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Stained glass windows of Mount Pleasant cemetery mausoleums

April 11, 2024 by wholemap

Images and history of the stained glass windows in some of the private mausoleums of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. While the Eaton’s Crypt is the most famous, with two lions watching from the front steps, there are other mausoleums worth enjoying. While none of the glass has specific artists, I also found details on the most likely source – the McCausland’s company Canada Stained Glass Works which is still in business today.

Mount Pleasant cherry blossoms in Toronto

March 25, 2024 by wholemap

Mount Pleasant cemetery is known for its wide variety of trees – but in late April through early May it is the cherry blossom trees north of the entrance on the east side of Yonge Street that steal the show, as they do every spring. If you are on the TTC take the Yonge subway … Read more

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Visitation Centre

March 26, 2024February 8, 2024 by wholemap

Back at the end of September 2009 the new Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre was pretty much complete. The visitation centre ( now called a funeral centre ) has a long, protracted history reaching back to initial plans in 2004. It looks like they’ve done a nice job of the building and landscaping, and the running/walking/biking … Read more

Downtown Toronto ice skating – City Hall and College Park

February 5, 2023 by wholemap

A quick video of people enjoying a couple of downtown Toronto skating rinks in January, 2023. See the bottom of the post for the map of the outdoor rinks. Some Toronto ice skating video, including shots from: The short Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail at College Park Ice skating rink at Nathan Phillips Square at … Read more

Beltline Trail “Lost Stations”

July 1, 2021August 20, 2020 by wholemap

Location, history, and building of Toronto Beltline “Lost Stations”