With not a condo to be seen!

by Chadwick Gendron Posted on July 17, 2014
Lakeshore Boulevard East, looking West at Cherry Street, showing the construction of the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway. Toronto, Ontario c1963.
Lakeshore Boulevard East, looking West at Cherry Street, showing the construction of the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway. Toronto, Ontario c1963.
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Here’s what our Flag could have looked like!

by Chadwick Gendron Posted on July 14, 2014

Here’s a submission for the open competition to design Canada’s first flag. Our modern 11-point flag of the red maple leaf, one of the hardest flags to draw freehand, was inaugurated on February 15, 1965.

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Canada’s motto of “Sea to Sea” could have been changed to “Tree to Tree”.
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Can you guess where this is?

by Chadwick Gendron Posted on June 19, 2014

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University Avenue, looking north from Queen Street West. At the time of this picture, University Avenue was called College Avenue and was the picturesque entrance to U of T (1849) and it’s former namesake King’s College (1827). the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen’s Park (1893) would begin construction in 1886. The name would change in the first years of the 20th century. Toronto, Ontario 1880.

Here’s a hint. You’re looking north up one of Toronto’s main arteries…

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