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Author Geordie Telfer marks 100yr anniversary of disappearance of Toronto theatre impresario Ambrose Small

Last night, December 2nd, author Geordie Telfer hosted a special reading of Hogtown Empire to mark the 100 year anniversary of the disappearance of Ambrose Small, the subject of his recently published book. The event took place at the prestigious One King West Hotel& Condos in downtown Toronto which was one of the very last places Ambrose was sighted on that fateful night in 1919. Held in the…

AUTHOR GEORDIE TELFER TACKLES CANADA’S 100YR HISTORIC COLD-CASE CRIME WITH NEW BOOK, HOGTOWN EMPIRE!

I’d like to introduce you to my newest client, author GEORDIE TELFER and I’m excited to put all my publicity skills into marketing and promoting his thrilling new book, HOGTOWN EMPIRE, due for release later in the fall, just in time for seasonal gift-giving. Geordie explores all the urban myths and mysteries surrounding the infamous disappearance of Toronto theatre impresario Ambrose Small100…

Bruce Bell is the historian of St. Lawrence Neighbourhood and other areas of Downtown Toronto.

Bishop’s Block is on the northeast corner of Simcoe and Adelaide, a block west of University Ave. When first built in 1829 it was considered the finest apartment building of its day with stores on the ground floor and private residences above. Back then it was also developed on what was the outskirts of town…

The House of Providence once stood in the middle of a huge park, just south of the still-standing St. Paul’s Basilica (on Power St. east of Parliament) with which it was affiliated. It had wings three storeys tall and was crowned by high, dormered roofs surrounding a four-storey centre block. It was through the doors…