Bay and Gable houses comprise two of the three houses in the above photo. Located at 324-328 Richmond Street West, they were built between 1873
Category: Toronto’s lost atchitectural gems
Toronto’s Board of Trade Building (demolished)
The Board of Trade Building in 1900, located at 2-8 Front Street East, at Front and Yonge Streets. Photo from the Toronto Archives, Fonds 1568,
Demolition of historic Westinghouse building
The Westinghouse building on the southeast corner of Peter and King Street West is being demolished (April 2016), only the north and west facades being
Arena Gardens (Mutual Street Arena) now demolished
Mutual Street Arena, City of Toronto Archives, SC 646 When I was a boy in the 1940s, my friends and I enjoyed roller skating
Developers’ appeals to the OMB ruin neighbourhoods – Historic Toronto
Developer’s appeals to the OMB are usually disastrous for neighbourhoods and heritage buildings. This concerns me greatly, as I have now placed over 800 posts
Fond Memories of A and A Records (demolished|) – Historic Toronto
In the 1950s, “A&A Records” and “Sam the Record Man,” two stores on Yonge Street, were an integral part of my teenage years. They were
The old Toronto Star Building (demolished) – Historic Toronto
The old Toronto Star newspaper building is the large structure on the left-hand side of the photo.The view is from the southwest, looking at the
The Gordon House, Toronto’s lost mansion
The Gordon Mansion on Clarence Square (Toronto) in 1900. Toronto Public Library, r-5407 On the east side of Spadina Avenue, between Front and King Streets,
2014—The 100th Anniversary of Sinking of Empress of Ireland – Historic Toronto
Postcard of the Empress from the collection of the George Scott Railton Heritage Centre of The Salvation Army Some historians refer to the sinking of
Toronto’s lost architectural gems—the old Union Station
The 1892 addition on Front Street, to Toronto’s early-day Union Station on The Esplanade. Toronto’s magnificent Union Station of today, on Front Street across