Near the northeast corner of Adelaide and George Streets, at 252 Adelaide Street West, is one of the city’s most historic structures — Toronto’s
Category: Toronto history
Art Gallery of Ontario—Fantastic
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is for me a home away from home. I purchased a membership to enable me to frequently visit paintings
Ontario’s fourth legislative assembly
Legislative buildings at Queen’s Park in 2014. In 1827, a royal charter was granted by King George IV for the establishment of an Anglican
Ontario’s third legislative assembly building
Parliament Buildings on Front Street in 1854 (Toronto Archives, F1498, id.0010(1) After the second parliamentary buildings at Front and Berkley Street burnt, until new buildings
Ontario’s first and second legislative assembly buildings
The first legislative assembly of Upper Canada (Ontario) was held in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on September 17, 1792. The colourful painting by Rex Wood depicts
Toronto’s old hotel at Spadina and King renovated
The former Backpacker’s Hotel on the northwest corner of King Street West and Spadina Avenue was unveiled the 4th week of July 2015, after almost
Toronto’s Old Mill in the Humber Valley
The Old Mill Restaurant, spa and boutique hotel is one of Toronto’s best-known dining and entertainment venues. Situated at 21 Old Mill Road, north
Toronto’s old Community Theatre on Woodbine Avenue
The Community Theatre at 1202 Woodbine Avenue c. 1937. The Community Theatre was the second building east of the southwest corner of Woodbine and
One of Toronto’s newest “red rockets,” northbound on Spadina Avenue on July 10, 2015. When the city of Toronto was the small colonial town of
Toronto in the “good old summer time” usually included a trip to the Toronto Islands. On a hot summer day when I was a child,