Lost History
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The roller boat of Toronto
The city has been extending its waterfront since the early 1900s, that much is no secret, but what we've been burying down there is a little more...
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History repeats itself
We're all too aware of the misuse of our waterfront — and of the many, many unrealised plans to re-imagine it as a green, public, and natural...
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Building on history
Exhibition Place is Toronto's Plains of Abraham, and Fort York is our citadel. If this comparison seems far-fetched, it may be because we have a lot...
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The longhouse and short of it
Next time you are on the 401 heading east out of the city, take the Kennedy exit and head north until you're just past L'Amoreaux Park. Take a...
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Opening up the past
A fascinating artifact from our city's architectural history lies in storage at Black Creek Pioneer Village. The Toronto fire of April 1849 leveled...
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Toronto’s forgotten cinemas
Since the first "theatorium" was established in 1906 — a Yonge Street storefront packed with 150 borrowed kitchen chairs —...
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Years of the horse
Horse racing — the Sport of Kings — is deeply embedded in Toronto's history. It's likely that the first horse race here involved none...
By Matthew Blackett