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Clarence Square is one of the oldest remaining park spaces in the downtown core of
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866:Maple Leaf
805:Sunnybrook
770:Roundhouse
740:Pine Point
675:Humber Bay
635:Earl Bales
630:E.T. Seton
600:Coronation
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735:Olympic
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