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OCH / MoT SHOP: For the Kids

Busloads of school children will eventually pour through Old City Hall and the Museum of Toronto. What affordable items can be offered...

OCH MoT SHOP: Books and Magazines

What should be in a book section? Who should it serve? Locals, tourists or both? What have I missed in the ideas below? * A $10...

OCH / MoT SHOP: Sweets

Food for thought (Part 1): What if a section of the OCH / MoT Gift Shop reflects Toronto's long history of candy and cookie...

OCH / MoT SHOP: Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate Mugs

Available for adapting into Torontocentric caffeine mugs are these antique tins. City directories in the Toronto Reference Library help...

OCH / MoT SHOP: Posters, Prints, Postcards and Cards

EXISTING "FINDS" Some Toronto arts companies, festivals, the Toronto Transit Commission and even some craft beer companies create...

OCH / MoT SHOP: Colour-Your-Own-Cards

For these graphics, I am grateful to Jamie Bradburn writing about Patterson Candy Co. ads in the Toronto humour magazine "The Goblin" in...

OCH MoT SHOP: TTC Trinkets

The TTC has a wide range of gift wares at https://www.ttcshop.ca/ and is looking for a retail partner. The organization realized that...

OCH MoT SHOP: The Chocolate Butterfly of Toronto

Pre-Covid, there were over 110 butterfly conservatories or galleries in the world, on every continent except Antarctica, including three...