Toronto Sketches 3: The Way We WereMike Filey's "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper's most popular features. In Toronto Sketches 3, the third volume in Dundurn Press's Toronto Sketches series, Filey brings together some of the best of his columns. Each column looks at Toronto as it was, and contributes to our understanding of how Toronto became what it is. Illustrated with photographs of the city's people and places of the past, Toronto Sketches is a nostalgic journey for the long-time Torontonian, and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer. |
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CANADAS AIRSHIP ERA October 24 1982 | 14 |
HYDRO BUILDING HIGHLIGHT November 7 1982 | 16 |
BASEBALL FEVER October 10 1993 | 109 |
GETTYSBURG CARNAGE October 17 1993 | 112 |
INSTITUTE OF RENOWN October 24 1993 | 115 |
PARK PLAZAS PAST October 31 1993 | 117 |
SILENT CLASSIC November 7 1993 | 119 |
PICTURE THIS November 14 1993 | 121 |
TORONTO LORE November 21 1993 | 123 |
STREETCARS ON PARADE November 28 1993 | 126 |
METROS TOWNS OF YESTERDAY September 26 1982 | 18 |
ROY THOMSON STARTED OUT IN A SMALL WAY October 17 1982 | 20 |
BRIDGING THE GAP February 13 1983 | 22 |
ARROWMISSED ITS MARK February 20 1983 | 23 |
BIG GAS EXPLOSION LEFT TEN PALS DEAD March 201983 | 25 |
THE BARCLAY REMEMBERED April 10 1983 | 27 |
CHASING AFTER OLD WIND MILLS April 17 1983 | 29 |
STATUE HONOURS MARY PICKFORD May 15 1983 | 31 |
THE MOVIES WENT ROUND IN CIRCLES January 15 1984 | 33 |
PUTTING TORONTO ON TRACK April 8 1984 | 34 |
TORONTOS HAD FOUR BIG UNION STATIONS April 22 1984 | 36 |
PIANIST IS HONOURED BY NEW PARK June 24 1984 | 38 |
MEMORIES OF BOWLES LUNCHES April 28 1985 | 40 |
THE STORY BEHIND THE MOMS DAY CHOCOLATES May 12 1985 | 42 |
THE HEYDAY OF HOME DELIVERY June 2 1985 | 44 |
THE ARCH THAT WENT TO THE EX August 25 1985 | 46 |
A PIECE OF TORONTO SINCE 1922 December 1 1985 | 48 |
WHO WILL SAVE OUR OLDEST HOUSE? August 31 1986 | 51 |
A CENTURY OF MUSICAL MEMORIES December 28 1986 | 53 |
GROWING CONGREGATION January 25 1987 | 55 |
NOW THATS ENTERTAINMENT ON THE VAUDEVILLE SCENE February 8 1987 | 57 |
RADIO STATION CELEBRATES BROADCASTING MIRACLE February 15 1987 | 59 |
SOME SUPERHIGHWAY HISTORY October 11 1987 | 61 |
HISTORIAN DOCUMENTED MEMORIES February 14 1988 | 63 |
FOREST LAWN MAUSOLEUM October 23 1988 | 66 |
PUTTING TORONTO ON THE MAP November 6 1988 | 68 |
TRACING TO STREET NAMES December 18 1988 | 70 |
KEEPING THE SPIRITS ALIVE IN HISTORY BOOKS August 26 1990 | 73 |
NAME THAT STREET February 21 1993 | 75 |
FAMED COMIC HAS CANADA CONNECTION September 5 1993 | 77 |
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TALKIN TRASH September 12 1993 | 102 |
BRAVE NEW TO September 12 1993 | 104 |
GETTING FILL OF GARBAGE PROBLEMS September 19 1993 | 107 |
A BOOKISH HISTORY December 5 1993 | 128 |
PROFUSION OF PLAYHOUSES January 2 1994 | 130 |
OFF TO THE RACES January 9 1994 | 133 |
AJAX BORN IN WAR BOOM January 16 1994 | 135 |
A PENNY SAVED January 23 1994 | 137 |
ITS ALL OVER FOR FIVE AND DIMES January 30 1994 | 139 |
AUTOMANIA February 6 1994 | 142 |
DISTINGUISHED WAR SERVICE February 13 1994 | 144 |
TORONTO WHERE? February 20 1994 | 146 |
HAPPY 160TH TORONTO March 6 1994 | 148 |
TRANSIT GOES UNDERGROUND March 20 1994 | 151 |
GOIN DOWN THE TUBE March 27 1994 | 153 |
HISTORIC TRACK March 13 1994 | 155 |
TAKE ME OUT TO THE OLD BALL GAME April 3 1994 | 157 |
SUPER SERVICE April 10 1994 | 160 |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TORONTO ISLAND April 17 1994 | 163 |
CONNECT ME WITH April24 1994 | 165 |
SCHOOL DAYS May 1 1994 | 167 |
CATHEDRAL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN May 8 1994 | 170 |
TIME TRACKS May 15 1994 | 172 |
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER May 22 1994 | 174 |
LAID TO REST BY DESIGN May 29 1994 | 177 |
ON THE HOME FRONT June 5 1994 | 180 |
DIGGING UP TUNNEL TALK June 12 1994 | 182 |
OUR MASSEY HALL TURNS 100 June 12 1994 | 185 |
SETTING SAIL June 19 1994 | 190 |
FROM THE HUNT TO THE SKIES June 26 1994 | 193 |
TORONTOS MOST WANTED July 3 1994 | 196 |
A CAPITAL IDEA July 17 1994 | 199 |
RAIL KINGS MANSION July 17 1994 | 201 |
TOUGH LOAD TO MOVE July 24 1994 | 204 |
THE OLD MILL TURNING EIGHTY July 31 1994 | 206 |
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