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Toronto-Dominion Centre still a triumph at 50
When Ontario Premier John Robarts cut the ribbon at the formal opening on May 13, 1968 of the Toronto-Dominion Centre’s two black towers, the timing... -
Tempestuous isle: A tragic history of Toronto Islands
Wind, rain and natural disasters have continued to reshape the Islands ever since what is known today as the Eastern Gap was opened by a... -
After the flood: can Toronto Islands be saved from the next disaster?
The flood waters had only begun to subside, but over the August long weekend, the Ward’s Island Association annual Summer Gala was in full swing... -
Hidden Toronto
Canadian General Electric Water Tower, 1922, at Wallace and Ward Unlike in New York City, where many of them are still in use, few wooden water... -
Trillium Park: the magic carpet that flies us back to the glory days of Ontario Place
South of the Inukshuk on the lakeshore east of Ontario Place is the city’s newest green space, the Trillium Park and William G. Davis Trail.... -
A shattered farewell to the Brunswick House
The Brunswick House has been tamed, its floors no longer sticky with spilt beer, its walls no longer brown with nicotine. It’s as clean as... -
Heritage preservation: the good, the bad and the ugly
Runnymede Theatre, 2225 Bloor West, Alfred Chapman architect, 1927 “Canada’s theatre beautiful” became a Chapters bookstore in 1999 after a popular run as a vaudeville... -
How heritage designation can save Yonge Street’s Victorian architecture
Yonge Street has served as an axis of settlement, commerce and travel for more than 220 years. The Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District between Bloor... -
Can Davisville public school be saved?
According to Robert Moffat, author of Toronto Modern, it’s “one of the many innovative school buildings designed by the Toronto Board of Education.” Built in... -
Toronto’s new industrial revolution: why old buildings need new ideas
These are revolutionary times for industrial heritage in Toronto and other cities across Canada. Victorian masterpieces, plainer early 20th-century buildings and former factories are being... -
What Toronto’s industrial future looks like
When the Toronto Carpet Manufacturing Company moved into its new building at Dufferin and King in 1899, it was state-of-the-art, with a coal-fired steam plant... -
The once and future Kensington Market
Kensington Market is a National Historic Site, along with battlefields, forts and the museumized homes of famous and not-so-famous Canadians and other places made famous... -
Toronto’s heritage: it’s all about the intangibles
Architects, planners, conservationists, historians, writers and lovers of heritage will pour into the Isabel Bader Theatre for the 42nd annual Heritage Toronto Awards Monday (October... -
Wellington Destructor rises again
The Wellington incinerator, aka the Wellington Destructor, is big, strong and voluminous. It was built in 1925 for a lifetime of hard work and hard knocks. Horse-drawn... -
Facadism: is it an architectural plague or preservation?
It might be the dirtiest word in the conservationist’s dictionary, unless you prefer “facodomy” or landscape architect and planner Bob Allsopp’s “urban taxidermy.” It cannot...
