Lord Lansdowne Public School is located on the west side of Spadina Crescent. Its unusual round shape and the colourful panels beneath the windows are
Category: Toronto history
Toronto’s architectural gems–The Reading Building on Spadina – Historic Toronto
The seven-storey Reading Building at 116 Spadina Avenue is located on the northwest corner of Spadina Avenue and Camden Street. Constructed in 1925, it is
Toronto’s architectural gems–the Darling Building on Spadina – Historic Toronto
The Darling Building at 96 Spadina Avenue, on the southwest corner of Spadina and Adelaide Street is perhaps the least attractive of the loft/warehouse buildings
Toronto’s architectural gems- Art Deco Bus Terminal on Bay Street – Historic Toronto
Whenever I walk past the two-storey bus terminal at 610 Bay Street, a short distance north of Dundas Street West, I recall two travel adventures
The Fashion Building on the northwest corner of Camden and Spadina is one of the most impressive warehouse-loft buildings ever constructed to facilitate the needs
Toronto’s architectural gems- The Spadina Building at 129 Spadina, south of Richmond Street St.
The impressive Spadina Building is a warehouse/loft structure on Spadina Avenue, between King West and Richmond Streets, are reminders of the garment industry that flourished
Toronto’s architectural gems–Tower Building at Spadina and Adelaide
The ten-storey Art Deco-style Tower Building at 106-110 Spadina Avenue, on the northwest corner of Adelaide and Spadina Avenue, is today a landmark structure in
Amazing streetcar trips on Toronto’s red-rockets during yesteryears – Historic Toronto
When I was a child in the 1940s, for obvious reasons, no one referred to Toronto streetcars as “red-rockets. However, despite their sedate speed, our
The Newfoundland conquest of Canada in 1949 – Historic Toronto
The postage stamp seen above was issued by Canada Post in 1949 to commemorate the entry of Newfoundland into the Canadian Confederation. My father was
Toronto’s CN Tower flashes its lights to welcome in 2013 – Historic Toronto
On 31 December 2012, when the ten-second count-down began prior to midnight, the CN Tower flashed ten consecutive beams of bright light that shot