K Taylor

One gal’s attempt to unearth the stories of Toronto’s forgotten people and places.
Author of Toronto: City of Commerce 1800 - 1960

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[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

Big, BIG day here! My book - Toronto: City of Commerce - is officially out! AND a box of copies was just dropped off!
Here I am opening it up, holding it for the first time ... what a marvellous, absolutely bonkers feeling ... Happy 1st day, lil’ book.

[Joseph Bloor, Esq., Toronto, C.W. @e_bloor]

As I reflect on 2025, my 7th year on this platform, I celebrate the @BlueJays’ phenomenal World Series run, @MovieMayor’s 10,000th post shewing the satirical underbelly of our fine city, and @OneGalsToronto’s views of the delightful terrazzos that I used to just float past. 1/3

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@CaitlinKellyNYC Aw, love it! Have fun!

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@CaitlinKellyNYC Oh, fantastic! I hope you have the most marvelous time and that the city puts on its best for you 😀

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@Basscadet_404 Hmm, don’t recall that one but I’ll keep an eye out for it next time I’m in the area.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

Big bruiser clouds in the west end just now.

Looking NE from the Wallace St bridge.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@Basscadet_404 Oh wow, hadn’t thought about that for some time. Maple Leaf, if I recall. The scent of my childhood, mingled with the chocolate breezes which drifted over from Rowntree on Sterling. Yeah, that place is gone now - or so my nose tells me.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@Basscadet_404 Yeah, it’s pretty wild - a good deal different from when I was growing up there.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@lilwaynekennedy I don’t know of any updates on its status but there was a fire (though perhaps not arson) a few years ago and someone staying in the building died.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@lilwaynekennedy Nope. It’ll be a loooong time coming.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@SturdyHugh Thank you, Hugh. It certainly is like nothing else.
All my best to you - hope you’re doing okay too.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@e_bloor I’m happy to hear it! Couldn’t be in better hands.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

The Victoria Garden Apartments at 2400 Queen St E, built 1931.
#WindowsOnWednesday

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@leswilliams2 Then my work here is done, ha!

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

An old favourite for #tiletuesday.

- 497 Bloor St W

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@Basscadet_404 Glad you know it. It’s a great one.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@SocMedGirlyyj Hurrah! I’m glad they’ve worked in our favour too! 💙💚

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@SturdyHugh Me too.
I was able to identify two Joes that lived here. The first was a Joseph McCarthy (I know) in 1915. The second was a tailor named Joe Ujhegyi in the late '50s. Wish I knew for certain who this was done for.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

@ArtWong128 I was thinking something similar about their weight bearing, though being in the city they wouldn’t be getting any more snow than other places.
It’s a shame they’re not more common, they’re really neat - but I suppose they pose too much of a tripping hazard.

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

Another McIntyre & Taylor cover near Bathurst and Bloor. This one is slightly domed and has Toronto spelled correctly.
#manholecoverMonday

[K Taylor @OneGalsToronto]

One of the lovely McIntyre & Taylor covers that misspells Toronto as Tornoto.

Queen St W, near Manning