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In memoriam: Eb Zeidler, architect, 1926-2022
Alex Waterhouse Hayward "Architecture is building and it embraces our whole life, not only through its beauty but also through function, economy, humanity - everything... -
Hidden Toronto: the Comfort Woman Statue
What Pyeonghwaui Sonyeosang, also known as the Comfort Woman Statue, to commemorate the suffering of women forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese army ... -
Toronto pandemics past: SARS shocks Ontario’s health care system
On March 12, 2003, the World Health Organization issued a Global Alert announcing outbreaks of atypical pneumonia in Hong Kong and Hanoi. Toronto Public Health... -
In memoriam: Doug Taylor, heritage conservationist and historian
On July 27, Toronto lost a giant among the city’s amateur historians. Doug Taylor, the creator of the Historic Toronto blog and the author of... -
Facadism: a self-guided tour of some despised examples of heritage preservation
Facadism, facodomy, urban taxidermy, the dark art of the Marquis de Facade – call it what you like. It might be the most despised form... -
Pandemics past: Influenza outbreak hit Toronto like “a cyclone”
The "great influenza" pandemic of 1918 swept all continents. From the remote Pacific Islands to Canada’s Far North (where Inuit suffered dreadfully), it came in... -
Hidden Ontario: 30 secret spots to visit this summer
Jumbo the Elephant, 76 Talbot Street, St. Thomas What September 15, 1885: after the last of three performances with P. T. Barnum’s circus, Jumbo the... -
Toronto pandemics past: polio the paralyzer
In his fourth in a series on Toronto pandemics past, Richard Longley recounts Canada's crucial role in the fight against polio, the paralyzer of older children and young... -
Toronto pandemics past: Diphtheria “the strangler”
In his third in a series on Toronto pandemics past, Richard Longley explores diphtheria, "the strangler," the fight against which would lead to the development of the University... -
Toronto pandemics past: Typhoid and a tale of death in the water
In his second in a series on Toronto pandemics past, Richard Longley explores the typhoid fever outbreaks that swept through "Hogtown" in the late 19th-century and prompted the modernization... -
Toronto pandemics past: From cholera to COVID-19
From cholera to COVID-19, epidemics (and pandemics) have been makers and breakers of history. They cleared the way for European invasion, genocide, colonization and settlement.... -
Hidden Toronto: William Mellis Christie mansion
What William Mellis Christie mansion of “Mr. Christie, you make good cookies” fame. Where 25 Queen's Park Crescent West When March 3 Why One of several monuments to the famous... -
Hidden Toronto: Winter Garden Theatre
What Behind the scenes at the Winter Garden Theatre. Where Upper level, 189 Yonge. When December 2, 2019. Why The largest collection of vaudeville-era stage... -
Hidden Toronto: Winter Light Exhibition at Ontario Place
What Winter Light Exhibition 2020. Where Ontario Place, West Island. When 4 to 11 pm until March 29. Why Ontario artists from different disciplines showcase their... -
Hidden Toronto: Monsters For Beauty, Permanence And Individuality
What Monsters For Beauty, Permanence And Individuality by Duane Linklater. Where Lower Don River Valley Park between the river and the trail north of the...
