Primrose Club Building (Faculty Club)
1920 Architects Benjamin Brown and Arthur W. McConnell designed this building for the Primrose Club, an elite Jewish organization that provided its members with a private social space. Retaining...
View ArticleMarshall McLuhan (1911-1980)
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, born in Edmonton, Alberta, achieved fame as a communications theorist while Professor of English at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto from 1946 until his...
View ArticleKnox College
Founded in 1844 by the Free Presbyterian Church as a seminary, Knox College was named in 1846 to honour Scottish Reformer John Knox. After the 1861 union of Presbyterians it remained as the only...
View ArticleRecollections of a Neighbourhood: Huron-Sussex from UTS to Stop Spadina
Editors: Nancy Williams and Marie Scott-Baron Publisher: Words Indeed Publishing Recollections of a Neighbourhood is part history and part memoir of a historic central-Toronto neighbourhood adjacent to...
View ArticleGoldring Student Centre (former Wymilwood Students’ Union Building), Victoria...
Goldring Student Centre 150 Charles Street West Commissioned by: Victoria University, University of Toronto Architectural/Design Firm: Moriyama & Teshima Architects Heritage Architect: AREA,...
View ArticleLassonde Mining Innovation Centre; University of Toronto, 170 College St
Lassonde Mining Innovation Centre 170 College Street Commissioned by: University of Toronto Architectural/Design Firm: Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Heritage Consultant: William N. Greer...
View ArticleFrom Standard Time to Stem Cells: the Discovery District
Have you ever wondered how the Discovery District got its name? Join the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science (RCI), Canada’s oldest scientific society, as they explore Toronto’s...
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