Early vaccine for diphtheria developed in local laneway
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Entries Tagged as 'History'
HISTORY: Lane name pays tribute to a mare named Crestfallen (May 2024)
June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on HISTORY: Lane name pays tribute to a mare named Crestfallen (May 2024)
LIFE: Dupont Street’s “Dynamo on Ice” (May 2024)
June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on LIFE: Dupont Street’s “Dynamo on Ice” (May 2024)
ON THE COVER: Wychwood Pond (Apr. 2024)
May 7th, 2024 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Wychwood Pond (Apr. 2024)
Kids frolic in what was a tributary of Taddle Creek on June 17, 1916. The tributary was later dammed to create Wychwood Pond. Read more. COURTESY CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES
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- NEWS: Rediscovering Wychwood Pond (Apr. 2024)
Tags: Annex · News · History · On the cover
NEWS: Annex heritage properties at risk (Apr. 2024)
May 7th, 2024 · Comments Off on NEWS: Annex heritage properties at risk (Apr. 2024)
Deadline for designation is end of the year
By James Bullanoff
A large number of heritage properties are at risk of losing their status in the Bloor-Annex area and across Toronto. The pictures in this story are examples of the many “listed” but not “designated” heritage properties.
NEWS: Midblock fire station on Howland Avenue gets a facelift (Oct. 2020)
November 2nd, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: Midblock fire station on Howland Avenue gets a facelift (Oct. 2020)
Fire Station 23 once housed steamed-powered, horse-drawn pumpers
By Mary An
FROM THE ARCHIVES: University no longer fielding exemplary behaviour (Mar. 2020)
March 24th, 2020 · Comments Off on FROM THE ARCHIVES: University no longer fielding exemplary behaviour (Mar. 2020)
Can a park’s past set the tone for its future?
The Aura Lee playing field located on Robert Street has quite a storied history. In January of 2018 the Gleaner chronicled its past in a piece written by Nicholas Provart. It is reprinted here on the occasion of U of T’s decision to extract green energy from the site.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Fear of high buildings groundless (Feb. 2020)
February 27th, 2020 · 1 Comment
Tall structures can curb urban sprawl
In May 2020, the Annex Gleaner celebrates 25 years of publishing. In celebration, we are republishing highlights of our past; this feature, Fear of High Buildings Groundless by city-building columnist Alfred Holden, is from May 2001. As thirteen developments are going up in the Annex area it appears Holden’s views were prophetic.
Tags: Annex · Columns · History
HISTORY: The Gleaner looks back at 25 years (Nov. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on HISTORY: The Gleaner looks back at 25 years (Nov. 2019)
Lunch with Jane Jacobs in 1997
In May 2020, The Annex Gleaner celebrates 25 years of publishing. In celebration, we are republishing highlights of our past; this feature, Lunch with Jane Jacobs, was originally printed in August of 1997. Jacobs, the celebrated urban thinker, was a long-time Annex resident. Deanne Fisher, who interviewed Jacobs, is the founding editor of the Gleaner.
HISTORY: Plaque planned for track star Sam Richardson (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on HISTORY: Plaque planned for track star Sam Richardson (May 2019)
CTS track star student attended Berlin Olympics on behalf of Canada
By Nabahat Hussain
HISTORY: Delivering history in Harbord Village (Spring 2019)
April 23rd, 2019 · 1 Comment
HVRA lane-naming project leads to The Postman
In March of 2015 the Gleaner featured coverage of the pending play, The Postman, that was staged on neighbourhood porches in the summer of that year. The Harbord Village event commemorated the life and times of Albert Jackson, Canada’s first black postie. On the occasion of Canada Post issuing a stamp in Jackson’s honour, we are reprinting this article
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Marking the end of the beginning (Spring 2018)
May 1st, 2018 · Comments Off on FROM THE ARCHIVES: Marking the end of the beginning (Spring 2018)
A look back to when the Barns first opened its doors
As we come up to the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Artscape Wychwood Barns, we thought it an opportune moment to reprint an article about its opening. The following appeared in our October 2008 issue.
By Patricia Marcoccia
HISTORY: Remembering an unsung hero (March 2018)
March 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on HISTORY: Remembering an unsung hero (March 2018)
Central Tech student raced alongside Jesse Owens
Sam Richardson’s descendants pose on the steps of Central Technical School last month. Richardson’s family also spoke on the influence he had on the Black community, Toronto, and the nation at large. COURTESY CENTRAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL
FORUM: University no longer fielding exemplary behaviour (Jan. 2018)
January 29th, 2018 · 1 Comment
Can a park’s past set the tone for its future?
Had the Spadina Expressway been built, there might have been a development like St. James Town west of Yonge Street. The city had rezoned the area, and a developer had quietly purchased many of the 32 properties on Robert and Sussex avenues. COURTESY CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES