone Booths, Toronto, 1980

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#102 Yonge and Dundas, Toronto, 1984

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#103 Keele and St. Clair, Toronto, 1982

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#104 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1981

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#105 Toronto International Airport, 1983

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#106 Santa Claus Parade, Toronto, 1981

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#107 The Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada, 1987

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#108 View of Toronto, 1984

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#109 View of Toronto, 1984

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#110 Royal Tours – Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, 1984

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#111 Nathan Phillips Square Toronto, 1982

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#112 Carlton Street, Toronto, 1981

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#113 Bay Street, Toronto, 1981

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#114 Pedestrians, Toronto, 1981

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#115 Yonge and Dundas, Toronto, 1985

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#116 Street performers at Ontario Place, 1981

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#117 Bye Bye Birdie rehearsal, Scarborough Theatre, 1985

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#118 Greek Village Dining Lounge, 551 Danforth Avenue, 1985

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#119 Keele Street in 1984

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#120 Downtown Toronto in 1983

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#121 Near Queen and Bathurst in 1983.

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#122 Yonge and Dundas, 1985

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#123 Dundas and Victoria streets, 1980s

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#124 King looking west from Berkeley Street, 1980s

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#125 Keele just south of Dundas Street, 1980s

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#126 Yonge and Temperance streets, 1980s

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#127 Two types of streetcar and a trolley bus on Queen just west of Shaw, July 13, 1983.

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#128 Queen and Shaw, looking east, June 6, 1981.

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#129 Queen and Bay, June 7, 1981.

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#130 Looking east on Queen across Church, May 31, 1981.

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#131 Richmond’s Trading Post on Church just north of Queen, July 21, 1982.

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#132 Intersection of Queen and King at the Don River, looking west. No Scotia Plaza, yet. Exchange Tower is under construction behind First Canadian Place. June 2, 1981.

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#133 Queen and Broadview, looking east at the stores on the north side of Queen, April 2, 1982.

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#134 Queen and Broadview, looking west, August 25, 1983.

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#135 Looking east from Queen and De Grassi under the rail tracks, June 6, 1981.

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#136 Looking west from Queen and Carlaw in Leslieville, August 31, 1981.

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#137 Looking west through Leslieville near Queen and Carlaw, August 31, 1983.

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#138 The Caribana Parade in 1987.

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#139 Dundas West and Keele, Toronto, 1983

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#140 Dundas West and High Park Avenue, Toronto, 1982

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#141 Bloor and Jane, Toronto, 1982

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#142 Lake Ontario, Toronto, 1984

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#143 Yonge and Gould (looking south) Toronto, 1982

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#144 High Park, Toronto, 1982

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#145 Toronto Skyline, 1989

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#146 Dundas West and Medland, Toronto, 1984

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#147 Dundas West and High Park, Toronto, 1982

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#148 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1982

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#149 Yonge and Queen, Toronto, 1982

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#150 St. Clair and Dufferin, Toronto, 1983

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#151 Queen West and Portland, Toronto, 1983

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#152 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1980

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#153 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1980

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#154 Toronto, 1998

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#155 Barber Shop, Toronto, 1981

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#156 Dundas and Victoria, Toronto 1981

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#157 Bay and Albert, Toronto, 1981

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#158 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1980

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#159 Queen and Bathurst, Toronto, 1984

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#160 High Park, Toronto, 1985

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#161 Protester, Toronto, 1983

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#162 Yonge Street, Toronto, 1981

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#163 Yonge and Gerrard, Toronto, 1994

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#164 Pape Avenue, Toronto, 1986

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#165 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, 1983

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#166 Dundas West and Roncesvalles, Toronto, 1983

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#167 Queen and Bathurst, Toronto, 1984

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#168 The Junction, Toronto, 1985

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#169 Victoria and Gould, Toronto, 1981

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#170 View from Gerrard and Mutual (looking east), Toronto, 1982

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#171 Cabbagetown Toronto, 1981

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#172 Cabbagetown Boxing Club, Toronto, 1981

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#173 Gladstone Avenue, Toronto, 1986

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#174 Somewhere downtown, Toronto, 1983

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#175 Bloor West, Toronto, 1985

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#176 Dundas and Ossington, Toronto, 1983

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#177 Togetherness, Toronto, 1981

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#178 Queen and Bathurst, Toronto, 1984

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#179 Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, 1982

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#180 Carlton and Bleecker, Toronto, 1980

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#181 The Beaches, Toronto, 1982

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#182 Cherry Beach, Toronto, 1981

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#183 Dundas East and Victoria, Toronto, 1984

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#184 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, 1982

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#185 Carlton Street, Toronto, 1980

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#186 Yonge and Gerrard, Toronto, 1981

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#187 Gerrard East and Carlaw, Toronto, 1982

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#188 Gratte-ciel du centre ville de Toronto

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#189 Rue de Toronto, in 1988,

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#190 The Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada, 1987

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#191 Aerial view of trains parked in station, Toronto, 1980s

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#192 The Skydome under construction, some time around 1988.

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#193 Yonge and Dundas, Toronto, 1984

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