Hidden Toronto: Fire & Light Rita Letendre, 1928-2021
From Yorkville to the inner suburbs, her public art marked Toronto's transformation into an urban centre in the late 1960s
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From Yorkville to the inner suburbs, her public art marked Toronto's transformation into an urban centre in the late 1960s
The oldest house in North York sits in a park in the shadow of apartment towers on Sheppard that once threatened to overwhelm the area
With rebellion fomenting in Upper Canada, there was deep suspicion of potential sympathizers to the cause, including Toronto's postmaster
The Neoclassical landmark declared a National Historic Site in 1979 is also the home of the most infamous slavery case in Canadian history
The house built by the famed Canadian artist would become an early flashpoint in the battle over heritage preservation in Toronto