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Signs of the Times: Documenting Toronto’s Heritage Signage

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on October 1, 2013

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Article by Debbie Adams

HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED by signs. My great uncle made neon signs. My grandfather was a sign painter. As a child, I recall visiting his Nanaimo sign workshop in the dirt-floored basement of his house, watching him hand-letter signs. As early as 1978,...

What Buildings Tell: Fossils Hidden in Plain View

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on October 1, 2013

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Article by Ingrid Birker

HE DECORATIVE FEATURES OF BUILDINGS are usually the result of an intentional design process that begins with the architect’s vision and develops through a myriad of choices about materials and construction. But sometimes serendipity enters the picture, offering surprising adornments that can yield...

Editorial: Utilities in the City

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on October 1, 2013

John Fleming

OWEVER SIMPLE A STREET OBJECT in an urban setting may be in form and function, it carries through its material presence an innate aesthetic content, within the concrete manifestation of services provided in a public space. From a plain, apparently unadorned lamp standard (pure function...

Fall/Winter 2013 Issue – Utilities in the City

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on April 1, 2013

Editorial: Utilities in the City – John Fleming

What Buildings Tell: Fossils Hidden in Plain View – Ingrid Birker

Decorative City Arches and Gates in Canada – Sam Carter

Signs of the Times: Documenting Toronto’s Heritage Signage – Debbie Adams

Technology and Design: Early...

Art Deco and the Cocktail’s Influence on an Era

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on April 1, 2013

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Article by Lindsay Rose-McLean

rt deco is a term applied to a popular aesthetic movement that was prominent in parts of Europe, Britain, and North America between 1910 and 1939. It was introduced on a grand scale in 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels...

Travellers’ Best: Trade Sign for an Inn

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on April 1, 2013

Article by John Fleming and Michael Rowan

mpey’s Inn (1814), situated on the King’s Road in the township of Cornwall, Upper Canada (Ontario), was an important stop in the early 19th century on the stagecoach route from Montreal, in the east, to Toronto, five or six days...

Shaking Up Tradition: A Selection of Cocktail Shakers from the City of Waterloo Museum

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on April 1, 2013

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Article by Karen VandenBrink and Lorraine Johnson

he close connection between the Seagram company and the city of Waterloo dates to 1857, when William Hespeler and George Randall established the Granite Mills and Waterloo Distillery at the corner of Erb and Caroline streets, next to Beaver (Laurel) Creek,...

A Brief History: Alcohol in Toronto

By Admin Account on April 1, 2013

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Compiled by the editors

1805

The earliest historical records available indicate that Robert Henderson opened the first brewery in Toronto (then York) between 1800 and 1805 on the corner of Caroline (now Sherbourne) and Duchess (now Richmond). By 1809, production yielded approximately 30 barrels per week and helped supply...

Canadian Temperance Banners and Excess

By Ornam3ntumAdm1n on April 1, 2013

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Article by Julia Skelly

extiles have long been a powerful element in political movements and activism. At the turn of the 19th century some Canadian women produced banners and other textile objects to demonstrate their identities as political activists who were fighting for temperance and prohibition. Members of...

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