Toronto
Subtitle: the way we were
By: Mike Filey
Contributors: Gibson Library Connections, Inc
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto [Ont.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781770703506; 9781459703087; 9781550028423; 9781282815483
Subjects: History; General; ARCHITECTURE; HISTORY
Description: In this lavishly illustrated volume, Toronto historian Mike Filey regales readers with the best of his meditations on everything Toronto, including stories of the city's past told through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, streetscapes, social customs, pleasure palaces, politics, sporting events, celebrities, and defining moments.
Table of contents: title: 1 Toronto's passing scene; title: Birth of a city; title: Many happy returns; title: Our mother of invention; title: The CNE that was ...; title: Postcard perfect; title: Torn from the headlines; title: Water tanks ... for the memories; title: On the beat since 1834; title: Grab your Easter bonnet; title: Celebrations in history; title: History of improvement; title: The bells, the bells; title: Ring in the New Year; title: Calling 1947!; title: Mayor Foster's Care; title: 2 Toronto's war years; title: Days of defeat; title: Path to a great tribute; title: In praise of our heroes; title: It's over, over there; title: An anniversary of note; title: 3 Toronto pleasure palaces; title: Kicking up our heels; title: The Palais Royale reborn; title: Casino Royale; title: Coulda danced all night; title: The play's the thing; title: On the sunnyside; title: The gardens; title: 4 Toronto at work; title: A hit, one tire at a time; title: Banking on Canada; title: Driving ambition; title: Not at your service; title: Public power; title: Snapshot of the past; title: Luxury up on high; title: Gas pains; title: 5 Toronto and disaster; title: Our city in ruins; title: Rare photos of the Great Toronto Fire; title: Toronto's worst disaster; title: Up in smoke; title: Watery grave; title: Swept away; title: 6 Toronto landmarks; title: Toronto's tower of power; title: Pray in beauty; title: Postal past; title: Prime real estate; title: Save the roundhouse; title: The Flatiron Building; title: T.O. streets full of art; title: A house like no other; title: A pleasant walk in the past; title: And the winner was ...; title: Battle for Sunnybrook; title: Child full of grace; title: Defending Fork York; title: Doing time in T.O.; title: Fanciful flights; title: Mi Casa Loma; title: Milestones in medicine.