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Hose 15 was created after
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Fire stations built from the late 19th century and up to 1950s varied in style. Fire halls built from the 1950s to 1980s tended to be utilitarian in design and found in the suburbs (North York, Scarborough and
Etobicoke). The latest fire stations are modern, but they often lack the character of older
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Department Station 1 (Forest Hill was annexed into Toronto in 1967, it was renumbered Station 29)and Forest Hill Police Headquarters. It has now been replaced by a new fire station on the west side of Chaplin Crescent just north of Eglinton Avenue
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July 2018 the retail structures around the clock tower has been demolished leaving the tower exposed. The site is now Halo
Residences condominium complex and the tower is incorporated and restored into the new structure. A glass mural now depicts the former fire
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built in 1942 by Murray Brown on the site of a former municipal building. An additional bay was added in 1952. The station was torn down in 1989, but the hose tower was preserved and the stone entrance incorporated with the rear exit at the mall.
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881:<Friebe, Marla. A History of the Toronto Fire Services 1874-2002. Toronto: City of Toronto, 2003>
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Main Structure: This semi-detached structure has two bays. In order to accommodate a third entrance for
1058:"History of the Town of Mimico: Mimico Fire Hall and Police Station - 13 Superior Avenue - DEMOLISHED"
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A list of designs of historic fire stations in the city
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Islington Volunteer Fire Hall (4990 Dundas St W only)
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405:Location: 32 Grosvenor Street near Yonge Street
50:Built: 1905 as Toronto Fire Department (TFD) 17
685:Location: 386 Perth Avenue, near Dupont Street
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1139:Lists of buildings and structures in Toronto
562:Main Structure: The station is also called
56:Location: 1904 Queen Street East, The Beach
466:Both Stations 312 and 315 are examples of
378:Additional Structures: It is also home to
392:Station is fully staffed and runs as R346
105:Balmoral Fire Hall National Historic Site
62:A tower is on the side of this structure.
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183:Location: 240 Howland Avenue, Davenport
112:Location: 20 Balmoral Avenue, Deer Park
78:Location: 87 Main Street, Upper Beaches
167:Location: 65 Hendrick Avenue, Wychwood
151:in 1990, for its rare adoption of the
212:Nickname: West Toronto - The Junction
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1021:http://alumnaetheatre.wordpress.com/
943:Canadian Register of Historic Places
284:Built: 1930 as Village of Swansea FD
852:Mimico Fire Hall and Police Station
53:Also known as "Kew Beach Fire Hall"
650:Lombard Street (Central) Fire Hall
525:Location: 641 Eglinton Avenue West
287:Annexed to Toronto: 1967 as TFD 16
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586:Location: 840 Gerrard Street East
546:Station #312, originally TFD # 10
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225:Location: 475 Dundas Street East
149:National Historic Site of Canada
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816:Location: 5095 Yonge Street at
1129:Municipal buildings in Toronto
443:TFS Hall 8 with original tower
356:Location: 16 Montgomery Avenue
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1033:"ScarboroughFireFighters.org"
843:Location: 351 Birchmount Road
564:Pumper 314: Running the Strip
559:Location: 12 Grosvenor Street
468:Victorian Gothic architecture
456:Location: 132 Bellevue Avenue
425:Location: 34 Yorkville Avenue
315:Nickname: R435: The Lone Wolf
303:Built: 1930 as New Toronto FD
859:Location: 13 Superior Avenue
270:Location: 462 Runnymede Road
772:Berkeley Fire Hall Number 4
730:Tower of former Fire Hall 3
433:. It was restored in 1974.
389:Designed by: G.W. Gouinlock
335:Location: 3135 Yonge Street
309:Location: 130 Eighth Street
28:fire stations in the city.
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1149:Firefighting-related lists
1076:www.villageofislington.com
826:) in 1989; tower moved to
743:Location: 484 Yonge Street
290:Location: 83 DeForest Road
251:Location: 106 Ascot Avenue
209:Location: 358 Keele Street
668:Toronto (1997–2011), and
606:Built: 1847, rebuilt 1872
1103:Fire stations in Toronto
698:Built: 1885, closed 1963
682:Built: 1910, closed 1963
654:Built: 1886; closed 1970
638:Built: 1885, closed 1972
622:Built: 1878, closed 1968
120:311: Knights of Balmoral
75:Built: 1910-11 as TFD 22
1144:Fire stations in Canada
836:Scarborough Fire Hall 1
792:Station 15 / Station 18
661:, west of Jarvis Street
534:Eglinton Crosstown line
489:39 Commissioners Street
369:Built: 1912 - as TFD 32
22:Toronto Fire Department
963:. Toronto. p. 25.
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402:Built: 1929 - as TFD 3
384:Toronto Police Service
257:Nickname: Mid-Town Mob
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332:Built: 1931 as TFD 34
267:Built: 1927 as TFD 31
248:Built: 1912 as TFD 27
231:Nickname: Fort Apache
180:Built: 1910 as TFD 23
164:Built: 1916 as TFD 25
109:Built: 1911 as TFD 24
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1105:at Wikimedia Commons
556:Built: 1926 as TFD 3
453:Built: 1875 as TFD 8
222:Built: 1954 as TFD 7
133:at Wikimedia Commons
885:Demolished Stations
672:Toronto (1974–1997)
431:Yorkville Town Hall
1060:. 12 January 2011.
997:Eglinton Crosstown
976:The Globe and Mail
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736:Fire Hall Number 3
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856:Built: 1929
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760:Built: 1841
740:Built: 1872
714:Built: 1923
618:Fire Hall 9
579:Station 324
552:Station 314
517:Station 135
500:Station 114
484:Built: 1928
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418:Station 312
412:Clock tower
398:Station 314
380:Toronto EMS
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328:Station 131
299:Station 435
280:Station 425
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244:Station 342
238:Residential
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160:Station 343
143:, south of
100:Station 311
71:Station 226
46:Station 227
1123:Categories
1043:2011-06-30
913:References
900:Beaux-Arts
776:Built 1905
694:Station 14
678:Station 19
657:Location:
634:Station 13
487:Location:
480:Station 30
118:Nickname:
386:stations.
40:Amsterdam
16:Historic
573:Art Deco
341:millwork
532:on the
18:Toronto
750:house.
494:place.
522:West.
474:Other
322:Tudor
1004:2014
382:and
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951:^
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