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The adjacent York County Coat of Arms and the female figure inside the entrance once adorned the York County Registry Office, formerly located on this site. Commissioned by the County in 1941, the sculptural reliefs were created by Jacobine Jones, a…

A BELOVED TORONTONIAN
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
90TH BIRTHDAY

FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE
TO THE CITY OF TORONTO AND ITS PEOPLE
HE EXEMPLIFIES THE NOBILITY OF THE HUMAN STPRIT
AND HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MANY LIVES.

MAYOR…

For many people, the Spadina Expressway was necessary for Toronto to adapt to modern needs. For others, it promised only the destruction of home and parks, more traffic congestion, and pollutants from automobile exhaust.

Citizen-led efforts…

Designed with elements of the Second Empire style, the row houses of Ashby Place were built for Margaret Wilkins. The first tenants here included clerks, conductors, and a labourer.

City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties

HERITAGE…

HERITAGE BUILDING CITY OF TORONTO INVENTORY OF HERITAGE PROPERTY TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD Esten House Erected 1855 Architects: Eden Smith, James Grand (per TOBuilt http://www.acotoronto.ca/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd3=3113) Now Deep Quong Manor