Mike Filey's Toronto Sketches, Books 10-11
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 2014
582 pages
978-1-4597-2949-0 (ISBN)
Description
Mike Filey's column ",The Way We Were", first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, over four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper's most popular features. In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: ",The Way We Were.", Since then another ten volumes have been published. Each column looks at Toronto as it was and contributes to our understanding of how the city became what it is. Illustrated with photographs of the city's people and places of the past, Toronto Sketches are nostalgic journeys for the long-time Torontonian and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer. This special bundle collects volumes ten and eleven, packed with fascinating information about Toronto's history. IncludesToronto Sketches 10Toronto Sketches 11
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Content
- Cover
- Toronto Sketches 10
- Contents
- A Watery Commute
- Cronyism Has Always Existed Here
- Toronto Under Siege
- Touring Motel Alley
- What's in a Name?
- Safety Back in the Day
- Swimmingly Good Times
- Gas Price Wars Revisited
- Babe a Hit in Toronto
- Rose by Any Other Name
- A Shining Example
- Gooderham, Worts, and All
- Lights, Action, Drive!
- Our Changing Skyline
- On the Waterfront
- Hooray, Simcoe Day
- TTC Testing LRT Bidders
- Ex Marks the Spot
- Red Rockets of Yesteryear
- Taking a Flight Back in Time
- She's the Belle of Lake Ontario
- A Grave Story Indeed
- Stagnant Gardens
- When Joy Came to Town
- Goodbye Dominion, Hello Metro
- New, Old Electric Railway
- Landmark of Learning
- Lest We Forget
- Toronto in Transition
- A Toronto Kingpin
- Tracking the Past
- Bag to the Future
- Oh, How We've Grown
- A Surprise Demolition
- Birth of Sunday Sports
- Historic Snow Days
- Bridging the Gap
- Historic "Snow Fight"
- Yorkville - the First 'Burb
- Postcards from the Edge
- Casa de Toronto
- Street Smart?
- Big Time in History
- Central Prison of Horrors
- Motor Ride Back in History
- A Time for Talkies
- Original "Mr. Fix-It"
- Tough Act to Follow
- Night Toronto Burned
- Full Steam Ahead
- John Lyle's Vision Shaped in T.O.
- Royal Reception
- The Dating Game
- Ahead of its Time
- Sky's the Limit
- Pomp and Pageantry
- Keeping Us Amused
- Streetcar City
- Toronto in the Dumps
- Here She Is, Miss Toronto (1926)
- University's Magnificent Beacon
- The Day Noronic Went Up in Smoke
- The Word on the Street Is .
- Island Tunnel that Would Never Be
- A Revolutionary Condo Concept
- Home Sweet Home Aboard Red Rocket
- Let's Set the Record Straight
- Let's Head Back in Time
- You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry .
- Flying Saucer of the Great White North
- Shedding Light on Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
- Toronto's Ever-Changing Skyline
- The Rise of the Big Smoke
- Rolling Billboards of the Past
- They Were a Cut Above
- Toronto Sketches 11
- Contents
- Dancing Days of Yesteryear
- Remember Kids, Safety First
- On a Wing and a Prayer
- Never-Ending Roadwork
- Toronto EMS Has Come a Long Way
- Life and Times of the SS Cayuga
- Crash Course in History
- The Birth of Toronto Island
- Titanic's Toronto Connection
- The Man Behind Sunnybrook
- Paying Homage to the Temple
- Horsing Around with the Past
- A Royal Trip Around T.O.
- Namesake Is Forever Yonge
- Royal Twist to Street Name
- Daring Young Man over T.O.
- Ritzy Hotel Shot for the Green
- Evolution of Transportation
- Long Track to Union Station's Opening
- When T.O. Got Wired
- Agriculture Fair Sprouts the Ex
- Good, Plane Fun at the Ex
- Toronto's "New" City Hall Turns 45
- Next TTC Stop, "Little Norway"
- Waterfront Gem Still Sparkles
- Brave Firemen of Yesteryear
- City Hall that Might've Been
- Lavish Houses of Government
- The History of Sick Kids
- Shedding Light on a Landmark
- Fire-Claimed Landmarks
- Canadian Icon's Birthplace
- Postcards from the Edge of Town
- Hustled by City Hall
- This Victoria Square Just a Dream
- Arrow's Short-Lived Flights
- He Was the Justin Bieber of '52
- Arcade Building a T.O. Original
- Making Tracks Back to Belt Line
- The Vanishing Bayview Ghost
- From Farm Field to Airfield
- The Cyclorama Experience
- That's One Big Birthday Candle
- Whatever Happened to Gas Wars?
- Sailing Back in Time
- Rocket Blast to the Past
- Debt, Generally Speaking
- City Streets Go Electric
- Gateway to Fun and Games
- Commuters of Yesteryear
- Noronic's Last Voyage
- Gas Shortage Sparks Innovation
- Air Museum Home Up in the Air
- Barker Finally Gets His Due
- The Street Name Game
- Toronto's Steamy Past
- "Kipling's Road to Woodbridge"
- Cop Shops, Old and New
- Road Pioneers of the Past
- House that Conn Smythe Built
- Sunnyside Had Quite a Ride
- Great Snowstorm of '44
- Trip Down Gasoline Alley
- Get Wind of This .
- Death in the Valve House
- Evolution of T.O.'s Transit
- A Moving Experience
- Getting Schooled in History
- A Hot Time in Muddy York
- Copyright
