West Toronto Junction, or just “The Junction“, is unique in stade Toronto “The Good”. The Junction, named for the crossing of the Canadian National (CNR) and the Canadian Pacific (CPR) railways, was a booming prosperous late 1890s town with businesses breaking the bulk of the railway, lumber yards, stock yards, a flour mill, a foundry, [...]
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West Toronto Junction Home Tour
Posted in Neighbourhood House Tours, tagged Bay-and-Gable, Edwardian, Old house, Toronto, Victorian, West Toronto Junction on April 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ugly Things Done to Old Houses or “Old House Atrocities”
Posted in Ugly Things Done to Old Houses, tagged Angelbrick, antique doors, Arts and Crafts, cheap paint, Edwardian, Mission Style, open space, Parged brick, popcorn ceiling, porch, stone cladding, Toronto, Victorian, vinyl siding, vinyl windows, wall-to-wall carpeting on December 13, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Take a walk in any urban neighbourhood and you are going to find old houses that have been “destroyed” in any number of ways. Here is my list of some of the worst offences, that is not meant to offend, but will. Feel free to disagree or add your own old house atrocity. This list, [...]
Why Blog your House
Posted in House Virgin Hysterics, tagged Edwardian, Old house, Victorian on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Knowing the style of the house and how to keep that character is not easy for someone making the transition from apartment or condo living.
Assuming they care, people with old houses are forced onto a learning curve that can be very confusing. It is easy to tell which neighbours care about getting an old house [...]
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