Toronto: The way we were

Filey, Mike

ISBN 10: 0919324223 / ISBN 13: 9780919324220

Published by Nelson, Foster, & Scott Limited, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toronto: The way we were
• Publisher: Nelson, Foster, & Scott Limited
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0919324223
• ISBN 13: 9780919324220
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • War/History/Politics

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Synopsis

For decades Toronto historian Mike Filey has regaled readers with stories of the city's past through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, streetscapes, social customs, pleasure palaces, politics, sporting events, celebrities, and defining moments. Now, in one lavishly illustrated volume, he serves up the best of his meditations on everything from the Royal York Hotel, the Flatiron Building, and the Necropolis to Massey Hall, the Palais Royale, and the Canadian National Exhibition, with streetcar jaunts through Cabbagetown, the Annex, Rosedale, and Little Italy and trips down memory lane with Mary Pickford, Glenn Miller, Bob Hope, and Ed Mirvish. Filey recounts in vivid detail the devastation of city disasters such as Hurricane Hazel and the Great Fire of 1904 and spins yarns about doughnut shops old and new, milk deliveries by horse, swimming at Lake Ontario's beaches, Sunday blue laws, and how both World Wars affected Torontonians.

From the Inside Flap

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.