The Fairmount Royal York Hotel, at 100 Front Street between Bay and York Streets, is one of Toronto’s outstanding architectural gems. The land where the
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Toronto’s new Union Station
Union Station in the 1960s, Toronto Archives, F0124, F10002, Id.017 (1) There was a time when almost everyone who entered or departed Toronto travelled
This view of the old Union Station in 1922 gazes east from the south side of the tracks near the Esplanade. On the right-hand side
Gazing eastward to the entrance to the old Fort at York on April 10, 1909. City of Toronto Archives, Fl.1548, S0343, It. 1737(1). On July
Toronto newspaper headlines of the 1980s Doug Taylor 1 year ago Categories: Toronto, Toronto history, Toronto newspapers Tags: assassination of Anwar Sadat, assassination of Indira
Village Theatre on Spadina Road—Toronto
Village Theatre on Spadina Road—Toronto Doug Taylor 1 year ago Categories: historic Toronto, Old Toronto movie theatres, Spadina Avenue Toronto, Spadina Road, Toronto history, toronto
Toronto’s newspapers 1970s Doug Taylor 1 year ago Categories: historic Toronto, Toronto, Toronto history, Toronto newspapers Tags: death of de Gaulle, end of Telgram newsaper
Toronto’s newspapers of the 1950s—Coronation—Queen Elizabeth—Part II – Historic Toronto
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the beginning of the second Elizabethan Age. Part One of this series of posts on old Toronto newspapers
Toronto’s daily newspapers of the 1950s—Princess Elizabeth, pre-Coronation—Part 1 Doug Taylor 1 year ago Categories: Toronto, Toronto cultural scene, Toronto history, Toronto newspapers Tags: 1951
Toronto’s old Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre on November 18, 1930. City of Toronto Archives, Salmon Collection, Series 1278 File 136. In 1880, a grand theatre opened in Toronto