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Looking at the N/W corner in 1958.
The Kresge's store actually wraps around behind the TD bank.
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In this later photo from the 1960's the Krege's has been replaced by a dominion store.
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In 2010 Shoppers Drug Mart occupies the space. In the 70's it was a Dominion. Surprisingly the TD Bank remains virtually unchanged., except that it's now a Second Cup.
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An early interior of a Kresge's in the States circa 1929.
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A little further north on Royal York Road, just past Dundas,
a view of Humbertown Plaza in the early 1960's.