• The new titans of Front Street in 1930. Union Station had opened 3 yrs earlier. The Royal York Hotel just the year before. Many of Toronto's most impressive landmarks were built in the 1920s, just before the Great Depression hit & new construction stalled.
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    The new titans of Front Street in 1930. Union Station had opened 3 yrs earlier. The Royal York Hotel just the year before. Many of Toronto's most impressive landmarks were built in the 1920s, just before the Great Depression hit & new construction stalled.
  • Shared some grisly stories about this place with some lovely people from CIBC today. Even managed to include a very quick primer on the importance of treaties & unceded territory, which feels even more important than usual these days.
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    Shared some grisly stories about this place with some lovely people from CIBC today. Even managed to include a very quick primer on the importance of treaties & unceded territory, which feels even more important than usual these days.
  • The Bay Street canyon in 1930 — the financial heart of Toronto in the opening months of the Great Depression. . (pic: Canadian Science and Technology Museum, CN Images of Canada Gallery, Image No.: CN000124)
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    The Bay Street canyon in 1930 — the financial heart of Toronto in the opening months of the Great Depression. . (pic: Canadian Science and Technology Museum, CN Images of Canada Gallery, Image No.: CN000124)
  • Dancing in the streets of Toronto, celebrating the defeat of the Nazis. The intersection of King & Bay on V-E Day, when the war in Europe came to end. . (pic: Toronto Archives)
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    Dancing in the streets of Toronto, celebrating the defeat of the Nazis. The intersection of King & Bay on V-E Day, when the war in Europe came to end. . (pic: Toronto Archives)
  • Well, holy heck — woke up to some downright ludicrous news this morning: our little digital Canadian history documentary series, Canadiana, has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. (What used to be the Geminis & Genies.) Just all sorts of chuffed.
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    Well, holy heck — woke up to some downright ludicrous news this morning: our little digital Canadian history documentary series, Canadiana, has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. (What used to be the Geminis & Genies.) Just all sorts of chuffed.
  • Tomorrow (Monday) night at C’est What! I’ll be talking about Toronto and history and death and Canadiana. Tix are $10 if you happen to be free & interested. Doors at 7.
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    Tomorrow (Monday) night at C’est What! I’ll be talking about Toronto and history and death and Canadiana. Tix are $10 if you happen to be free & interested. Doors at 7.
  • Ferry Dock City
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    Ferry Dock City
  • The Oakglen weighs more than the Brooklyn Bridge & the Statue of Liberty put together — and is as long as the TD Centre is tall. This ship has been sailing the waters of the Great Lakes out of Montreal for the last 40 years now. It’s easy to forget what a big port Toronto really is, until you suddenly find yourself confronted by a steel monster like this one.
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    The Oakglen weighs more than the Brooklyn Bridge & the Statue of Liberty put together — and is as long as the TD Centre is tall. This ship has been sailing the waters of the Great Lakes out of Montreal for the last 40 years now. It’s easy to forget what a big port Toronto really is, until you suddenly find yourself confronted by a steel monster like this one.
  • Red, white, blue and Amy. At Ward’s Island Beach yesterday.
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    Red, white, blue and Amy. At Ward’s Island Beach yesterday.
  • The winter islands are always ready to offer up a gnarly tree with which to frame the skyline.
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    The winter islands are always ready to offer up a gnarly tree with which to frame the skyline.