The history of the city, like that of any city, is not a celebration of perfection, but it is a saga worth probing, praising, and critiquing.—Allan Levine, Toronto Biography of a City, 2014. Once upon a time, the basic story of Toronto’s history went something like this: Long ago, some “Indians” wandered by. The French … Continue reading Historicist: Reflections of a Historicist