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The Great Fire That Burned Toronto Into the Modern Age

Toronto did not become a modern city because it calmly planned ahead. That would be giving it far…

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Hanlan’s Point Stadium: Where Toronto Got the First Swing of Babe Ruth’s Legend

Before Babe Ruth became the most famous home-run hitter in baseball history, before Yankee Stadium, before the records,…

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The Store at the End of the Block

How Toronto’s corner grocers disappeared — and what the city lost when the windows started closing. Toronto did…

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The Spinning Records Everyone Remembers

There are some Toronto landmarks people remember because they were beautiful. Others because they were old. Sam the…

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Toronto’s Lost Movie Palaces

Before condos, streaming, and half-empty multiplexes, Toronto went to the movies one neighbourhood at a time. Toronto Went…

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Exhibition Place – From Fairgrounds to Waterfront Landmark

There was a time when Exhibition Place didn’t feel like a destination. It felt like the centre of…

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Toronto Parking — From Open Streets to Metered City

There was a time when parking in Toronto didn’t cost much, didn’t take much thought, and didn’t feel…

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Building Toronto — When the City Built Without Looking Back

There was a time when Toronto didn’t spend years deciding what to build. It just built it —…

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Toronto Took 40 Years to Build a Subway — Then Acted Like It Was Obvious All Along

Toronto’s first subway didn’t start in 1954. It started in 1909 — when the city was first told…