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I believe Tudor Hall/Hotel was a house designed by Beaumont Jarvis that Sir Henry Pellatt had built at 559 Sherbourne in 1902. The May 1902 issue of The Canadian Architect and Builder had an illustration of the house, but only in the “Architect’s Edition,†which is unfortunately not the...

A neat 4-page article from the March 1898 issue of The Canadian Engineer: https://archive.org/stream/canadianengineer05toro#page/n327/mode/2up

My employer's primary competitor. :)

Yup. Our FedGov, lagging the US by one year, banned the production and importation of 100W and 75W incandescents at the beginning of 2014, and then 60W and 40W on the last day of 2014. There are, however, a number of specialty bulbs exempted, including “rough service†bulbs, which tend to...

That arc lamp scares the crap out of me! :)

The interesting (to me) detail in this image is the unusual fire hydrant on the lower left. I’ve only ever seen one other example of it in Toronto images. Here’s a link to a large copy of the other example...

Three or four years ago I was trying to do some wwweb research on the house that used to stand at 90 Mill Street (which is the lot on the north-west corner of Mill and Cherry), and I came across a document that listed the address among several provincially-owned properties that were in arrears...

I’ve never heard that version of the story; I always heard it was Catholic. Also, apparently not true: http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=b6c86e91-cd42-4309-b5e7-0fbf10b2ebb1&sponsor= excerpt: Which brings us to High Park. Did the Howards actually stipulate that a Catholic...

I was contacted by a polling company called Triton last night. It was short, but sounded like it could have been commissioned by Ford or Stintz. Notably, it only listed four options for Mayor; Soknacki wasn’t included.

I’m thinking of a protest sign, something along the lines of: Rob Ford: Sugar Beach was years ago. Were you wasted then, or are you wasted now?

It depends on the time of day. Jonny5 has pretty accurately described the situation there. When there are a lot of people waiting for the streetcar it can get pretty congested. Fortunately for me I’m slim and able-bodied, but for those with mobility issues or strollers or shopping carts, I...

It'd be great if each attendee had a sign, each with a different unanswered question. :)

Submitted for your consideration: For a few years now I’ve noticed that The Epicure Shop at 473 Parliament puts out a table and two chairs on the sidewalk in front of their store, and then labels them “For Customers Only.†This year, I see they’re now putting out two tables and four...

^Awesome, Goldie! Thanks for doing that!

Gardeners’ Arms, 661-667 Yonge Street, circa 1890: Same stretch, January 2014 (image courtesy of UTer androiduk):

Mid-1920s, south side of Bloor Street East, between St. Paul’s and Church Street:

Interesting coincidence; I had a counselling session (alcohol; I'mnotperfectmaybeyouare) this past Tuesday afternoon, and I was handed this gentleman's card. I was told not to contact him unless I was serious. Miss one appointment, and you're blacklisted.

Large image available at: https://ia600306.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/28/items/constructionjour08macduoft/constructionjour08macduoft_jp2.zip&file=constructionjour08macduoft_jp2/constructionjour08macduoft_0287.jp2&scale=1&rotate=0 more at...

In my role as purchaser here at my company, I was recently asked to order new "fall arrest" gear to replace the old. I couldn't help thinking that "fall arrest" means something different to me than it does to my colleagues. :)

I have informed my colleagues at work this morning that if I screw up something, or even if I commit a deliberate act of malfeasance, it’s okay, because I’m not perfect.