This week's theme is corporate logos. Signage is another thing I love to capture for posterity. And I was pleased to have gotten this beauty (which may only be meaningful to fellow Canadians) before it was changed to the new boring name of 'metro'. Dominion grocery store Here we have the Redpath sugar refinery (with a LCBO - Liquor Control Board of Ontario sign also included). This area is under massive redevelopment at the moment, which is an exciting change to a wasteland on the…

Toronto has a surprisingly rich cycling history. While biking culture has experienced a resurgence over the last five years or so (some might trace...

Steam engines, eastern entrance to Union Station, Toronto, with the Royal York Hotel in the background

Confederation Life Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Creator: Unknown Date: 1910 Identifier: PC 1383 Format: Postcard Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public Library You can order order a print or high-resolution copy.

Photographer: City of Toronto Planning and Development Department ca. 1980 City of Toronto Archives Series 1465, File 144, Item 25

The St. Lawrence Market is one of Toronto's oldest institutions, technically dating as far back as 1803 when Governor Peter Hunter designated the a...

There are so many ways to track how cities change over time, but one of the most remarkable is surely the signage that we encounter every day. Tor...

Toronto Yonge St. 1950 All the buildings on the left side were torn down for the Eatons Centre.

photo from Toronto Archives series 71, item 6275

The Beard Building is regarded as Toronto's first skyscraper, and was completed in 1894. Designed by E.J. Lennox, It was planned to be a nine-storey, iron-framed structure, but it only reached seven storeys when completed and was a more traditional wood/brick combination. The Beard Building was a bank at street level, a commercial and office tower, and a hotel. The building was named after George Beard, the original landowner of the site at Jarvis St. and King St. East.

It was a miserably cold night, with bitter gusts of wind and a light snow even though it was the middle of April. And about an hour after sunset, things would get even worse. No one is entirely sure what caused the blaze. It might have been faulty wiring. Or a stove. But around 8 […]

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Interior shot of Massey Hall's Moorish design details, image c. 1894 courtesy of Toronto Reference Library

“Four Generations! A hundred years...”

Fire Hall, Toronto, Queen St. W., s. side, w. of John St.

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