Eaton Centre Excavation & Holy Trinity Church, 1975
Artist: Walter Jackson Councill (1915-1982)
Medium: Watercolour painting
Credit: Toronto Public Library
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08.10.2025 02:52 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Incredible info Raveyote, great to know these details. Thank you! π
07.10.2025 14:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
For a time, both stations stood side by side β one fading into history, the other about to become a Toronto landmark.
06.10.2025 23:22 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
99 years ago today β October 6, 1926:
A look north on York Street from Fleet Street, when Toronto was in the midst of a grand transition.
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06.10.2025 23:22 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
CIBC tower from Yonge and Wellington streets, Oct. 6, 1958 - Harvey R. Naylor photo.
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06.10.2025 18:20 β π 19 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
70 years ago today: John Barker house, (+2 kids) Albion Rd., north east side, around Calstock Drive - October 5, 1955.
πΈ James V. Salmon
Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library
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05.10.2025 18:41 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Traffic on Front Street West, 93 years ago today β October 5, 1932.
People, Gray Coach buses, Peter Witt streetcars, and automobiles bustle around one of the main gateways to downtown Toronto.
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05.10.2025 17:05 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory at UofT, a photo dated 99 years ago today - October 3, 1926.
The Soldiers' Tower is under construction, so the photo must be prior to 1924.
πΈ: Toronto Public Library
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03.10.2025 14:41 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
South entrance of the Armouries, University Ave., Toronto, a photo taken 100 years ago today - Oct. 3, 1925.
This is one of the β10 Toronto buildings that shouldnβt have been demolishedβ we talked about on Episode 1468 of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast
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www.torontomike.com/2024/04/10-t...
03.10.2025 13:36 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Peter Witt 2766 and the rest of the TTC Heritage Collection are currently in storage at the Halton County Radial Railway as the TTC Hillcrest complex undergoes a major renovation.
02.10.2025 23:43 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Thank you Hadley! Great to see these beautiful old houses are still standing.
01.10.2025 01:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Royal Canadian Curling Club, 131 Broadview Ave., Toronto - Sept. 30, 1929. The club is still there today.
Their history in brief:
royalcanadiancurling.com/index.php/ou...
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01.10.2025 01:27 β π 18 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
A "View in Rosedale", Toronto - Postmarked September 30, 1906
πΈ: Toronto Public Library
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30.09.2025 13:21 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
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