Toronto Sketches 7: The Way We WereMike 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. |
Contents
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Keeps on Track with a Unique Gauge | 28 |
An Exhibition with Tradition | 31 |
Red Rockets Coloured Childhood | 122 |
Sunday Sports Not New | 125 |
It Was Presidents Choice | 128 |
Regiment Salutes Queen Mum | 131 |
Helping Our Kids Get Better | 134 |
Torontos Shifting Waterfront | 138 |
He Leaves Landmark Legacy | 141 |
Where Have I Heard That Before? | 144 |
Major League Dreams of Yesteryear | 35 |
A Marine Disaster of Titanic Proportions | 38 |
Ceremonies to Mark Centennial of Magnificent Old City Hall | 41 |
Building Up Our Tallest Structures | 45 |
The Genesis of University Avenue | 49 |
Harveys Began a Beautiful Thing | 52 |
The Tale of Torontos Unfortunate Titanic Survivor | 55 |
Our Subway Keeps Rolling Along | 58 |
Dancing Down at the Pier | 61 |
Leaside Long Ago | 64 |
The House That Arthur Built | 68 |
The Way We Could Have Been | 71 |
Take a Turn Through Toronto | 74 |
Time and a Clock Keep East Ticking | 77 |
Turn of the Century 100 Years Ago | 80 |
Falling Victim to Killer Flu | 82 |
Sound Fit for Castle | 86 |
Time Running Out on Old Meters | 89 |
Where Theres Smoke Theres Fire | 92 |
Love of Wheels Goes Way Back | 95 |
Toronto Has History of Thinking Big | 99 |
Oh For Those Gas Price Wars | 103 |
The House That Was Chorley Park | 106 |
Remembering Canadas First War Dead | 109 |
Torontos International Intersection | 113 |
Downtown Devastation | 116 |
Debunking a High Park Myth | 119 |
A Dandy Fight with the Yanks | 147 |
Some Things Never Change | 150 |
Imposing Grid on Toronto the Good | 153 |
The Latest in Hogtown Mascots | 156 |
Hope Floats in Captain Johns Story | 159 |
Brockvilles Toronto Connections | 163 |
Good Lord Its LieutenantGovernor Simcoe | 166 |
32Million Facelift for Coliseum | 169 |
Mackenzie Was Railway King | 172 |
Toronto Water an Old Problem | 176 |
Not All in Favour of City Hall | 180 |
Man Behind Mineral Baths | 183 |
Watch Out for Streetcars | 186 |
Unearthing Necropoliss Past | 189 |
Hurricane Hazel Brought Tragedy to Toronto | 192 |
History Is All in the Cards | 195 |
Some Issues Never Go Away | 198 |
Public Transit a Private Matter | 202 |
Man Who Would Be Mayor Wasnt | 206 |
Motoring Back to Yesteryear | 209 |
This Plant Generated Some Steam | 212 |
Toronto Then and Now | 215 |
Island Airport Bridge Up in the Air | 218 |
Memories of Christmases Past | 221 |
Old City Hall Bells Still Toll for Us | 224 |
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