Historical
Slavery and Abolition, Circa 19th Century Toronto
By Simon Wallace | October 31st, 2011
On the end of slavery in Upper Canada, and Toronto's not always warm welcome for escaped slaves. — Read More
Toronto's Would-Be Martyr of the 1837 Rebellion
By Simon Wallace | October 26th, 2011
Back when Toronto was at war, the establishment feared a young woman, convicted of murder, might become a martyr for reform. — Read More
Occupied Toronto, Circa 1996
By Simon Wallace | October 18th, 2011
If the demonstrators participating in Occupy Toronto are looking to antecedents for inspiration, they might consider October 26, 1996. — Read More
How the Don River Tells the Story of the City
By TS Editors | October 12th, 2011
The Don River is part of who we are as Torontonians–whether we know it or like or not. — Read More
Night and the City and Toronto's Hidden History
By Simon Wallace | October 12th, 2011
The history of Toronto's night is often the most revealing part of the city's narrative. The day is progress, a better work day, a more perfectly managed city; the night is chaos and creativity. — Read More
When Toronto Really Was a Bike Town
By Simon Wallace | October 3rd, 2011
The omnipresence of the bicycle and bike culture in 1890s Toronto far surpasses anything we know today. But remarkably, the political issues associated with cycling are almost unchanged. — Read More
The Outsider's History of Early Toronto (and Where He Had Sex)
By Simon Wallace | September 14th, 2011
When Gay Toronto lacked for safe private spaces, and how it was shaped by official morality, crusading cops and the arrival of new amenities. — Read More
Low Life
By Simon Wallace | July 20th, 2011
Even when Toronto was better known for being good, there was one place you could go to be bad: the saloons of St. John's Ward. — Read More
Whiskytown, Part II
By Simon Wallace | June 7th, 2011
What whisky made, beer tore apart. Blame the 20th century and urbanization for the city losing its title as the world capital of spirits. — Read More
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