This is Stop 7 on the Creating Toronto: Story of a City audio tour. The former location of one of Toronto’s first schools connects us to an unusual story about a generation of Toronto children in the 1920s and 1930s.

Stop Location: 185 King Street E

Learn more about this stop on the Creating Toronto digital map companion.

Image: Grammar School 'Blue School', Toronto, 1912. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library Archives.

Music: "Highride" by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org.

For a full list of credits, please visit the Creating Toronto digital map companion.

This digital tour, and the walking tour it is based on, were developed as part of Heritage Toronto's Emerging Historian program in partnership with the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association. The expansion of our tours program to a digital platform was made possible by the generous support of our Tours Program Presenting Sponsor, TD Bank and The Ready Commitment.