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Say goodbye to the old Y. A demolition crew has all but completed the job of tearing down the old Central YMCA on College St. just west of Yonge St. t(...)
Say goodbye to the old Y. A demolition crew has all but completed the job of tearing down the old Central YMCA on College St. just west of Yonge St. t(...)

Say goodbye to the old Y. A demolition crew has all but completed the job of tearing down the old Central YMCA on College St. just west of Yonge St. t(...)

Date3/21/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Say goodbye to the old Y. A demolition crew has all but completed the job of tearing down the old Central YMCA on College St. just west of Yonge St. to make room for the new Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters. Metro Council paid $11.75 million for the building; which has since been replaced by a new Y on Grosvenor St. Council has budgeted $60.9 million for the new police headquarters.
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No longer a male Bastion, the 125-year-old Central YMCA on College St
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Not nice plaything. An Eastern Atlantic Port, Aug. 27 - The Royal Canadian Naval rendering mines safe crew is back, their job completed. They told the(...)
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A Demolition Permit has been issued for these houses on Wellesley St
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