Category: Toronto, Then and Now, Doug Taylor

The photos on this post are from a collection that I compiled during Coronation year, although I included one from the 1951 Royal Tour. They

Today, it is almost impossible to imagine the coronation fever that gripped Toronto in June of 1953. Many people remember the hysteria that swept the

This year I visited a dozen of the sites that were featured on “Doors Open.” The volunteers and staff that welcomed visitors, provided guided tours,

                                        Draper Street Draper Street is one block west of Spadina, extending from south Wellington Street West to Front Street. To visit it is like

Victoria Day is the oldest official holiday in the Canadian calendar, instituted before Confederation. First declared in 1845, it was celebrated every May 24th until

                              Victoria Memorial Square today         Victoria Memorial Square on 14 October 1913 (City of Toronto Archives)             The Garrison Burying Ground Toronto’s first

It’s spring! The redbud are in bloom in parks and gardens throughout the city. The  large shrub (small tree) is a native species that grows

The photo below, taken in the 1970s, is of the popcorn man on Yonge Street. However, his usual haunt was on Queen Street, his cart

I hope a few Torontonians remember the small boat the “Normac that was anchored in Toronto Harbour. At one time it had been owned by

There certainly was never a TV program of this name. However, I believe such a show would be popular, since the various CSI shows presently