The CN Tower is perhaps Toronto’s most recognizable landmark, visible from almost any viewpoint in the downtown. Whether a person is entering the city
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The former Bank of Montreal at 173 Yonge Street on December 30, 1913. Toronto Archives F 1231, It. 2036. In the first decade of the
Toronto’s new Union Station
Union Station in the 1960s, Toronto Archives, F0124, F10002, Id.017 (1) There was a time when almost everyone who entered or departed Toronto travelled
This view of the old Union Station in 1922 gazes east from the south side of the tracks near the Esplanade. On the right-hand side
Gazing eastward to the entrance to the old Fort at York on April 10, 1909. City of Toronto Archives, Fl.1548, S0343, It. 1737(1). On July
The 1980s was dominated events such as Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, Toronto’s 150th birthday, Canada becomes 120 years
The newspaper headlines of the 1970s do not reflect the same degree of turmoil as the previous decade. However, federal elections in Canada and the
Creating paintings of the Humber River Valley has interested me for many years. Watching the river meander through Toronto toward its destiny in Lake Ontario
When Hurricane Hazel struck the city in October 1954, I was a teenager. It was the worst natural disaster the city ever endured. This is the
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the beginning of the second Elizabethan Age. Part One of this series of posts on old Toronto newspapers