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^^re: 1910 postcard

Toronto's problem has always been that they concentrated all their great buildings in the same area. More specifically, Toronto's financial district grew on top of its old financial district and stately banking halls were replaced with glitzy banking towers. In that pic, only a handful of buildings still survive.

Contrast that to Montreal and Vancouver, whose centre of gravity moved westward sparing areas like St. James street or Gastown.