Hanlan’s Point Stadium in 1912, Toronto Archives, F1244, Item 6048. My father and one of his brothers arrived in Toronto as young immigrants in 1921.
Riverdale Zoo in Riverdale Park in May 1923, Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 5868. In the 1940s, on a hot Sunday afternoon in summer, my
On the Friday before the Victoria Day holiday in 1945, my dad splurged and spent three dollars on firecrackers at a store on Oakwood
Sometimes, I teasingly tell people that there are three terrible aspects of living in Canada – January, February and March. However, I quickly add
Sunnyside Amusement Park in 1923. When I visited it as a child in the 1940s, its appearance was basically the same, so the above photo
The Westinghouse building on the southeast corner of Peter and King Street West is being demolished (April 2016), only the north and west facades being
The Brunswick House, view gazing east along Bloor Street from west of Brunswick Avenue. The Brunswick House, a well-known icon of the Toronto pub scene
Mutual Street Arena, City of Toronto Archives, SC 646 When I was a boy in the 1940s, my friends and I enjoyed roller skating
In the foreground is the building that once housed Toronto’s Cyclorama, on Front Street West. The photo was taken c. 1975, the year prior to
The Walker House (hotel) on the southwest corner of Front and York Streets in 1954, Toronto Public Library r- 4958 Although I was never inside