{"id":14474,"date":"2010-10-01T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=14474"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:57:52","slug":"guarding-the-steps-of-old-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/10\/01\/guarding-the-steps-of-old-city-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Guarding the Steps of Old City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"grafix\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-before-after-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"sp1 by Toronto Before, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/49576548@N05\/4888243522\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Guarding the Steps of Old City Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4106\/5041321753_a315cd8db6_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4084\/4954334758_e80b1fdf7e_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4151\/5041321723_a7b66a8db3_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Guarding the Steps of Old City Hall<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4086\/5033426467_d4be13dcf8_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Comparative Then and Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">General Knox &amp; Mayor Fredrick J. 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