Category: historic Toronto

Remember those hot days in August of 2012? Were you among those who spent one of those days of late summer at the CNE grounds?

This photo was taken on Sunday 21 October 2012 at the intersection of Queen and Yonge. The downtown Bay Store on the southwest corner is

                Painting, 8 1/2 “ by 11”, acrylic on stretched canvas. The above painting of 68 Oxford Street, in the Kensington Market, was completed in

The site, near Bathurst and Adelaide Streets, Mary’s Church in the background. Near the southeast corner of Adelaide and Bathurst Streets, a parking lot has

The structure on the northwest corner of Peter and Richmond Streets The hulking shell of a building on the northwest corner of Peter and Richmond

While walking in the Entertainment District, I noticed that the building that housed the popular Alice Fazooli’s Restaurant at 290 Adelaide Street West is being

The origins of the Canadian celebration of Thanksgiving have no connection with the Pilgrim Fathers of Massachusetts. Our tradition stems from the British observance of

A recent post about “Strada 241,” that opened last week on the east side of Spadina, has garnered much interest. The cafe caught my eye

The Canadian Thanksgiving celebration is based on traditions inherited from the British Isles, where in past centuries, they held Thanksgiving services in the churches to