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[...] rival the Star then, as 444 Front Street West, became the new home of the Globe and Mail. Additional material from The Paper Tyrant by Ron Poulton (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1971) and the [...]

[...] articles to fill in more background or clean up the scrapings from the cutting room floor. Additional material from the November 24, 1989 edition of the Globe and Mail, the November 1, 1978 edition of [...]

[...] fire hall, where it still pays tribute to the founding fathers of the old village. Additional material from Lost Toronto by William Dendy (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1993), the October 1, [...]

[...] known the art of addressing the concerns of the black community in a peaceful way. Additional material from the June 21-27, 1990 edition of Now, the November 22, 1985, November 27, 1985, [...]

[...] flood, looking south from Wilton Avenue (now Dundas Street) bridge, March 27, 1916. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 1170. Click on image for larger version. The City of Toronto Archives& [...]

[...] work at Queen, King, and Roncesvalles, April 23, 1923. Photo by Alfred Pearson. City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 2058. For a chain whose locations spread quickly across Toronto, finding [...]

[...] as Allan Lamport did. To say the dozens of brittle, flaking volumes sitting in the City of Toronto Archives were a valuable resource in preparing this profile is an understatement. Throughout his [...]

[...] friends and former competitors. The Scholes Hotel, circa 1945. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 537. Following Scholes’ death in March 1918, the [...]

[...] site. One was this piece, originally published on March 22, 2012. Subway construction along Yonge Street, 1949. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 16, Series 574, File 2, Item 4992. Click on image for [...]

[...] ” attitude the media took toward the mob which gathered every Hallowee’en along Yonge Street. In his book Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Toronto (Toronto: University of [...]

[...] Cellar only spent its first year in a subterranean space, underneath a record store at 363 Yonge Street. Launched in 1961 by Bruce and Vivienne Surtees, an Australian couple who came to Canada on [...]

[...] Anderson. Several names mentioned in this passage: Joseph Sheppard owned a large lot on Yonge Street, and was pardoned for his role in the rebellion in May 1838. Also spelled “Shepard,& [...]

This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any further.  Art by T [...]

This post offers supplementary material for an article I wrote for Torontoist, which you should read before diving into this piece. Source: The Teleg [...]

This post offers supplementary material for an article I wrote for Torontoist, which you should read before diving into this piece. If your appetite [...]

This post offers supplementary material for an article I wrote for Torontoist, which you should read before diving into this piece. In an opinion pi [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any [...]

[...] Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE This post offers supplementary material for a recent edition of Historicist posted on Torontoist, which you should read first [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any [...]

[...] , which you should read first before diving into this post. Cartoon by Andy Donato, the Toronto Sun, January 30, 1988. One of the pleasant surprises I discovered while researching this [...]

[...] \ Source: the Toronto Sun, November 1, 1985. The Warehouse starts off 2014 with from a visit from our old pal Brett [...]

[...] wound up dining at an unidentified burger joint, staring at the mirror lining the counter. Toronto Sun, December 30, 1976. At the International Centre on Airport Road, 5,000 people welcomed 1977 in [...]

[...] left and right wings of the board battled over the content of similar conferences. Source: the Toronto Sun, May 23, 1986. Click on image for larger version. As you might expect, Toronto's favourite [...]

[...] I encountered while researching the incorporation of Toronto in 1834. Technically, William Lyon Mackenzie wasn't running for mayor when the following piece was written - the position didn't exist [...]

[...] in late 1972. Seems this correspondent was no fan of our first "rebel mayor," William Lyon Mackenzie. Source: Toronto Star, December 5, 1972. Click on image for larger version. The writer [...]

[...] Historicist on the incidents of July 29-30, 1834, where a political meeting convened by William Lyon Mackenzie to protest Tory blockage of higher taxes to fund sidewalks and roads ended with the death [...]

[...] probably belongs to the National Archives. The image was sourced from this article about William Lyon Mackenzie and the rebellion. Powell gave a lengthy account of what happened to him that fateful [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any further. Source: the Toronto [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any further.  Source: the [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any further.  Source: the [...]

[...] This post offers supplementary material for a Torontoist post I recently wrote, which you should dive into before reading any further.  Art by Ted and [...]

[...] sector to build attractions like hostels, hotels, and a "20-acre marineland park." A Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority official noted that over 150 potential uses for the site [...]

[...] Sheppard line in Toronto. We are deferring the Eglinton West project until the province and Metro Toronto have sufficient funding to proceed.” Toronto Star, July 22, 1995. Click on image for larger [...]

[...] the United Way, stretching its mandate beyond distributing funding to organizations within Metro Toronto. "The festival is certainly a worthy cause," observed Star columnist David Lewis [...]

[...] spin on the evening. A full page of its January 1, 1977 edition was devoted to scenes across Metro Toronto, from revellers downtown to skating clowns in Scarborough. Those who ventured out endured [...]