| So my brother is in town, together with
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| | Trunk Railway (now the Canadian National
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| his wife and 2 friends from my little
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| | Railway). Its monumental scale, classical
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| home town in Austria. It is everybody's
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| | detail and rational, ordered planning
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| first time in North America and their
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| | were hallmarks of the style. The station
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| initiation to Toronto. Just to give you
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| | is massive and takes up an entire block
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| ideas of dimensions: Austria has a
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| | on Front Street between York Street and
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| population of about 9 million and the
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| | Bay Street. The Great Hall of the Station
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| country extends about 900 km from east to
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| | is 250 ft. long and 84 ft. wide.Our walk
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| west while the Greater Toronto area
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| | continued further west on Front Street
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| nowadays probably has about 4 to 5
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| | past the Convention Centre to the base of
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| million people and Lake Ontario alone is
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| | the CN Tower and the entrance to the
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| over 300 km long. The first thing my
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| | Skydome, Toronto's multi-purpose stadium
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| visitors noticed was the difference in
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| | with a retractable roof, now called the
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| size: the size of the city, the size of
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| | Rogers Centre. We then snaked our way up
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| the lake, the size of cars, the size of
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| | through the Entertainment District to
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| supermarkets, and even of
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| | Queen Street where we admired Osgoode
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| refrigerators.On Sunday we started off
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| | Hall, built in the 1830s, and now an
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| with a little driving tour of Toronto
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| | oasis of green in the city. An ornate
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| where I first took my visitors down to
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| | iron fence, built in 1867, renowned for
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| the lakefront by the historic Art Deco
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| | its peculiar "cow gates," surrounds the
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| style R.C. Filtration Plant. All of them
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| | property and its beautiful gardens. The
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| love water and to have a lake as big as
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| | cow gates in particular fascinated my
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| an ocean so close by fascinated them.
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| | visitors.Our next stop was at New City
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| After a leisurely drive on Queen Street
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| | Hall and Old City Hall, opened in 1899,
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| through the quaint Beaches neighbourhood
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| | which racked up construction costs of
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| we parked the car close to the St.
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| | more than $2.5 million at the time which
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| Lawrence Market and started our walk
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| | caused great controversy in those days.
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| around.Since my brother is a chef and
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| | Continuing past the Bay Department Store
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| always loves to purchase market-fresh
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| | on Queen we passed the Metropolitan
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| food, I initially took him to the St.
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| | United Church, an English style cathedral
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| Lawrence Market which always has an
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| | dating from 1872, whose churchyard was
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| antique sale on Sunday. The food market
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| | filled with people enjoying the warm
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| is actually closed on Sunday. We checked
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| | day.Once back in the car we drove through
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| out the wares from old furniture to
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| | the U of T campus, my Alma Mater and we
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| cameras to various knick-knacks.Our
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| | stopped briefly to check out Hart House
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| exploration continued westwards along
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| | and Kings College. Then we headed down to
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| Front Street past historic 19th century
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| | Chinatown at Spadina and Dundas and my
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| houses and of course past the famous
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| | visitors marvelled at this exotic, busy
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| triangular-shaped Flatiron Building which
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| | market area. Our last stop on the tour
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| has a mural on its west side. Approaching
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| | was Kensington Market, a lively little
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| Yonge Street we walked past the Hockey
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| | neighbourhood full of food and clothing
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| Hall of Fame, a historic Beaux-Arts
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| | stories and restaurants where we ended up
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| former bank building, the magnificent
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| | picking up fresh vegetables, dry beans,
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| Royal York Hotel, built in 1929, once the
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| | and a variety of cheeses for some of the
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| largest hotel in the British
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| | scrumptious meals to come. My brother,
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| Commonwealth.One of the things that
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| | the chef, marvelled at the variety of
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| fascinated my visitors most was how old
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| | food avialable here, combined with the
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| and new can coexist right next to each
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| | inexpensive prices a food lover's
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| other: shiny skyscrapers are located
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| | dream.We took our loot home where my
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| right beside historic sandstone churches.
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| | husband was waiting for us with a big
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| Our walking tour continued past Union
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| | brunch to strengthen ourselves for
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| Station, Toronto's impressive central
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| | attending a birthday party of one of my
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| railway station, built between 1914 and
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| | friends that had the motto of "let out
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| 1927 as a joint construction project by
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| | your inner child".
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| the Canadian Pacific Railway and Grand
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