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Led to the creation of the Women's Canadian Historical Society.

This is the terminal of the Northern Railway. You can see that in 1862 it is still on the broad gauge. Most of the schooners tied up at the wharf were built in the 1850s. Although still new, they are built from forests that have already vanished. The NR terminal shipped grain as well as...

Just got back from hearing the Shuffle Demons play at Hugh's Room. Here is their 1984 hit "Spadina Bus'

The magistrate looks like George Taylor Denison. A legendary figure. Court St magistrates court, infamous for its grime and perpetual odors from the cells. The photo was probably taken during a bail session, in which all of the people who fell into the clutches of the police overnight come up...

Here are my notes on this disaster: A giant landslide occurred June 21 1966, in which the backyards of five homes on Notley Place, East York, collapsed into the Massey Creek/Taylor Creek system. Three houses were left hanging over a 100 foot drop, and one man (Leonard May, aged 58) was killed...

I have completed a short video of the demolition of 63 Maria St in June 2012. As I recall the house was demolished with all furnishings still inside. It was just too dangerous to enter. The demolition had to wait for Preistly's equipment to come in from Elliot Lake where they had helped deal...

I watched them demolish it. Filmed it too.

The Webster Building was at 53 Yonge St, south of King.