History

The long-lost chestnut trees of University Avenue

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It’s hard to believe, but that is a photo of University Avenue in downtown Toronto. Today, this stretch of road is... Read More

On loving Toronto — memories of the Annex and discovering Scarborough

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EDITORS NOTE: We’re pleased to publish this meditation on being from Toronto by Christina Wong. Christina recently got her PhD... Read More

Toronto’s greatest second baseman ever (isn’t who you think it is)

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When you ask Google who the greatest second baseman of all-time was, a few names pop up. Rogers Hornsby is a popular pick, a star for... Read More

A bird’s-eye tour of the foot of Bathurst Street in the 1950s

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This is what the foot of Bathurst Street looked like in the 1950s. It was a brand new intersection back then; this land didn’t even... Read More

How Toronto helped break up The Beatles

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At first, no one believed it was really happening. It sounded too good to be true. The Toronto Rock ‘N’ Rock Revival Show... Read More

EVENT: Toronto’s First Post Office fundraiser pays tribute to “The Dumbells” March 6th

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Our friends at The Town of York Historical Society are throwing a 180th birthday party for Toronto (and along the way raising some... Read More

Winterdream — a 1993 walk through Allan Gardens and Cawthra Park

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Occasionally Toronto filmmaker James Leahy puts together some of the Super 8 footage he shot in Toronto from the late 1980s onwards... Read More

Down at Fraggle Rock… in Yorkville — The Muppets take Toronto

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It all started in 1981 at the Hyde Park Hotel in London, England. Jim Henson was there with some of his writers and puppeteers. For... Read More

Toronto hearts Stalingrad — “adopting” the Soviet city during WWII

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It was the summer of 1942 and things were looking good for Hitler. The Nazis had already swept across Europe; now they were pushing on... Read More