1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoThomas Wickshttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/thomas/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FuQQUUL2A9"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2009/05/14/architecture-fetish-longhouses/">Architecture Fetish: Longhouses</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2009/05/14/architecture-fetish-longhouses/embed/#?secret=FuQQUUL2A9" width="600" height="338" title="“Architecture Fetish: Longhouses” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="FuQQUUL2A9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Toronto has been inhabited for thousands of years. During those years countless structures were built housing the aboriginal peoples who lived here but today there are only archaeological remains from those periods that describe the city’s oldest structures and the beginning of architecture here. When humans arrived in what is now Toronto approximately 12,000 yearsContinue readinghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Long_House_Iroquois_Allen.jpg