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Apr. 10, 2017

The dense Jameson Avenue streetscape is a fine entrance to Toronto, columnist Shawn Micallef writes

SHAWN MICALLEF / SPECIAL TO THE STAR

Apr. 10, 2017

Jameson Avenue the kind of street we don’t have enough of: Micallef

Jameson Avenue, with its handsome streetwall of midrise apartments, is a great entrance to Toronto


By Shawn Micallef - Columnist
Fri., April 7, 2017

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