Old Toronto houses
"In Old Toronto Houses Tom Cruickshank and John de Visser take the reader on a tour of old Toronto, a city of quiet, tree-lined streets, Victorian gingerbread houses and people-friendly neighbourhoods. The book outlines the signature architectural styles that left their mark on Toronto's ordered streets and discusses how they contributed to the unique neighbourhoods that developed across the city. Starting with Henry Scadding's simple log house built in 1794 near the Don River, the book moves through more than twenty signature styles: sophisticated Georgian, simple Regency, Gothic, Victorian, Greek Revival, Dutch Colonial and many more, ending with Lawren Harris's sleek art deco house in Forest Hill. With 250 houses and more than 350 colour pictures, Old Toronto Houses focuses on ten outstanding Toronto neighbourhoods. From simple labourers' cottages in Cabbagetown to secluded mansions in Bayview Heights, the architecture of houses reflects the chaning needs and tastes of Toronto's citizens during the last two hundred years."--Book jacket
Print Book, English, 2003
Firefly Books, Toronto, 2003