History
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BLOCKS T.O. brings historical photos to life
Lovers of adventure and scavenger hunts took to the streets of Toronto on Saturday. Armed with cameras and archival photographs of buildings, their...
By Amber Daugherty -
Wearing masks in public spaces
Wearing a mask has power, especially if it’s in public and as part of a group. Humans have known this for a long time, which is why masking the...
By Dylan Reid -
War of 1812: When Toronto was under attack
To help mark the War of 1812’s bicentennial year, staff from the Archives of Ontario will be posting a series of articles highlighting their related...
By Archives of Ontario -
War of 1812: The road to war
To help mark the War of 1812’s bicentennial year, staff from the Archives of Ontario will be posting a series of articles highlighting their related...
By Archives of Ontario -
BUILT HAMILTON: Won’t somebody save the buildings?
In an ongoing series for Spacing, Toronto-based writer Julie Baldassi delves into Hamilton’s built heritage conversation, its key players, and...
By Julie Baldassi -
My City Lives: “Old Town Toronto” part v
In the final video for our series with famous Toronto Historian Bruce Bell around Old Town Toronto we visited the St. James Cathedral. The church was...
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My City Lives: “Old Town Toronto” part III
In the third instalment of our video series with Bruce Bell, Toronto’s famous historian, we have profiled St. Lawrence Hall. Built in 1850 by William...
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My City Lives: “Old Town Toronto” part I
Introducing the first video in our five part series on the history of Old Town Toronto with Bruce Bell. Bell is a popular historian and tour guide, as...
By My City Lives -
Ontario Place revisited — with John Tory heading up a revitalization of the site, let’s walk around the site now and see what’s worth saving.
With the news that John Tory will be heading up the revitalization of Ontario Place, let’s revisit a piece I wrote 1.5 years ago, exploring the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Smart Growth 1966, or “plus ca change …”
Here’s a quote from “Proposals for a New Plan for Toronto”, published in 1966 for public discussion at the Toronto Planning Board. A...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: The Crimes and Misdemeanours of an Unbuilt Toronto
Scanning the fascinating images in Mark Osbaldeston’s second compilation about Toronto’s “alternate history,” — Unbuilt Toronto 2 — I found myself...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto’s current urban planning conflicts rooted in the past
The seeds of Toronto’s modern-day political discord, as it pertains to urban development, were planted in the 1950s. According to Stephen Bocking, one...
By Liam Lahey