The Pickford Theatre in 1916 The intersection of Spadina Avenue and Queen Street West is today one of the busiest intersections in downtown Toronto.
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The Systems Building is located at 40-46 Spadina Avenue, on the west side of Spadina, between Wellington St. West and Adelaide Street. In the 1920s,
City of Toronto Archives, Series 881 Fl. 251 In the 1970s, the downtown section of Yonge Street had deteriorated, especially between College and Dundas
The Willow Theatre, c. 1948. City of Toronto Archives (Series 1278, File 8). The Willow was located at 5269 Yonge Street, in Willowdale. It
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Toronto’s hip Queen St. West—naughty and nice—Part One
The quote below was written by Christopher Hutsul in the Toronto Star on August 29, 2004. Queen St., in effect is becoming one vast accidental
When I first began researching Toronto’s 19th-century buildings, I began in the old town of York. Very few of the structures from this period of
Casa Acoreana Cafe and Food Shop on the corner of Baldwin and Augusta, on a summer day in 2012 This post was inspired by the
Recently (Jan. 2013), I witnessed a teenager playing a pinball machine located inside a small variety store in Mexico. I stopped to watch the
The Global Cheese Shop, Saturday 12 October 2012 The Global Cheese Shop on Kensington Avenue in the Kensington Market has finally reopened after being
I usually offer posts on this blog about the historic architecture of Toronto. On a few occasions, I have departed from my usual format