Toronto Ontario - Canada - Glasgow Street - When the first five houses appeared on the street in 1889, three of them were occupied by labourers - 2001 photo,

            Similar to other small laneway-streets in the downtown area, Glasgow Street contains row houses built to accommodate workers that immigrated from the British Isles in the latter decades of the 19th century. When the first five houses appeared on the street in 1889, three of them were occupied by labourers, one who earned his living as a painter, and another as a piano maker. These small Second-Empire style houses provided reasonably priced accommodation for immigrant families. Second-Empire houses were very popular in Toronto during the 1870s. Their Mansard roofs, as opposed to peaked roofs, provided more interior space for large families. Unlike the Second-Empire row houses on Draper Street, which were built of brick, the dwellings on Glasgow Street were frame construction.
   

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Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Forest Hill (show map)

Taken on: August 11, 2007

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Camera: Kodak DX7590 Zoom, f/3.2, 1/400 sec, 28mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Kodak DX7590 Zoom
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Action (High speed)
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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