“Toronto Then and Now,” published by Pavilion Press (London, England), is a coffee-table style book that explores 75 heritage sites in Toronto and illustrates
Frank Stollery’s store at Yonge and Bloor Streets in the 1970s. Toronto Archives F124, S 1465, fl 0685, it. 109 During the mid-1950s, I was
A Peter Witt Streetcar #2894, built by Ottawa Car Company for the Toronto Transportation Commission (later renamed the Toronto Transit Commission) My earliest memories of
“Toronto’s Lost CNE” refers to structures and features that over the past decades have been demolished or discontinued. Though I remain a fan of the
Government House—”Chorley Park” on July 4, 1924. Toronto Archives, F1548, S 0393, Item 1899. The term “Government House” is the official title that applies to
The Temple Building on Bay Street in 1902, after a tenth storey had been added. The camera faces the northwest corner of Bay and Richmond
Bay and Gable houses comprise two of the three houses in the above photo. Located at 324-328 Richmond Street West, they were built between 1873
Sometimes, I teasingly tell people that there are three terrible aspects of living in Canada – January, February and March. However, I quickly add
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