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Joseph Sheard Homestead Site

Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

    Joseph Sheard Parkette

    This is the site of the homestead of Joseph and Sarah Sheard which they cleared from the forest, and where they raised their seven children. Joseph Sheard (1813-83) arrived in York (Toronto) in...

    This is the site of the homestead of Joseph and Sarah Sheard which they cleared from the forest, and where they raised their seven children. Joseph Sheard (1813-83) arrived in York (Toronto)...

    • toronto
    • ontario
    • alan brown

    McGill Street Arch

    This stone arch is from the former St. Andrew's United Church (built in 1923) on Bloor Street East at Park Road. The City of Toronto purchased the arch when the church was demolished in 1981. The...

    This stone arch is from the former St. Andrew's United Church (built in 1923) on Bloor Street East at Park Road. The City of Toronto purchased the arch when the church was demolished in 1981....

    • toronto
    • ontario
    • alan brown

    1918 Anti-Greek Riots

    1918 ANTI-GREEK RIOTS In August 1918, over 50,000 people participated in riots that injured hundreds and caused significant property damage. Many of the rioters were war veterans, already...

    1918 ANTI-GREEK RIOTS In August 1918, over 50,000 people participated in riots that injured hundreds and caused significant property damage. Many of the rioters were war veterans, already...

    • toronto
    • ontario
    • canada
    • greek
    • wwi
    • yonge

    Club Bluenote

    The Club Bluenote at Yonge and Walton now has a plaque, too. The little hole-in-the-wall where big bands used to play after hours. Toronto acts like the Five Rogues, Shawne and Jay Jackson, and...

    The Club Bluenote at Yonge and Walton now has a plaque, too. The little hole-in-the-wall where big bands used to play after hours. Toronto acts like the Five Rogues, Shawne and Jay Jackson,...

      J.J. Wright (1848-1922) Inventor and Electrical Innovator

      John Joseph Wright introduced electric lighting to Toronto and pioneered the development and use of Canada's first electric street railways. Mr. Wright went on to a distinguished career as Vice...

      John Joseph Wright introduced electric lighting to Toronto and pioneered the development and use of Canada's first electric street railways. Mr. Wright went on to a distinguished career as...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Ontario College of Pharmacy

      On this site, 3 February 1887, the Ontario College of Pharmacy opened its first permanent building, which was also the first school of pharmacy erected in Canada, parts of which still stand. It...

      On this site, 3 February 1887, the Ontario College of Pharmacy opened its first permanent building, which was also the first school of pharmacy erected in Canada, parts of which still stand....

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Barbara Ann Scott Ice Rink

      Barbara Ann Scott became, in 1948, the first Canadian to win the Olympic Gold Medal and the World Figure Skating title. She was voted Canada's Outstanding Female Athlete on three separate...

      Barbara Ann Scott became, in 1948, the first Canadian to win the Olympic Gold Medal and the World Figure Skating title. She was voted Canada's Outstanding Female Athlete on three...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)

      Here, from 1881 to 1987, stood the home of Lucius O'Brien, one of our foremost painters and a leader in the development of Canada's artistic life. Born in Shanty Bay, Ontario, O'Brien practiced as...

      Here, from 1881 to 1987, stood the home of Lucius O'Brien, one of our foremost painters and a leader in the development of Canada's artistic life. Born in Shanty Bay, Ontario, O'Brien practiced as...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      The Beatles

      Beatlemania wasn't quite dead, but it was clearly on the wane. In 1964, on the first North American tour, the Fab Four were greeted by 10,000 fans at the airport in Toronto, and were mobbed at...

      Beatlemania wasn't quite dead, but it was clearly on the wane. In 1964, on the first North American tour, the Fab Four were greeted by 10,000 fans at the airport in Toronto, and were mobbed at...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Leafs Kings 1993

      Really, it couldn't have been better scripted - except for the ending. On May 29, 1993, the Toronto Maple Leafs were just one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, where they had not...

      Really, it couldn't have been better scripted - except for the ending. On May 29, 1993, the Toronto Maple Leafs were just one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, where they had...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      The Royals

      Toronto was in love with a princess. On the day the heir to the British throne arrived in town, a deliriously happy crowd of half a million people lined the route from the airport to downtown,...

      Toronto was in love with a princess. On the day the heir to the British throne arrived in town, a deliriously happy crowd of half a million people lined the route from the airport to...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Toronto Huskies

      The Maple Leafs were in first place, the football season was in full swing, and the local sports calendar was mighty crowded. So forgive Toronto for treating a moment of history as a mere...

      The Maple Leafs were in first place, the football season was in full swing, and the local sports calendar was mighty crowded. So forgive Toronto for treating a moment of history as a...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Canada vs Russia

      All was again right with the world.What had happened three nights earlier, when a team of National Hockey League all-stars lost to the best of the Soviet Union 7-3 at the Montreal Forum in the...

      All was again right with the world.What had happened three nights earlier, when a team of National Hockey League all-stars lost to the best of the Soviet Union 7-3 at the Montreal Forum in the...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Maple Leaf Gardens 1931-2011

      From the day it opened in the fall of 1931, Maple Leaf Gardens has been a social and cultural hub in the City of Toronto. Best known as a "cathedral of hockey", it also hosted political rallies,...

      From the day it opened in the fall of 1931, Maple Leaf Gardens has been a social and cultural hub in the City of Toronto. Best known as a "cathedral of hockey", it also hosted political rallies,...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Diefenbaker & Trudeau

      Two of the greatest and most flamboyant political careers in Canada's history reached watershed moments at Maple Leaf Gardens, one drawing to a humiliating close, the other seeming to gain new...

      Two of the greatest and most flamboyant political careers in Canada's history reached watershed moments at Maple Leaf Gardens, one drawing to a humiliating close, the other seeming to gain...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Elvis Presley

      On April 2, 1957, Elvis Presley came to Maple Leaf Gardens, and it's fair to say that Torontonians - at least the older generation - didn't know what hit them. The 22-year-old Presley was just a...

      On April 2, 1957, Elvis Presley came to Maple Leaf Gardens, and it's fair to say that Torontonians - at least the older generation - didn't know what hit them. The 22-year-old Presley was just a...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Billy Graham

      He told them the end was near.On October 2, 1955, at the midway point of his first Canadian crusade, the Reverend Billy Graham came to Maple Leaf Gardens, where he was welcomed by a crowd that...

      He told them the end was near.On October 2, 1955, at the midway point of his first Canadian crusade, the Reverend Billy Graham came to Maple Leaf Gardens, where he was welcomed by a crowd...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Wrestling

      Wrestling was featured at Maple Leaf Gardens almost from the moment the building opened, and after hockey, the unique combination of athletic prowess and pantomime billed as "an exhibition of...

      Wrestling was featured at Maple Leaf Gardens almost from the moment the building opened, and after hockey, the unique combination of athletic prowess and pantomime billed as "an exhibition...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown

      Nirvana

      From the earliest days of rock and roll, being booked to play Maple Leaf Gardens was a sure sign that you'd hit the big time. Going all the way back to 1956, when Bill Haley and the Comets...

      From the earliest days of rock and roll, being booked to play Maple Leaf Gardens was a sure sign that you'd hit the big time. Going all the way back to 1956, when Bill Haley and the...

      • toronto
      • ontario
      • alan brown