Toronto Sketches 7
eBook - ePub

Toronto Sketches 7

The Way We Were

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Toronto Sketches 7

The Way We Were

About this book

Mike Filey is back again with another installment in the popular Toronto Sketches series. Mike's nostalgic look at the city's past combines legend, personal anecdotes, and photographs to chronicle the life of an ever-changing city.

Among the stories in this volume, Mike looks back to the introduction of the "horseless carriage." He laments the loss of great movie houses of the past - the University, Shea's Hippodrome, the Tivoli - and applauds those looking to save the Eglinton Theatre, and he tells the history of the King Edward Hotel as it enters its 100th year.

Toronto Sketches 7 is a valuable addition to the collection of any fan of Toronto history.

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Information

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9781550024487
eBook ISBN
9781459712799
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Roundabout the Roundhouse
  7. Toronto’s Maritime Past on Display at the Pier
  8. Sir John A. Preferred the Queen’s
  9. Hotel Spadina Finds New Life As Backpackers’ Hostel
  10. About the Man and Street Called Jarvis
  11. The Road Through Mount Pleasant
  12. Keeps on Track with a Unique Gauge
  13. An Exhibition with Tradition
  14. Major League Dreams of Yesteryear
  15. A Marine Disaster of Titanic Proportions
  16. 100 Years and Counting: Ceremonies to Mark Centennial of Magnificent Old City Hall
  17. Building Up Our Tallest Structures
  18. The Genesis of University Avenue
  19. Harvey’s Began a Beautiful Thing
  20. The Tale of Toronto’s Unfortunate Titanic Survivor
  21. Our Subway Keeps Rolling Along
  22. Dancing Down at the Pier
  23. Leaside Long Ago
  24. The House That Arthur Built
  25. The Way We Could Have Been
  26. Take a Turn Through Toronto
  27. Time and a Clock Keep East Ticking
  28. Turn of the Century — 100 Years Ago
  29. Falling Victim to Killer Flu
  30. Sound Fit for Castle
  31. Time Running Out on Old Meters
  32. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
  33. Love of Wheels Goes Way Back
  34. Toronto Has History of Thinking Big
  35. Oh, For Those Gas Price Wars!
  36. The House That Was Chorley Park
  37. Remembering Canada’s First War Dead
  38. Toronto’s “International” Intersection
  39. Downtown Devastation
  40. Debunking a High Park Myth
  41. Red Rockets Coloured Childhood
  42. Sunday Sports Not New
  43. It Was President’s Choice
  44. Regiment Salutes Queen Mum
  45. Helping Our Kids Get Better
  46. Toronto’s Shifting Waterfront
  47. He Leaves Landmark Legacy
  48. Where Have I Heard That Before?
  49. A Dandy Fight with the Yanks
  50. Some Things Never Change
  51. Imposing Grid on Toronto the Good
  52. The Latest in Hogtown Mascots
  53. Hope Floats in Captain John’s Story
  54. Brockville’s Toronto Connections
  55. Good Lord! It’s Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe
  56. $32-Million Facelift for Coliseum
  57. Mackenzie Was Railway King
  58. Toronto Water an Old Problem
  59. Not All in Favour of City Hall
  60. Man Behind Mineral Baths
  61. Watch Out for Streetcars
  62. Unearthing Necropolis’s Past
  63. Hurricane Hazel Brought Tragedy to Toronto
  64. History Is All in the Cards
  65. Some Issues Never Go Away
  66. Public Transit a “Private” Matter
  67. Man Who Would Be Mayor — Wasn’t
  68. Motoring Back to Yesteryear
  69. This Plant Generated Some Steam
  70. Toronto Then and Now
  71. Island Airport Bridge Up in the Air
  72. Memories of Christmases Past
  73. Old City Hall Bells Still Toll for Us