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The adjacent York County Coat of Arms and the female figure inside the entrance once adorned the York County Registry Office, formerly located on this site. Commissioned by the County in 1941, the sculptural reliefs were created by Jacobine Jones, a…

City Hall was designed in 1887 by E. J. Lennox to fit this central site at the head of Bay Street. In one structure, these municipal buildings combined a City Hall, in the east portion, and Court-house, in the west. The building, constructed mostly…

A BELOVED TORONTONIAN
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
90TH BIRTHDAY

FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE
TO THE CITY OF TORONTO AND ITS PEOPLE
HE EXEMPLIFIES THE NOBILITY OF THE HUMAN STPRIT
AND HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MANY LIVES.

MAYOR…

One of Canada’s greatest oarsmen, Edward Hanlan was born in Toronto. As a child he took up rowing when his family settled in this vicinity, now named Hanlan’s Point. Although standing only 5 feet 8 ¾ inches and rarely heavier than 150 pounds, he…

For many people, the Spadina Expressway was necessary for Toronto to adapt to modern needs. For others, it promised only the destruction of home and parks, more traffic congestion, and pollutants from automobile exhaust.

Citizen-led efforts…