1904

Philadelphia, 1904. Land Title Trust Building, Broad Street.

The Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 1904. It was the second such fire for the city in its history. The fire claimed one victim, John Croft, who was an explosive expert clearing the ruins from the fire. The fire was first...

They got the abandoned masonry cities for free. They unloaded the Orphan trains. They claimed to be the architects. They made up the false narrative. They cleared out the physical mud. They muddied the waters of history.