I’ve been working on this post for months, off and on. Originally I had entitled it Jarvis Street Mansions and thought I’d focus exclusively on the remaining mansions from Jarvis Street’s so-called golden era. As I walked up and down… Read More »Jarvis Street Heritage
A private road north of St. Joseph Street, west of Bay Street, is home to red brick Edwardian style mansions that were built in 1892 by Remigius Elmsley as the first subdivisions in the City, located on the former family… Read More »Elmsley Place Mansions
This one has been on my shot list for quite some time, and I finally got around to photographing it. This visual assault on the senses is known as Leslieville’s Crazy Doll House and has been quite the neighbourhood attraction;… Read More »Leslieville’s Crazy Doll House
Installed in 2020, Dreaming is a fairly new creation residing at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre, 100 Adelaide Street West. Spanish artist Jaume Plensa is known for creating large-scale public art installations in major cities, including New York, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and… Read More »“Dreaming”
On the charming little downtown street known as St. Nicholas Street, house numbers 45 to 63 are known as “The Cottages”. In 1883, The Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company built ten row houses on the east side of St.… Read More »The Cottages of St. Nicholas Street
Leader Lane is a short street in downtown Toronto. The street was part of the former city of York, Upper Canada, and runs from Wellington Street East to King Street East, crossing Colborne Street. The street was named Leader Lane… Read More »Leader Lane
Uno Prii (February 28, 1924 – November 27, 2000) was an Estonian-born Canadian architect. He designed approximately 250 buildings, many in Toronto, but also around southern Ontario and the United States. Some of Prii’s best-known works are apartment buildings in… Read More »Uno Prii’s Annex Apartments
What do you do with an abandoned old train station? Why, turn it into a high-end LCBO of course! Located just off Yonge Street near Summerhill Avenue, this structure used to be the North Toronto Railway Station. It was in… Read More »10 Scrivener Square
The Simcoe WaveDeck is one of four WaveDecks along Toronto’s Harbourfront. Located at the foot of Simcoe Street – 234 Queen’s Quay West to be exact – it opened in June 2009. Located at the water’s edge, the wooden Simcoe… Read More »Simcoe WaveDeck
St. Paul’s Basilica is the oldest Roman Catholic congregation in Toronto. It is located at 83 Power Street in the Corktown neighbourhood, near the intersection of Queen and Parliament Streets. Created by architect Joseph Connolly in the Romanesque Revival style,… Read More »St. Paul’s Basilica
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