Toronto Sun columnist Mike Filey is back with Toronto Sketches 8, the series that captures the people, politics, and architecture of Toronto's past with photographs and anecdotes that will change the way you see the city forever. The book brings us back to the time of Toronto's original horse-drawn streetcar, the construction of Maple Leaf Gardens, and other memories of Toronto, many of which show how history repeats itself, as in the gas price wars of the early 20th century or the debate in 1911 over building a bridge to Toronto island.

- 240 pages
- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Fave Painting Tells a Story
- Business Buried in the Past
- Marilyn Buoyed Our Hearts
- Coming to a Dead End
- Auto Shows a Toronto Tradition
- Looking For an Even Better Way
- Dial-Up Phone Changes
- No Getting Away from Them
- Downtown Living at Its Best
- WWII Hit Close to Home
- WWII Heroes Boost Morale
- Leafs Scored First Cup in â32
- Toronto Shows Off Its Easter Finery
- Torontoâs Diamond Dreams
- Looking After Our Veterans
- At the Crossroads
- Front and Centre
- Foster Father of T.O.
- Planting the Seeds
- Proud, Old Haida
- Move Over Roswell
- Forever Yonge
- 25 Years and Counting
- Torontoâs Capital Idea
- On a Pioneer Quest
- TTC Treasures on Display
- Country Roads Now Busy Scarborough Intersection
- Torontoâs Finest Walkinâ the Beat through History
- Celebrating Simcoe
- One More Time Around
- Sub Lore Lives On
- New Life from Liberty
- Moving Toronto
- Dying for Recognition
- Cityâs First Superhighway
- Junction Name Survives Many Amalgamations
- Taking Stock of the Junction
- The Evolution of a Corner
- A âHorridâ City Hall
- The Legacy Continues
- Dig Solves Mystery
- Deer Roamed Here
- Heroâs Final Journey
- Magic Movie Memories
- Booking Christmas
- A Small Mystery
- Our Long and Winding Roads
- Our Man Filey Is Stumped
- Exposing Our Past in Pictures
- Tracing Torontoâs Tracks
- Fort York Under Attack
- Streetwalkinâ Man
- Glory Days of the Palace Pier
- Bridging the Gap
- Toronto, A Safe Haven
- When the Leafs Budded
- On the Shelf
- Tripping Down Gasoline Alley
- Last Movie Palace
- The âDĂ©jĂ Vuâ from Here
- TD Centre on Horizon
- Moving Story of Historic Home
- Down Home Heroes
- Charred Ruins in Our City
- Glory for Leafs
- Swimming Into History
- Dickens of a Traveller
- On the Trams
- Thirty-Five Years on the Go
- âBest Used Car Buy in Townâ
- Charting Toronto Harbour
- Lifeâs a Beach
- Have a Right Royal Visit
- Recipe for a Riot
- Lighting Up 135 Candles
- In the Market for a Change
- Art at the Market Gallery
- Ahh, Those Good Old Days
- Queenâs Quay: Before and After
- Off to Market We Go
- Consummating the Union
- History of Our Brave Mounted Police
- Enter the Princesâ Gates
- Making an Exhibition
- What Might Have Been
- Dental College Endures
- A Desire for Streetcars
- That Was Then, This Is Now
- Spad-ee-na, Spad-eye-na?
- Will Plans Fly This Time?
- Rollinâ on Toronto Bay
- Say Goodbye to the Past
- Come Dance With Me
- Origins of the Sheppard Subway Line
- From Footpath to Street
- Power to the People
- Memories of Eatonâs
- Stories from History on Track
- Streetcar-Only Lanes
- On the Waterfront
- Views of Torontoâs Evolving Skyline
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