Hidden Toronto: Winter Garden Theatre
Home to fantastic performances of Opera Atelier and the world’s largest collection of vaudeville-era stage scenery and memorabilia
Richard Longley
February 28, 2020
Home to fantastic performances of Opera Atelier and the world’s largest collection of vaudeville-era stage scenery and memorabilia
More than a year since the Ford government issued a request for proposals for “a world-class destination,” nothing’s happened but Ontario Place carries on hosting good times for all
The Omaskêko Cree artist Duane Linklater found the inspiration for his sculptures in a panorama of Toronto buildings that were built of brick after the great fire of 1904
Toronto bronze to commemorate the suffering of “comfort women” during the Second World War is a replica of the statue placed in protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in 2011
Toronto churches have myriad uses: one is now a theatre school, another is a hospice, a third is a whole different place of worship many more have been turned into condos
As the city is swept by a tsunami of condo and development projects, places of worship are using every strategy imaginable to remain open to all
It was a mad, sad weekend when the vast trove of treasures found by the late Jim Addison was auctioned off to a crowd of collectors gathered at his antique
Architect Peter Pennington was commissioned by the Toronto School Board to design schools for the baby boom – none of them tested the bounds of convention more than Davisville Junior Public School.
Our definition of heritage must be broadened to embrace Indigenous history and the cultures of every part of the planet that Torontonians come from
Ontario Place will not be rescued by nostalgia – if the provincial government’s desire for a casino is to be snuffed out, options that were rejected in the past might deserve re-examination
But as climate madness becomes the new normal, a political atmosphere of denial hangs over the city’s efforts to mitigate the effects of global warming
NOW’s guide to the city’s most mysterious places just got bigger