What’s going on down by the Don?

The West Don Lands was supposed to be a neighbourhood by now. It was something like one, once: From the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the...;

Let’s have a vote

On January 1, 1910, when asked to approve a by-law that would have let the city raise the $759,000 needed to pay for extending Bloor Street eastward across...;

Road to nowhere

The first pieces of concrete to fall from the elevated Gardiner Expressway came down on January 8, 1978, and they were huge—as heavy as 200 pounds,...;

Osgoode Hall goes on the offence

When Osgoode Hall curator Elise Brunet walks into work, she often hears myths about the 144-year-old fence along Queen Street West that make her flinch...;

Toronto the Better

Sometimes it seems like we get a bit stuck when it comes to what our city should look like: More subways! More bike lanes! More food trucks! Less gravy...;

Mapping movie history

As part of Images film festival’s 25th anniversary, writer/researcher Eric Veillette teamed up with film historian Paul Moore to create a map of every...;

A journey through Toronto’s past at the Postcard Show

Postcards were the old-timey equivalent of a text message. In their prime, they were the fastest and most convenient way to say, "Hey, how you going?"...;

Yonge Street’s seedy past

On January 31, 1977, the City of Toronto struck a special committee to suss out all "places of amusement" along Yonge Street, south of Bloor. "The goal...;

Where have all the GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! gone?

Downtown Yonge Street in the mid-’70s was a much different scene than the gradually gentrifying shopping and restaurant strip we know today. It was...;

The Toronto-punk walking tour

The history of Toronto and its surrounding cities’ punk origins has been the subject of increased exploration over the past few years; author Liz Worth...;