The Cawthra House in 1897, on the northeast corner of King and Bay Streets. The view depicts the west facade on Bay Street. Photo from
Category: Doug Taylor, Toronto history
The old Ford Hotel—Toronto
Toronto’s Ford Hotel in the 1930s (postcard S-1500) I vividly remember the old Ford Hotel, but unfortunately, until I began researching its history, never
The old Dufferin Gates at Toronto’s CNE
The old Dufferin Gates of the Canadian National; Exhibition on November 16, 1942. Toronto Archives, Series 372, S0372, Item 1659. Although the Canadian National Exhibition
Toronto’s first brick home— built by Quetton St. George
The Quetton St. George House on King Street in 1885, after its brick facades had been covered with stucco. Toronto Public Library, r-2655. Few personalities
The lost buildings of Upper Canada College, Toronto
Upper Canada College in 1890, photo from the Ontario Archives, 10002101 Archdeacon John Strachan, who became the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto, petitioned the British
The lost buildings of St. Patrick’s Market, Toronto
Toronto’s second town market, the St. Patrick’s Market, was preceded by the St. Lawrence Market, founded in 1803, on orders from Governor Peter Hunt. The
Toronto’s lost armouries on University Avenue
During the final decades of the 19th century, the Federal Government in Ottawa ordered a number of armouries built across Canada to train and maintain
The lost Hanlan’s Hotel on the Toronto Islands
Hotel Hanlan on Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands, c.1908. Toronto Archives Fonds 1244, Item 0176 The Toronto Islands have been viewed as an idyllic
“View from the Terrace on a Rainy December Afternoon, 2015—watercolour on paper, 8 1/2” by 11” Greeting to those who have followed this
Toronto’s architectural gems—1860s houses on Elm Street—Barbarian’s Steak house
Barbarian Steak House is located at 7-9 Elm Street, a short east-west street that is two blocks north of Dundas Street West. Barbarian’s between Yonge