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Old Posted Feb 7, 2014, 12:10 AM
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With the exception of a surviving section of the Old West End and a few individual buildings peppered throughout the city, almost all of it was constructed following the Great Fire of 1892.

But it worked out in our favour. That's when the beautiful, French Mansard roof was all the rage so that's what most homes downtown have today. The only "OMG... WHY!" huge loss is that the main downtown core had much grander buildings than those which were rebuilt in its place, including a dominating number of white stone buildings with blue-grey roofs.
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