History
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Unbuilt Toronto launch tonight
We had a lot of fun putting together our Spring 2005 issue called “The History of Our Future:” all about grand plans that didn’t make it...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto Archives exhibit: 125 years of public health in Toronto.
A new exhibit at the Toronto Archives opens tomorrow called “An Infectious Idea: 125 Years of Public Health in Toronto“. If you haven’t...
By Shawn Micallef -
A new and old look for the Dufferin/St. Clair library
This morning I had a chance to get a sneak peak at the Dufferin/St. Clair Library’s just-completed renovations. The construction has lasted for 15...
By Mike Bulko -
Let’s rename the Toronto Reference Library the “The Jane Jacobs Reference Library”
The work and life of Jane Jacobs (wiki) has become closely associated with Toronto. Though she started out in New York — and wrote about cities in...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto’s First Post Office exhibit at The Market Gallery
Tucked in behind George Brown College’s downtown campus on Adelaide Street at George is Toronto’s First Post Office. Located in a building...
By Shawn Micallef -
A tried and true alternate bus technology
In Saturday’s Headlines, Monica Warzecha posted a link to a Toronto Star article on the TTC’s problems with its hybrid diesel-electric bus...
By Sean Marshall -
Event Guide: Heritage Toronto Awards on October 27
One of our favorite events each year is the Heritage Toronto Awards. As I mentioned last year, these awards are an important morale booster as sometimes...
By Shawn Micallef -
Babylon: Myth and Truth – the prototype of the big bad city
When I visited Berlin this June, I was excited to have the opportunity to visit an exhibition I had read about called Babylon: Myth and Truth, at the...
By Dylan Reid -
Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: The Story of an Estate & Its Neighbourhood, and The Guild Inn Gardens
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): Spadina: The Story...
By Matthew Hague -
Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: Faces on Places, Edwards Gardens and Wilket Creek, and Colourful Corktown
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): NEW! Faces on...
By Matthew Hague -
1982 Flashback: Margaret Atwood on Toronto
Found deep in the electronic archives of the New York Times is this long 1982 travel article on Toronto by Margaret Atwood. It’s got the usual...
By Shawn Micallef -
Great Fire of Toronto in 1904 video clip
[flv]http://www.toronto.ca/fire/news/100/images/fire_1904.swf[/flv] I haven’t been a fan of the Toronto Star’s recent addition of comments to...
By Matthew Blackett