Sunnyside, 1922? On June 28 and beyond, take a moment to remember Sunnyside Amusement Park of which one of its components, the Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion, designed by architect Alfred H. Chapman, was opened on June 28, 1922 by then-Toronto mayor Charles Maguire. The Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion was intended to provide clothes-changing facilities for bathers wading […]
Seagram, Joseph E., winners of King's Plate, 1891-1905, shown at Woodbine (later Greenwood) Race Track. Toronto, Ont On June 27 and beyond, take a moment to celebrate the running of the Queen’s Plate horse race in Toronto. The Queen’s Plate is Canada’s oldest thoroughbred horse race (inaugural date: June 27, 1860 at the Carleton racetrack.) […]
On June 26 and beyond, Torontonians and others should take a moment to celebrate the CN Tower, currently the seventh tallest freestanding structure in the world. For over thirty years from 1976 (opening to the public on June 26th of that year) to the completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and […]
1911 – Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, at Massey Hall, Shuter St., s.w. corner Victoria St., Toronto A Toronto musical landmark named Massey Hall celebrated an anniversary today given its debut concert and opening to the public on June 14, 1894. Over the years, many musical performances and concerts have taken place in this popular venue. […]
1894 – Massey Hall, Shuter St., s.w. corner Victoria St.; INTERIOR On June 14 and beyond, take a moment to remember a venerable historical landmark, Massey Hall on Shuter Street, which opened on June 14, 1894 (as the first day of a three-day festival) with a performance of G.F. Händel’s Messiah by a 500-person chorus and […]
On March 19 and beyond, take a moment to celebrate and remember a treasure in Toronto: the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), the largest museum in Canada. Although the ROM was established on April 16, 1912 by the ROM Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the museum officially opened its doors to the public […]
On March 15 and beyond, take a moment to remember the establishment of King’s College on March 15, 1827, initially a Church of England-sponsored institution of higher learning that has since morphed into the more pluralistic University of Toronto. King’s College was granted a Royal Charter by then-King George IV for the "establishment of a […]
On March 11 and beyond, take a moment to remember the contributions of Robert Baldwin (Born: May 12, 1804 in York, Upper Canada; Died: December 9, 1858 near Toronto, Canada West) and Louis Hippolyte-La Fontaine (Born: October 4, 1807 at Boucherville, Lower Canada; Died: February 26, 1864 at Montréal, Canada East) who are best […]
(Credit: Government of Ontario Art Collection, 694156 – Portrait of Colonel John Graves Simcoe, [ca. 1881] – Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 1791-96 – George Theodore Berthon (1806-1892) – Oil on canvas – 109.2 x 83.8 cm (43" x 33") – This image is in the public domain.) On February 25 and beyond, take a […]
(Credit: Library and Archives Canada – Canadian Victory Loan drive poster. A. J. Casson won first prize with this poster in the 1941 Victory Bond contest conducted to find suitable illustrations for the 1st Victory Loan campaign in Canada during the Second World War. Source URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GiveUsTheTools.jpg – Artist: Alfred Joseph Casson; […]
