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It's a tad complicated. Toronto isn't that new. However a good portion of the city burned down in 1904 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Toronto_(1904
by 52-6F-62 9y ago
It's a tad complicated. Toronto isn't that new. However a good portion of the city burned down in 1904 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Toronto_(1904) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Toronto_(1904)
- Apocryphon 9y agoI didn't mean that the city itself was founded recently, more like compared to other east coast cities such as New York, Boston, or Montréal, a lot of parts of the city was built recently.
- 52-6F-62 9y agoThat's true. In part because of the great fire. In other cases, there was rolling development. There has been an influx of new tower construction over the past decade or so -- largely condos, mind you. As well as the Daniel Lee Chin crystal addition to the ROM and the new Varisty Blues stadium at U of T. BlogTO has a large number of "then and now" photo series you can have a look at for comparison if you're interested. http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/05/what_queen_west_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/ http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/05/what_queen_west_used_to_l...