The former Backpacker’s Hotel on the northwest corner of King Street West and Spadina Avenue was unveiled the 4th week of July 2015, after almost
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Toronto’s Old Mill in the Humber Valley
The Old Mill Restaurant, spa and boutique hotel is one of Toronto’s best-known dining and entertainment venues. Situated at 21 Old Mill Road, north
One of Toronto’s newest “red rockets,” northbound on Spadina Avenue on July 10, 2015. When the city of Toronto was the small colonial town of
Toronto in the “good old summer time” usually included a trip to the Toronto Islands. On a hot summer day when I was a child,
Toronto’s old Academy Theatre on Bloor Street West
The Academy Theatre at 1286 Bloor Street West was one of Toronto’s earliest movie theatre. Plans for it were submitted to the city in November
History of University College, University of Toronto
King’s College in 1886, the year the building was demolished. Ontario Archives, 1002186(1). The beginning of higher education in Upper Canada (Ontario) commenced in 1827
Toronto’s old Variety (Arcadian) Theatre
The former branch of the Bank of Montreal on the northeast corner of Yonge and Queen Streets, the Variety Theatre on its east side (right-hand
West facade of Montgomery’s Inn and the south extension, photo June 2015. Montgomery’s Inn at 4709 Dundas Street West, is on the southeast corner of
History—Toronto’s Cecil Street Community Centre
The Community Centre at 58 Cecil Street is situated on a residential street south of College Street, to the east of the ever-busy Spadina Avenue.
Toronto’s Ryerson Press Building—Bell Media
The former Ryerson Press Building at 299 Queen Street, City of Toronto Archives, Fl 1231, It.0761 The five-storey, white “industrial Gothic” building on the southeast