July 2025 – Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
1 post published by Jamie Bradburn during July 2025| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
1 post published by Jamie Bradburn during July 2025| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Originally published as a “Historicist” column on Torontoist on July 4, 2015. The Enterprise, July 13, 1966. “Sex-and-snacks draw fire.” “Bra and bottles litter lawns.” “North York fear…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
1 post published by Jamie Bradburn during June 2025| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
As Cumberland Terrace’s days wind down, this post will mix old and new material about a complex that sometimes felt lost in time. The Nicest Way From Yonge to Bay for the Holidays Originally …| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Simpsons building, north-west corner of Yonge and Richmond streets, between 1978 and 1980. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 304, Item 6. For 130 years – ever since Simpsons reopened in January 1896 following a fire that destroyed a short-lived incarnation of their department store that lasted less than a year – … Continue reading "Goodbye, Queen Street Hudson’s Bay"| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Originally published as a Historicist column on Torontoist on September 28, 2015. William Lyon Mackenzie King, September 8, 1925. City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 62…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
From November 2011 through July 2012 I wrote the “Past Pieces of Toronto” column for OpenFile, which explored elements of the city which no longer exist. The following was originally po…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Based on a portion of a post published on Torontoist on October 9, 2007. North Toronto Herald, May 27, 1955. The June 9, 1955 provincial election was a landslide for Premier Leslie Frost’s Pr…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
From November 2011 through July 2012 I wrote the “Past Pieces of Toronto” column for OpenFile, which explored elements of the city which no longer exist. The following was originally po…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
From November 2011 through July 2012 I wrote the “Past Pieces of Toronto” column for OpenFile, which explored elements of the city which no longer exist. The following was originally posted on December 2, 2011. Albert Britnell Book Shop taken between 1966 and 1972 by Ellis Wiley, City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 124, File 2, … Continue reading "Past Pieces of Toronto: Albert Britnell Book Shop"| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Financial Post Magazine, June/July 1970 (published June 27, 1970). In his editor’s note for the June/July 1970 edition of the Financial Post’s recently revamped monthly magazine insert,…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Originally published as a “Historicist” column on Torontoist on August 21, 2010. Markham Street with Mirvish Village signs, circa 1982. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 6, Item 11. In one of his autobiographies, “Honest Ed” Mirvish noted that he “never intended to install an artists’ colony on Markham Street….Like most things I’ve gotten … Continue reading "A Village Grows on Markham Street"| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Originally published as a Historicist column on Torontoist on December 17, 2016. Map of the cow’s trek across town. Toronto Star, June 16, 1913. It was the kind of story that spurred the imaginatio…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
