At 10 Niagara Street, on the corner of Portland Street and Niagara, sits Victoria Memorial Square: Victoria Memorial Square is a park and former cemetery. It was established in 1793 as the burial place for those affiliated with the nearby… Read More »Victoria Memorial Square
It was a sunny Sunday (finally!) this past weekend, so I opted for a little wander through Queen’s Park to shoot a few of the statues, monuments and memorials there. Tribute to Salome Bey, Canada’s Queen of the Blues Hours… Read More »Statues & Monuments of Queen’s Park
On the waterfront, behind the Canada Malting Co. towers on Eireann Quay, sits Ireland Park. The Park commemorates the Irish Famine migrants who arrived on Toronto’s shores between 1846 and 1849. An Unfortunate End During 1847 alone, at the peak… Read More »Ireland Park
The Toronto AIDS Memorial, designed by Patrick Fahn, is located in Barbara Hall Park (formerly Cawthra Square Park), on Church Street above Wellesley, next to The 519 Church Street Community Centre in the heart of Toronto’s gay community. Michael Lynch… Read More »The Toronto AIDS Memorial
Ghost bikes are to be found across Toronto wherever a cyclist has been killed. Members of the cycling community have been installing these tributes for more than 20 years. On Queen Street West This ghost bike, outside Old City Hall at… Read More »Toronto Ghost Bikes
St. James Park is located at 120 King Street East; it more or less forms a square bounded by King Street East on the south end, Adelaide Street East on the north, with Church and Jarvis Streets on the west… Read More »Michael Comstock Pavilion
Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth and was originally called Armistice Day to commemorate the armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11:00 AM. Until 1930, Armistice Day… Read More »Remembrance Day
In front of Manulife’s headquarters at 200 Bloor Street East, there is currently a display honouring Canadian Armed Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice. As a gesture of thanks and remembrance, more than 12,000 flags are planted on the… Read More »“12,000 Canadian Flags to Remember Our Fallen Heroes”
Passing through Union Station last week I noticed a new (to me) installation. Do Something, is a project Gord Downie launched before his death. A Bit Of The Backstory Chanie Wenjack Chanie Wenjack, misnamed Charlie Wenjack by his teachers, was… Read More »Gord Downie Reconciliation Project in Union Station
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