Summer, 2005
Fake Authenticity
The de-evolution of Toronto’s street signs attempts to showcase their magestic past, but instead displays an inspired future.
Christmas, 2004
The Better Way
A local typographer has done his part to preserve one of Toronto’s small charms.
Summer, 2004
More Than Just a Listserv
Barroom discussion live on-line at Bookninja.
Summer, 2002
The Playground War
“Danger!,” screamed the school trustees, as they tore down the monkey bars.
Summer, 2002
Past Due
A companion to the science fiction novel Everyone In Silico.
Christmas, 2001
Are You ‘Modern’ or ‘Borax’?
How John and Joanne Brook and their furniture store pulled Toronto into a new age.
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This Once-Fabulous Place
How a landlord’s lack of vision led to the destruction of one of Toronto’s great architectural monuments.
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Those Were the Days
Despite his passing, Uno Prii’s philosophy of city living lives on in the apartment houses he left behind.
Summer, 2001
Plastic Patches and Cat’s Eyes
Like most cities, Toronto embraced progress and the motor age. Unlike most, it had doubts.
Christmas, 2000
The Streamlined Man
Percy Faith smoothed out rock, jazzed the classics, and became one of the most important musicians Canada has produced.
Christmas, 1999
This Fabulous Place
You wouldn’t think an aging apartment house as a good place to put down roots. Think again.
Christmas, 1998
Dupont at Zenith
An overdue memorial to the forgotten achievements of Toronto’s twentieth-century avenue of enterprise.
Christmas, 1997
The Forgotten Stream
The real Taddle Creek—a brief history.