Streetcar Suburb
On ribbons of steel and a streak of chained lightning, Toronto's transportation destiny arrived with its first electric streetcars in 1892. "Riding the witch's broom," it was called. And just as...
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Scarborough Bluffs
The layers of sand and clay exposed in these cliffs display a remarkable geological record of the last stages of the Great Ice Age. Unique in North America, they have attracted...
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The Souster Steps
The Souster Steps are named for one of Toronto's most beloved poets. Raymond Souster (1921-2012) lived for 17 years on Mayfield Avenue, nigh Willard Gardens Parkette - or "Lollipop Park."...
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Royal Alexandra Theatre 1907
A vital part of Toronto's cultural history, the Royal Alexandra is one of North America's oldest, continuously operating theatres. An early work of Toronto architect John M. Lyle, the theatre...
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Robert Baldwin 1804-1858
Born in Toronto, Baldwin devoted his political life to a single cause. As a member of the assembly (1829-30 and 1841-51), as Executive Councillor (1841), as Solicitor General (1840-1), and as...
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Roads over the Humber River
The array of traffic lanes at the mouth of the Humber River began with an Aboriginal footpath, formed along the lakeshore thousands of years ago. By 1798, a wider wagon path had been cleared...
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Riverdale Branch, Toronto Public Library 1910
Designed in Georgian Revival style by city architect Robert McCallum, Riverdale Branch was one of ten public libraries built with Carnegie grants in what is now Toronto. The wedge-shaped building...
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The Riverdale Hospital
The Riverdale Isolation Hospital dates from 1875 when a House of Refuge was established for the care of patients with infectious diseases such as whooping cough, smallpox and diphtheria....
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Rosa and Spencer Clark
Erected by colleagues and friends of Rosa and Spencer Clark as a tribute to their life work in conservation, the arts and other facets of community service.The Guild of All Arts, co- founded by...
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The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson, 1897-1972
Born in the Newtonbrook Methodist parsonage which stood nearby, Pearson was educated at Toronto and Oxford Universities. He served overseas from 1915 to 1918 and, in 1928, joined the Department...
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The Resting Place of Pioneers
In this area of the cemetery lie buried many of the inhabitants of the early town of "Muddy York".They were originally buried in "The Potter's Field", a plot of 2.4 ha in Yorkville at what is now...
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The Robertson Building
The Robertson Building at 215 Spadina was originally home to the James Robertson Company, manufacturers and distributors of plumbing fittings and fixtures. The building was constructed in 1911 to...
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The Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
The adjacent plaque was the first created by the Toronto Historical Board, and was installed in 1969 on an earlier building on the site. It marks the first place in Toronto where citizens...
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Raymore Bridge
As dawn broke on Thursday October 14, 1954, Hurricane Hazel reached Southern Ontario after lashing the eastern United States. By midnight Friday, October 15, an estimated 209 mm of rain had...
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The Royce Family and Earlscourt Park
When Earlscourt was annexed to Toronto in 1910, locals petitioned for a public park. Originally, Earlscourt Park was called Royce Park. Allan Royce, born 1835 in Rutlandshire, England, emigrated...
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Riverboat Coffee House
Opened in 1964 in the basement of a Victorian row house that once stood on this site, the Riverboat coffee house quickly became one of North America's premier intimate venues for...
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Rupert Simpson House 1899
This house, clustered with three others both behind and beside it, was once a part of an exclusive residential neighbourhood. Built for Rupert Simpson, co-owner of the Toronto Knitting and Yarn...
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Robert McCausland Limited
This window was created in 1899 by the Robert McCausland Company, which has the longest continuous history of any stained-glass firm in North America. Five successive generations of the McCausland...
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Robert Simpson Co. Mail-order Building and Additions 1916-1939
This landmark industrial building was designed by Chicago architect Max Dunning and the Toronto firm of Burke, Horwood, and White. In later years, matching additions were built to the...
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The Richardson Family
James Richardson and his family came to Scarborough in 1824 from Londonderry, Ireland. His descendants became physicians, ministers and men active in public life. The eldest son John (1786-1875)...
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