Category: toronto architecture

The following story is contained in the book, “There Never Was A Better Time.” The novel is a tale of two mischievous young men, who

                         I recently found this photographs among the collection of a relative who died when she was 94 years old. It is on photo paper

Below are photos of the Simpson’s 1921 catalogue. This was year that my father immigrated to Canada. When I was a boy, he told me

La Chaumiere Restaurant at 77 Charles Street East, near Church Street, opened in 1950, and was the city’s first truly French dining establishment. Its intimate

Toronto’s historic Kensington Market is ever changing. This is a natural process, and occurs in every neighbour throughout the city. However, the colourful store-fronts that

On 28 May 1914, the magnificent “Empress of Ireland” set sail from Quebec City to sail to Britain. In the early hours of the following

Houses on Bellevue Avenue in Kensington Market, the Toronto Western Hospital in the background          acrylic on stretched canvas, 8 ‘ by 10”   Bellevue

The Kensington Market is magical at Christmas time, the colourful fruits and festive products of the season spilling over onto the sidewalk stalls. Shoppers crowd