Category: Toronto
Amazing story of Yorkdale Plaza (Toronto)
Yorkdale Plaza from the Macdonald-Cartier (401) Highway in 1964, the year the plaza opened. The camera faces southwest toward Eaton’s Yorkdale, on the east side
Toronto’s Eaton Centre Phase Two (history)
Phase Two of the Eaton Centre, gazing south toward Queen Street at Christmas in 1994. Toronto Public Library, tspa 0015016. In 1979, the second
History of the Park Plaza Hotel (Park Hyatt)
The Park Hyatt Hotel, located at 4 Avenue Road, is on the northwest corner of Bloor Street West and Avenue Road. Constructed between the
Stories of Honest Ed’s Bargain Store
The first time I visited Honest Ed’s at 581 Bloor Street West was in 1950, two years after it opened. I was 12 years old
Toronto’s Colonial Tavern – demolished
The Colonial Tavern during the summer of 1973, when Yonge Street was closed to vehicle traffic to create a pedestrian mall. In the photo,
Toronto’s Board of Trade Building (demolished)
The Board of Trade Building in 1900, located at 2-8 Front Street East, at Front and Yonge Streets. Photo from the Toronto Archives, Fonds 1568,
Memories of springtime in Toronto in the 1940s
Sometimes, I teasingly tell people that there are three terrible aspects of living in Canada – January, February and March. However, I quickly add
Toronto’s Sunnyside Amusement Park (demolished)
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
Toronto’s Cyclorama (demolished) on Front Street
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