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This is a scene from the 1850s, depicting the Hoggs Hollow toll gate, situated in North Toronto on Yonge Street near York Mills. The neighbourhood itself is named after the Hogg family, who settled the area in the 1820s. They owned a whiskey…

The following is an excerpt from Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, Coach House Press, 2010

Yonge north of Lawrence continues the default low-rise retail until arriving at the end of the old City of Toronto, where Yonge Street dips…

The street cars used to go a lot further north back then! Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.