The Canadian Encyclopedia

Streetcars Article by: Brian E. Sullivan Photo: Parowpictures Image: unsharpened, low res. Streetcars began operation in Canada during the era of horse-powered local transportation, expanded rapidly with electrification, shrank with a public policy switch in favour of rubber-tired vehicles, and recently re-emerged as light rail transit. Street railways (also known as streetcars or trams) began…

City of Toronto Permanent Art Collection

During The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, in which I showed my Scribbleography artwork, I noticed a repeated visit by a person who returned with a number of different groups of people to review my work. They seemed to be in discussion about a few pieces from my CNE collection and the City of Toronto collection…