Casa Loma and Toronto's Hilltop Mansions
How an Edwardian-era estate on the escarpment edge became one of the city's most recognised heritage buildings.
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Heritage Buildings & Neighbourhood History
Casa Loma from Wells Hill Avenue, Toronto. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Reading Canada's older neighbourhoods, one building at a time.
Cornerstory looks closely at heritage architecture and the streets around it: who built these places, how their use changed, and what survives today in cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
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Three places worth a closer look
Each article focuses on a specific building or district, the period it comes from, and the practical details a visitor or resident might want to know.
The Distillery District's Industrial Heritage
A preserved Victorian industrial complex that shifted from whisky production to a pedestrian heritage quarter.
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Gastown and Vancouver's Oldest Streetscape
The city's founding district, its late-19th-century brick buildings, and how it was protected from demolition.
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How these notes are put together
A consistent way of reading a place
Origin and date
When a building went up, who commissioned it, and the architectural language it borrowed from.
Change of use
Most heritage buildings outlive their first purpose. The shift from private home or factory to public space is often the more interesting part.
What stands today
Current protection status, what is open to visit, and the practical access details that change from year to year.
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