{"id":4100,"date":"2009-03-11T14:49:06","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T19:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/spacing-presents-the-toronto-town-buttons\/"},"modified":"2009-03-11T14:49:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T19:49:06","slug":"spacing-presents-the-toronto-town-buttons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/spacing-presents-the-toronto-town-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing presents the Toronto Town Buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/tor-town-buttons.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You only have to look as far up as its street signs to realize that Toronto is a city cobbled together from other former boroughs, towns and villages. Like other major metropolitan areas, Toronto has annexed and absorbed former municipalities since it began as a city back in 1834.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style22\">In recognition of Toronto&#8217;s 175th anniversary in 2009, Spacing has created a new series of buttons that highlight the coats of arms and official seals of the numerous small towns and villages that now make up Toronto. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/buy.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/tor-town-buttons-stores1.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swipe.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/tor-town-buttons-stores2.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can buy\u00a0 a set of the 16 buttons for $20<\/strong> (includes shipping)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/buy.htm\">through Spacing&#8217;s e-store using your credit card or our online merchant PayPal<\/a>.\u00a0 or you can buy individual buttons for $2 each at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swipe.com\/\">Swipe Books<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=401+Richmond+St.+W.+toronto&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;split=0&amp;gl=ca&amp;ei=fRW4ScOqN4TQMu-mpd4K&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr\">401 Richmond St. W.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, not all former towns and villages are represented in the buttons since some places only used a watermark (such as the Town of Yorkville) or were never legally incorporated (like Lansing or The Beaches), and thus never produced an official coat of arms. Below, check out each button we offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The town buttons include: <\/strong>Brockton, Mimico, Parkdale, Weston, Long Branch, Scarborough, North York, York, Swansea, Leaside, Forest Hill, New Toronto, North Toronto, The Junction, Etobicoke, and East York.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3348\/3340749640_498e75d8f3.jpg\" height=\"267\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3346\/3340749572_42aa2f2c16.jpg\" height=\"267\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3407\/3340749218_3f2d29b62a.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3297\/3339921693_fec9864f6d.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3366\/3340749522_3a869353c4.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3607\/3340749426_3154e8528a.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3372\/3339921913_951b3483c0.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3386\/3339921843_237984a209.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 You only have to look as far up as its street signs to realize that Toronto is a city cobbled together from other former boroughs, towns and villages. Like other major metropolitan areas, Toronto has annexed and absorbed former municipalities since it began as a city back in 1834. In recognition of Toronto&#8217;s 175th<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/spacing-presents-the-toronto-town-buttons\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Spacing presents the Toronto Town Buttons&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4010,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spacing presents the Toronto Town Buttons - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/spacing-presents-the-toronto-town-buttons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spacing presents the Toronto Town Buttons - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 You only have to look as far up as its street signs to realize that Toronto is a city cobbled together from other former boroughs, towns and villages. 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