Posted Historicist: Life in Wartime to Torontoist
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Visit of Chinese officials to John Inglis Company, February 27, 1942....
Posted Historicist: Love and Death on the Construction Site to Torontoist
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Stone carvers and construction workers, perhaps including Ivan Reznikoff and Paul...
Posted Historicist: Robert Responsible Government to Torontoist
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Robert Baldwin by Thomas Waterman Wood, 1855, from the National Portrait...
Posted A Community of Tenants in the City of Homes to Torontoist
Photo of King, Queen, and Roncesvalles, looking southeast, by Alfred Pearson, April 17, 1923. City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 2014. Parkdale was established in the late nineteenth century as a suburban enclave...
Posted Historicist: "Alderman or Alderlady?" to Torontoist
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Adopting traditionally male roles during the war, women learn to shoot,...