History
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Fort York Dig: A crater, a magazine, and a rampart
EDITOR: This is the second installment in our series following the Fort York archeological dig of the Government House site. Click here for more...
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A history of Toronto’s transit stops
TTC car stop, College Street and Spadina (from the City of Toronto Archives) Quick. What’s red and white and found all over Toronto? It’s...
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Church Street and Pride don’t matter anymore? Listen to some [murmur]s that suggest otherwise.
It’s been an interesting few weeks for Pride and Church Street. An article in The Grid that used a small and isolated hipster perspective to declare...
By Shawn Micallef -
Fort York Dig: Scraping back the layers
EDITOR: This is the first installment in our series following the ongoing Fort York archeological dig of the Government House site. Click here for more...
By Bronwyn Clement -
As Indiana Jones as we wanna be: a new Spacing series following the Government House archeological dig at Fort York
Like many museums, Fort York shows off only part of its collection. In traditional museums, it’s simply a fact of space: there just isn’t...
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The end of Yonge Street
The end of Yonge Street north of Queensville Sideroad One of Toronto’s greatest debates concerns Yonge Street’s controversial claim as...
By Sean Marshall -
Heritage developer Paul Oberman dies in plane crash
News broke earlier this afternoon that Paul Oberman, the developer behind the restoration of prominent Toronto heritage properties including the Gooderham...
By Todd Harrison -
Celebrate Toronto’s 177th birthday on Sunday supporting Toronto’s First Post Office
WHAT: Celebrate Toronto’s 177th birthday WHERE: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East WHEN: Sunday, March 6, 7:30PM WHY: To benefit...
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The last trams of Glasgow
As more and more (and more and more and more) cities return to and install light rail and streetcars, this film from Glasgow captures that time in the...
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Lost Villages: West Hill
West Hill and its neighbouring “lost” village, Highland Creek (featured two weeks ago) share a common early history. Both villages were...
By Sean Marshall -
SkyDome construction in two and a half minutes + 22 year old skyline flashback
Ellis Don Construction posted this time-lapse video of the SkyDome under construction. “Two and a half years in two and a half minutes” they...
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Lost Villages: Highland Creek and Danforth Road
The Morrish General Store at Kingston Road and Meadowvale; now the home of the Scarborough Historical Society At the dawn of the 19th century, a road was...
By Sean Marshall