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GEORGE STEPHEN
Article by Alexander Reford
A Client and His Commissions
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HEN WE THINK ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, we most often think about the building and the architect who designed it. Less often...
Maritime MEDIEVAL
Article by John Leroux
Building Fragments on the Bluffs
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ETWEEN 1841 AND 1859, Herbert Minton of Stoke-Upon-Trent, England, presented vast amounts of beautiful inlaid ceramic floor and wall tiles...
A FOLLY in TIME
Article by Tatum Taylor
Building Fragments on the Bluffs
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T THE EDGE OF THE SCARBOROUGH BLUFFS, where Toronto meets Lake Ontario, remnants of the city’s past rest in peace....
A Brief History: Alcohol in Toronto
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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...
Artful Drinking: Raising the Bar on Contemporary Glassware
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Shaun Moore in conversation with three contemporary glass artists
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In my younger days, I spent close to five years behind a bar. Working in pubs, lounges, and clubs...
Cocktail Culture in a Postmodern World
Editorial by John Fleming
In this issue we touch upon a few of the physical avatars of alcohol and the decorative persuasions of advertising and practice in promoting its use...
From the Hand of Man: Ornamented Tools from the Montague Tool Museum
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Article by Larry Thompson
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esign is implicit in the making of objects, and it originates with our hands. We are born with these essential, primary tools that shape...