Rudy#OTD March 6 1834, Toronto officially becomes a city
but today is not Toronto's birthday
Adam Bunch explains why
https://torontohistory.substack.com/i/49766619/today-is-not-torontos-birthday
#ThenAndNow Thorncliffe Ski Jump
the ski jump itself, a 60-foot wooden structure, stood at the top of the ravine wall (behind and a bit to my right in the second picture), and the big bend in the West Don river enclosed the ski jump's runout area
1934 vs 2026
#ThenAndNow Summerhill Ave used to cross the CP rail line at the end of Shaftesbury Ave
1912 vs 2026
I'll be Frank with you 🇨🇦
The Final Pizza Party
The Beach Cineplex
Midnight, closing day.
#TOHistory #toronto
505 Balliol Street #Davisville #Toronto
built in 1889, the Page House and Grocery Store was a post office and neighbourhood convenience store for decades, narrowly escaping demolition and granted heritage status in 2018 with the help of councillor
Josh Matlow
latest plans call for moving the house to the centre of the lot, severing the lot into two, and building two semi-detached homes in the rear, each of which gets half the heritage house
see https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-229548.pdf
seems an appropriate day for this advice
p.s. https://lostrivers.ca/ is both a #Toronto and #TOhistory treasure
Points of Interest
https://lostrivers.ca/content/points/pin.html
delightful
by https://mstdn.ca/@[email protected]ial whom we should invite back here
Dreaming of Book Designs
https://jbscurioemporium.substack.com/p/january-6-dreaming-of-book-designs
@transit anyone remember the huge bust of Lenin that sat atop that building?
no idea when it was removed
this picture from December 2009
another great video by Not Smooth Steve
this one's about the history of zoned fares on the TTC
