Toronto’s street grid is over 200 years old by colonial standards and even older with its Aboriginal trails. There have … Continue reading A Quick History of Controversial Toronto Street Name Changes
Note: This article is written without any prior affiliation to or contextual knowledge of the history of the Highland Memory … Continue reading A geographic history of a North York neighbourhood
For seventy years, the Agincourt Magnetic Observatory stood as a world-renowned scientific landmark. What happened to it? Continue reading “Know Agincourt, but Their Maps Ignore Toronto”: A Quick History of The Agincourt Magnetic Observatory
In the first half of the twentieth century, automobiles had quite an impact on the streets of Toronto. In 1913, … Continue reading A Quick Early History of Toronto’s First Traffic Signals and The ‘Right on Red’ Rule
Across the map of Toronto, there are several “Old” versions of arterial streets: Old Yonge Street, Old Leslie Street, et cetera. These are smaller and certainly older streets which predate yet still exist alongside their longer, newer counterparts. Continue reading “Old” Streets of Toronto
Welcome to the Lesmill Office Park The Lesmill Office Park is located in the Don Mills neighbourhood of Toronto. While … Continue reading Scenes From The Lesmill Office Park
In the compelling theme of ‘Lost Toronto’, the area bordered by Eastern Avenue, Cherry Street, the Don River, and Mill … Continue reading Toronto’s Lost Streets: Tate & Water Streets
For nearly a hundred years, the Kemp Manufacturing Company of Toronto and its predecessor and successors manufactured household metal products. … Continue reading The History of the Kemp Manufacturing Co., Toronto
In the early 1900s, St. John’s Ward or familiarly just ‘The Ward’ was a dense, immigrant enclave in the central … Continue reading Two Amazing Rooftop Views of Torontouh’s The Ward
Ontario’s First Provincial Park Algonquin Park was established in May 1893, the result of a Royal Commission to create “a … Continue reading Scenes From Algonquin Park – Highway 60 Corridor
