Category: toronto architecture

As a teenager, I was employed by the Dominion Bank for two summers. It was in the days prior to its merger in 1955 with

During the summer months, on the Sundays when automobiles are banned from the Kensington Market, the district changes from a European-style market into a street

My previous post on the old Dominion Bank building at #1 King Street West featured the architecture and Grand Banking Hall of the building. When

The photos on this post are from a collection that I compiled during Coronation year, although I included one from the 1951 Royal Tour. They

Today, it is almost impossible to imagine the coronation fever that gripped Toronto in June of 1953. Many people remember the hysteria that swept the

This year I visited a dozen of the sites that were featured on “Doors Open.” The volunteers and staff that welcomed visitors, provided guided tours,

                                        Draper Street Draper Street is one block west of Spadina, extending from south Wellington Street West to Front Street. To visit it is like

Victoria Day is the oldest official holiday in the Canadian calendar, instituted before Confederation. First declared in 1845, it was celebrated every May 24th until

                              Victoria Memorial Square today         Victoria Memorial Square on 14 October 1913 (City of Toronto Archives)             The Garrison Burying Ground Toronto’s first