While I have always been drawn to built heritage, I definitely get my passion for old train stations from my grandfather. Today, after arriving in Kleinburg a little early for a session at the McMichael Art Collection, I drove around … Continued
The Ward’s Island Association Clubhouse was destroyed in a massive fire last night. The Ward’s Island Association (WIA) was established in 1913, the same year the city started to regulate the increasingly popular and haphazard tent city on the site. … Continued
Frederick George Topham, VC was born in Toronto on 1917 and attended Runnymede High School. Serving in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during WWII he earned the Victoria Cross at age 27 for his brave actions on March 24, 1945, … Continued
Yesterday morning I had a chance to visit the Adamson Estate in Lakeview, Mississauga which is just east of Port Credit. It certainly wasn’t my first visit, as I grew up nearby and fondly remember attending several summer church bible … Continued
11 Gibson Avenue in north Etobicoke is for sale. I wish I had the $5.5 million they are asking for this beautiful old home on a huge lot. The property is behind advertised for subdivision or redevelopment and the house … Continued
My visit earlier in the day to the Christie Methodist Cemetery in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall inspired some research into the history of the area. Naturally the unusual name of the mall and surrounding Bridletown Circle, where we … Continued
In doing some genealogy research a few weeks ago, I came across the obituary of an extended family member who had died in a plane crash. I started investigating and discovered that the crash of Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 … Continued
Perhaps it is childhood fondness, or maybe it really was the best, but the Chinese food at the Silver Dragon Restaurant lives large in my memory and I have yet to find its equal. So today, in honour of the … Continued
My recent work on the Pantages Theatre got me thinking…who was this guy? Although his name lingers on in a variety of theatres, he is not very well known. Alexander Pantages was a Greek American vaudeville impresario who created a … Continued
The Pantages Theatre (aka the Imperial, the Canon, the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre) was built in Toronto in 1920 by architect Thomas W. Lamb as a combination vaudeville and motion picture venue. Lamb also built the nearby Elgin & Winter … Continued