Tag: Bruce Bell

The Dineen Building

By Bruce Bell – Upon arriving from Connecticut in 1802, Jordan Post purchased a tract on the south side of King Street from present-day Yonge to Bay Streets…

Revealing Cup Cake Cassidy

By Bruce Bell, History Columnist – On May 28, 1961, an earth-shattering event occurred that will be remembered as a watershed moment when Toronto, for all its stuffy…

A Sweeping Social Change

By Bruce Bell – In November 1945, a few months after the Second World War ended, nine-year-old Harry Gairey Jr. went to the Icelandia roller-rink near Spadina Avenue…