History
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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 -
Lost villages: Mount Pleasant
In northwest Brampton, at the junction of Bovaird Drive (formerly Highway 7), Creditview Road (3rd Line East), and the CN Halton Subdivision/GO Georgetown...
By Sean Marshall -
Street Stories: Brunswick Avenue
The intersection of Bloor and Brunswick is a popular nighttime destination for many Torontonians, offering enough pints and pitchers to make it hard to...
By Eric Mutrie -
A goodbye to David Miller’s Toronto
The following is a piece by Ivor Tossell that he posted to his site late last night. He’s a freelance writer. He lives in Parkdale. He once wrote a...
By Spacing -
Lost villages: Barbertown
After a lengthy hiatus, I bring you the latest installment in my occasional series on the “lost villages” of the Greater Toronto Area...
By Sean Marshall -
Rebel Mayor, social media & the Toronto municipal election
The following is a reprint of my Eye Weekly Psychogeography column looking back on the Rebel Mayor twitter character and some thoughts on how social was...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto’s Rebelmayor was lurking in the Spacing henhouse
If you’re on twitter and you follow Toronto politics you’ve probably already heard the news: our Senior Editor Shawn Micallef was the person...
By Spacing -
EVENT GUIDE: 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards next Tuesday October 5th
WHAT: 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards WHEN: Tuesday October 5th WHERE: Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music HOW MUCH: General Admission $27 —...
By Shawn Micallef -
Parler Fort — Fort York’s new series exploring Toronto’s past, present & future
There’s a new reason to go down to Fort York: a speakers series about Toronto in Toronto. The first event is on Monday evening. WHAT: Parler...
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NO MEAN CITY: Viljo Revell, Frank Gehry and City Hall slideshow
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. A special Monday post, in honour of an event at Toronto’s City Hall...
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Heritage Toronto mayoral debate Monday August 30
WHAT: Heritage Toronto mayoral debate WHERE: St Lawrence Hall, 3rd floor in the Great Hall at 157 King Street East (at Jarvis) WHEN: Monday, August 30th...
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Ontario Place needs to keep its hot pants on
The following is a reprint of my recent psychogeography column in Eye Weekly looking at the future of Ontario Place. The photos included in this post are...
By Shawn Micallef