Category: Toronto, Then and Now, Doug Taylor

                      Mercer Street is one block south of King Street West, between John and Peter Streets. This short street was once a pleasant residential avenue,

The Chinese Baptist Church on the northwest corner of Beverley and Sullivan Streets, is architecturally quite impressive, its pale yellow and red-brick facades dominating the

Between the years 1906 and 1973, the building at 214 College Street, on the northeast corner of College and St. George Streets, was Toronto’s Public

                The Commodore Building on the north side of Adelaide Street West, between Peter and John Streets, is one of the finest examples of commercial

The Graphic Arts Building is located at 73 Richmond Street, a short distance west of Yonge Street. Built in 1913, for over a century is

I often take daily walks in the downtown area, in search of buildings that might be worth researching. One morning, I had finished photographing the

Construction on the Fox Theatre at 2236 Queen Street East, a few doors east of Beech Avenue, commenced on 20 October 1913, and it opened

The above photo was in the Globe and Mail on May 29th, 2013, on the occasion of the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the

                         The Vaughan Theatre on St. Clair Avenue, near Vaughan Road. The picture was taken in 1950 when the film “Francis the Talking Mule” with

On April 27, 1813, a fleet of 14 sailing ships, containing 2500 men, appeared off the shore, west of the small town of York. The