The Toronto Public Library system has many resources that can be accessed online. Because of my interest in the city’s past, I frequently search the
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Toronto’s golden age of postcards
Postcard depicting the Old City Hall, Toronto in 1910. Photo Toronto Public Library, pck-2198 Postcards have lost their importance in today’s world. They are rarely
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Memories of Eaton’s Queen Street Store Toronto
The Eaton’s Queen Street Store on April 16, 1975. The view looks south on Yonge Street toward Queen Street, the east facade of the Simpson’s
Captain John’s Seafood Restaurant aboard the “M.V. Jadran.” Photo, 2011. The “M. V. Jadran,” where Captain John’s Seafood Restaurant was located, occupied a prime
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Memories of Toronto’s restaurants of the past
Dining in Toronto in past decades was far different to the culinary scene that the city now offers. When I was a boy in the
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Toronto’s first bank—the Bank of Upper Canada
The Bank of Upper Canada, Toronto’s first bank, was chartered on April 21, 1821, only 25 years after Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe departed the
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Toronto’s first Post Office
Near the northeast corner of Adelaide and George Streets, at 252 Adelaide Street West, is one of the city’s most historic structures — Toronto’s
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Art Gallery of Ontario—Fantastic
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is for me a home away from home. I purchased a membership to enable me to frequently visit paintings
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Ontario’s fourth legislative assembly
Legislative buildings at Queen’s Park in 2014. In 1827, a royal charter was granted by King George IV for the establishment of an Anglican
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Ontario’s third legislative assembly building
Parliament Buildings on Front Street in 1854 (Toronto Archives, F1498, id.0010(1) After the second parliamentary buildings at Front and Berkley Street burnt, until new buildings