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A Tour of the New Toronto South Detention Centre
Toronto's new super prison is impressive, but also a little disturbing. From a distance, the site of the new Toronto South Detention Centre—occupying the same land used for correctional purposes since...
View ArticleThe New Councillor for Ward 3 is…Peter Leon
Council chooses Doug Holyday's preferred successor. After hearing from a wide array of candidates vying to replace former councillor Doug Holyday (Ward 3, Etobicoke Centre), ranging from a...
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Historicist: Listen to Clairtone
The rise and fall of the stylish 1960s hi-fi manufacturer that launched the career of Peter Munk. Hef had one. Old Blue Eyes promoted them. Units provided decor for iconic films like The Graduate. Top...
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Historicist: Torontolympiad ’76
Olympic-style drama mixed with physically disabled athletic triumphs in Etobicoke. “We hope to show that it is ability and not disability that really counts,” observed Dr. Robert Jackson during the...
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Historicist: The Mimico Mail Robbery
A brazen hold-up and kidnapping in 1929 seemed like a scene from a Hollywood movie. On a Saturday evening late in the winter of 1929, the yard at the Canadian National Railways station in Mimico was...
View ArticleCouncil Candidates Respond to Recent Gun Violence
Six candidates write about inequality, investing in youth, and honouring the memories of those killed in Etobicoke and Regent Park on Monday. On Monday afternoon, two young men—including a 15-year-old...
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Fabulous Cloverdale Mall
From dance parties featuring the music of Pat Boone to new health-conscious initiatives, the mall has been serving its south Etobicoke community since 1956. In many ways, Cloverdale Mall fulfils the...
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Historicist: Rise and Fall of the Brown Derby
Part One of a look at Toronto's Depression-era gambling kingpin, Manny Feder. In the 1930s, if Torontonians wanted to bet a week’s salary on a single roll at the craps table, play blackjack or...
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Historicist: “Ontario’s Public Enemy No. 1”
Part Two of a look at Toronto's late 1930s gambling kingpin, Manny Feder. Just before 5 p.m. on a Saturday in November 1940, a loud cheer arose from the 300 gamblers gathered at the Combine Club, the...
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Albion Cinemas, Etobicoke’s Bollywood Shrine: An Appreciation
“India is known for its culture, and over here we do the same thing. No other cinema does that. People have to come here to watch those movies. And it’s like a community." For the western filmgoer,...
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Stairway To Stardom: How #Stepgate Put Toronto on the Map
And why we should all be thanking Toronto's crusading columnist, who is still out there chasing the gravy train. She may write for a major Toronto newspaper, but no story is seemingly too...
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Cookie baron’s factory lands could become massive new development
The realty company behind Liberty Village is now eyeing 27 acres in south Etobicoke. William Mellis Christie’s cookie empire once stretched across Toronto: factories on King Street East and on...
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