Bellevue Fire Station at 132 Bellevue Avenue The original Bellevue Fire Station, constructed in 1875, was a two-storey structure with one bay for
Year: 2013
There may be no snow in Toronto, but “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” Shoppers are crowding the Eaton Centre, the underground Pathway,
Toronto’s main Postal Delivery Building at 40 Bay Street, now the site of the Air Canada centre (ACC). In the background is the 34-storey Bank
Toronto’s architectural gems-the Bank of Nova Scotia at King and Bay
The impressive headquarters of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto, located at 44 King Street West, is on the northeast corner of the intersection
Because of the mild winters during the last decade, the snowstorm that hit Toronto on 8 February of 2013, appeared particularly impressive. It created accumulations of
I have been placing posts on this blog since 2011, its purpose being to create an interest in preserving Toronto’s past. Although I have had
Toronto’s old movie theatres – the Orpheum on Queen St. W.
The undated photo of the Orpheum is from the collection of the Toronto Reference Library The building that once housed the old Orpheum Theatre, at
I recently placed a post on this blog about the history of the Bellevue Theatre at 370 College Street, which later became the Lux Burlesque
The Runnymede Public Library at 2178 Bloor Street, east of Runnymede Road, is one of the few libraries to be immortalized on a stamp issued
A pictorial journey to Toronto’s old Sunnyside Beach-1922 to 1955
This photo of Sunnyside Beach was taken in July of 2011. Viewing the site today, it is difficult to imagine that from the 1922 until