The Bank of Toronto on a postcard, printed in 1910, camera facing the southwest corner of King and Bay Streets. The streetcar is travelling east
Category: Toronto history
Terrace/balcony gardening—Toronto—2016 – Historic Toronto
Terrace/balcony gardening during the summer of 2016 was the best of the sixteen years that I have lived in my condominium in the heart of
Views of Toronto—Then and Now – Historic Toronto
“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 store-demolished 2015 – Historic Toronto
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
Toronto’s Yonge Street streetcars—ended in 1954 – Historic Toronto
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 – Historic Toronto
“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
Ontario Place, closed in 2011
Aerial view of Ontario Place gazing east toward the city, after 1980, Toronto Archives, S 1465, Fl 0361, Item 0012 My initial visit to Ontario
Chorley Park (demolished), residence of Ontario’s lieu. governor – Historic Toronto
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
Toronto’s “World’s Biggest Book Store” (demolished)
World’s Biggest Book Store on Edward Street on April 16, 1981. Photo from the Toronto Archives, F1526, Fl001, Item 2. I attended high school in
Toronto’s Temple Building (demolished)
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