“THERE IS NO CITY THAT DOES NOT DREAM FROM ITS FOUNDATIONS.”

- Anne Michaels

EnvisionTO is a portal for experiencing and reimagining Toronto’s past and future topography. Time travel with us to experience the city in different times and spaces!

THE MAP

Click on any of the pins below to travel through time!

TORONTO’S WINDMILL

Travel back in time at the Distillery District and see how it once looked before infill, back when it sat on the water’s edge.

THE FIRST GOODERHAM HOUSE

Take a peek back in time and stand at a piece of long lost Toronto history, the Gooderham House that helped build the distillery.

THE HAUNTED MACKENZIE HOUSE

This exciting virtual tour of Toronto’s historical Mackenzie House was produced for ‘Nuit Blanche 2017: Many Possible Futures’ and was the most attended independent exhibit of the year.

Take a peek at our imagined future of Toronto and see if you can spot the ghost of the city’s first infamous rebel mayor: William Lyon Mackenzie.

C.H. GOODERHAM HOUSE

This beautiful virtual tour includes a past and future view of the historic Selby Hotel, once also home to a Gooderham. This tour was produced in partnership with ERA Architects and Tricon.

Experience Sherbourne Street in 1922, while famous Author Earnest Hemingway was calling the Selby Hotel home, by clicking on the button below.

THE TORONTO HARBOUR

This virtual tour of the Toronto Waterfront was created in 2017 to show the changes this city has seen since Canada became a country. The tour was part of the MomenTO program, and spent the summer touring around the province from festival to festival.

Travel back and experience Toronto’s harbour in 1867 and see if you can find a young Ned Hanlan out in the harbour.

LICENSING

If you are interested in licensing or commissioning a tour for your website, menus, venue, or development please contact us at: info@envision.to