On Saturday 28 May, the Metropolitan United Church at Queen and Church streets was one of the nearly 150 sites that participated in Toronto’s “Doors
Month: May 2011
Service to Honour Victims’ of the Empress of Ireland – Historic Toronto
I recently attended a service in Mount Pleasant Cemetery to honour the memory of those members of the Salvation Army who perished when the Canadian
Queen Street West’s Urban Philosophers – Historic Toronto
“One must look west from University Avenue on Queen Street to capture the visual flavour of old downtown.” —M. Kluchner, Toronto the Way It Was
Historic Fort York – Historic Toronto
Visiting Fort York Today I walked among the oldest surviving buildings in our city. The fort was destroyed during the American invasion of York in
When I was a child, we referred to Victoria Day as “Fire-Cracker Day.” There were few public displays of fireworks, and even if there
I have added another post on these historic buildings because this week I was able to photograph the foundations of one of the building. The