The Rise and Fall of Toronto’s Postwar Urban Planning
A review of Richard White's Planning Toronto
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Beer Built This City
A review of Jordan St. John's Lost Breweries of Toronto.
Historicist: Third World Books and Crafts
Leonard and Gwendolyn Johnston's venerable black-culture bookstore.
Vandalist: Pay No Attention to This Art
Historicist: Revealing Fictions
Bestselling author Mazo de la Roche's private life with Caroline Clement.
Historicist: Explorations at the Vanguard of Communications Studies
The short-lived but influential magazine overseen by Edmund Carpenter and Marshall McLuhan.
Icons of Mid-Century Modernism
Historicist: Banning Little Black Sambo
The black community's campaign to rid Toronto schools of the offensive children's book.
Book City Closes a Chapter
The book chain's Annex flagship winds down after a 38-year run.
Historicist: One Drink Too Many, and a Thousand Not Enough
Brendan Behan gets arrested and nearly dies in Toronto.
Arguing for the Cultural Importance of Grindr
In Meet Grindr, author Jaime Woo writes that the gay hookup app doesn't get the respect it deserves.
Toronto’s Coolest Vending Machines
The best of the best in automatically dispensed goods.
Bookshop Nicholas Hoare Closing This Spring
One of Toronto's greatest book lovers, Nicholas Hoare, is retiring.
Some Great Idea Charts Toronto’s Post-Amalgamation Journey
Some Great Idea: Read an Excerpt From Ed Keenan’s New Book About Toronto
Charting the development of a city that's still just a few years old.
Sleuthing Sherlock Holmes
A new exhibit spotlights the Toronto Public Library's Arthur Conan Doyle collection.
2012 Hero: The Beguiling
Nominated for: supporting independent graphic arts for 25 years.
Toronto Women’s Bookstore is Closing for Good
After 39 years, the feminist bookseller is shutting its doors.
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