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One Book: Campbell House
He walked west along Queen Street, away from the centre of town. On the northwest corner of University and Queen sat a little building called Campbell...
By Dylan Reid -
One Book: Urban Exploration
“There are a couple of boarded-up houses on Elm Street, just near Bay,” said Bridget. She came over sat on the bed beside her mother. Marianne...
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Tree Tuesday: Good & eco in the garden of pizza
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
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One Book: Resting Places
David pointed to where a pedestrian bridge spanned the Bayview Extension. “That was the edge of town for sixty years — the necropolis is right...
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One Book: Hanlan’s Point
A man is standing by the lakeshore at Hanlan’s Point ferry dock. Cicadas in the grass near the roadway, cars passing behind the hotel. The ferry...
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One Book: Natural Light
They did not have the benefit of Mr. Ennis’s skylight to effect the passage of light into the room, but the front south-facing window was almost as...
By Dylan Reid -
One Book: Two Panel Discussions
As part of One Book, the Toronto Public Library is hosting two panel discussions about Toronto: • Lost City: Can we preserve Toronto’s past...
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One Book: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
He’d been spending his days hunched over papers in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at U of T, hunting down information even he admitted was...
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Toronto Prairie: Our (almost) missing style
Toronto is pretty flat, but it’s no prairie. Perhaps that’s why the Prairie style didn’t catch on. While it’s not surprising that...
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Smug on smog
You gotta love it when someone knows they’re doing something environmentally destructive, such as driving an SUV, but still finds it necessary to be...
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Tree Tuesday: Golden Weeping Willow
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
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One Book: Hallam of Toronto
Hallam had never really seriously contemplated failure. He’d always thought he had been chosen over his older brother to bring the family name to...
By Todd Harrison