The old Dufferin Gates at Toronto’s CNE Doug Taylor 7 months ago Categories: Canadian National Exhibition Toronto, Doug Taylor, Toronto history, Dufferin Gates CNE Toronto,
Category: Toronto’s lost buildings
Toronto’s lost mineral baths on Bloor Street
High Park Mineral Baths on Bloor Street in 1920. Photo from the Toronto Public Library, r-2113 The first time I heard the shrieks and laughter from
The lost buildings of Upper Canada College, Toronto
The lost buildings of Upper Canada College, Toronto Doug Taylor 8 months ago Categories: architecture toronto, Doug Taylor, Toronto history, historic Toronto, historic toronto buildings,
The lost buildings of St. Patrick’s Market, Toronto – Historic Toronto
Toronto’s second town market, the St. Patrick’s Market, was preceded by the St. Lawrence Market, founded in 1803, on orders from Governor Peter Hunt. The
Toronto’s lost armouries on University Avenue
During the final decades of the 19th century, the Federal Government in Ottawa ordered a number of armouries built across Canada to train and maintain
The lost Trinity College of Trinity Bellwoods Park—Toronto
Most people who stroll spacious Trinity Bellwoods Park, its southern boundary on the north side of Queen Street West, would have difficulty imaging the impressive
The lost Hanlan’s Hotel on the Toronto Islands
Hotel Hanlan on Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands, c.1908. Toronto Archives Fonds 1244, Item 0176 The Toronto Islands have been viewed as an idyllic
Toronto’s lost mansion—Holland House
Toronto’s lost mansion—Holland House Doug Taylor 10 months ago Categories: architecture toronto, historic Toronto, historic toronto buildings, Toronto history, Toronto Public Library collections, Toronto’s lost
Toronto’s CNE Grandstand and Baseball Stadium
The CNE Grandstand in 1956, taken with Kodachrome film with my 35mm Kodak Pony camera from the top of the Ferris Wheel on the midway.
Before the Toronto “Blue Jays” there was . . .
Maple Leaf Stadium at Bathurst and Fleet Streets, photo from The City of Toronto Archives, F0124, fl0015, id0012. Prior to the ascendency of the Blue