Tag: Toronto
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The last Southam house
For the Victoria Day edition of the Toronto Star, I wrote about keeping Chedoke estate public — and the lost opportunities, including for significant revenue, that can result from privatizing it. Update: Featured in the June edition of ACORN in a Nutshell: The Newsletter of Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Also known as Balfour House, Chedoke is…
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From Colony to Incubator
I wrote about Toronto fashion history since 1867 for FORWARD Magazine, a new glossy edited by Ugyen Wangmo. For this Canada 150 sesquicentennial feature, I sourced vintage and archival images from the 19th and 20th centuries — in the process rediscovering some forgotten Karsh portraits of the couturière Madame Martha. Even in the time of…
Sarah Sheehan 