Hanlan’s Point Stadium in 1912, Toronto Archives, F1244, Item 6048. My father and one of his brothers arrived in Toronto as young immigrants in 1921.
Sunnyside Amusement Park in 1923. When I visited it as a child in the 1940s, its appearance was basically the same, so the above photo
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
Mutual Street Arena, City of Toronto Archives, SC 646 When I was a boy in the 1940s, my friends and I enjoyed roller skating
In the foreground is the building that once housed Toronto’s Cyclorama, on Front Street West. The photo was taken c. 1975, the year prior to
The Walker House (hotel) on the southwest corner of Front and York Streets in 1954, Toronto Public Library r- 4958 Although I was never inside
Sam the Record Man on Yonge Street in 1971, Toronto Archives, F1526, fl 0003, Item 0025 My earliest memories of purchasing records from Sam
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 Cumberland Four Theatre in Toronto’s trendy Yorkville, Toronto Archives, Series 881, File 353 The multiplex theatre, the Cumberland Four, was located at 159 Cumberland
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,