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Conrad The Raccoon

At 819 Yonge Street, just south of the Church and Yonge Street intersection, you will find a Heritage Toronto plaque for Conrad The Raccoon. Who is Conrad The Raccoon you may ask? Well, ten years ago, this dead raccoon on… Read More »Conrad The Raccoon

Water’s Edge Promenade

The Water’s Edge Promenade stretches from Sugar Beach near the foot of Jarvis Street, past Sherbourne Common, ending at the foot of Parliament Street – for now. There are future plans to keep extending Water’s Edge Promenade further along the… Read More »Water’s Edge Promenade

Toronto Pride 2025

OK, I realize Toronto Pride is not really a TO Cityscape, per se, but it’s a major event that shakes up the city once a year, so I think it’s worthy of coverage. Love it or hate it, Pride was… Read More »Toronto Pride 2025

Ward’s Island

As most know, the Toronto Islands are comprised of three small land masses – Hanlan’s Point, Centre Island and Ward’s Island – joined in an arc. Ward’s Island is on the east side of the Islands. Unlike Hanlan’s Point and… Read More »Ward’s Island

Hearn Generating Station

Watching a suggested video on YouTube a few days ago reminded me of a fascinating urban relic in Toronto: the Hearn Generating Station: The Hearn Generating Station (named after Richard Lankaster Hearn) is a vast decommissioned electrical generating station down… Read More »Hearn Generating Station

Stock Yards Village

History In decades past, “the stockyards” at Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue West were just as the name implies: stock yards where cattle, sheep and pigs were slaughtered and sold for human consumption. The property began as a 30-acre… Read More »Stock Yards Village

Toronto’s Half-House

The lone row home at 54 1/2 Saint Patrick Street dates back to Toronto’s slums in the late 19th century. Built somewhere between 1890 and 1893, this bay-and-gable relic from a bygone era once was one of six identical, structurally… Read More »Toronto’s Half-House