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IN 1852, A COMMITMENT TO THE CARE OF OTHERS MOTIVATED A SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN TO OPEN THE MAGDALEN ASYLUM AND INDUSTRIAL HOUSE OF REFUGE FOR THE SHELTER OF HOMELESS WOMEN IN A RENTED HOUSE ON RICHMOND STREET. AFTER A MOVE TO THIS SITE IN 1860, A NEW…

At the peak of his dramatic career, Sir Henry Mill Pellatt was one of Canada's most powerful businessmen. An ambitious financier who became wealthy through bold investments in electricity, real estate, and mining, Pellatt helped to bring electric…

This elegant frontispiece once served as the front entrance of North York's first municipal hall which officially opened on December 19, 1923 at the south-east corner of Yonge Street and Empress Avenue.

Designed by Murray Brown, a local architect,…

ON MARCH 17, 1960, FIVE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS, PASQUALE ALLEGREZZA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA CARRIGLIO, GIOVANNI FUSILLO, ALESSANDRO AND GUIDO MANTELLA, DIED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TUNNEL AT HOGGS HOLLOW. THE DETAILS OF THE…

The family of Elizabeth (née Fisher) and Jacob Cummer (Kummer) was important to the founding of Willowdale (North York). Among the area's early settlers of German descent, they arrived from Pennsylvania in 1797. By 1801, Jacob had acquired 80…