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Published October 27th by Dundurn first published January 1st Toronto's famous and celebrated - Marilyn Bell, Glenn Miller, Mary Pickford, and more For example, we learn about Palace Pier, which was an amusement pier and the development was proclaimed as one of the biggest landmarks to ever be built on the Toronto waterfront and would be similar to the many amusement piers found along the coast in England. As big band music faded away, boxing and wrestling matches, religious revival meetings, country and western concerts, and high school proms became the major events to frequent the Palace Pier. Toronto -- Pictorial works. The pier would also allow for steamer ships to dock alongside the structure, easing congestion for the 50, people a day the prospectus claimed would attend the amusement facility. When the author wrote the book, it was still Addison's
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Toronto Sketches , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Aug 02, Kathleen McRae rated it liked it Shelves: This book is a series of newspaper columns describing Toronto's history and places of interest.
Jul 26, Teena in Toronto rated it liked it Shelves: Mike Filey had a column in the Toronto Sun for about 30 years and I read it for many years I like learning about the history of Toronto Even though the book was published in , it was still an interesting book because it dealt with many historical events in Toronto. Plus since it was published in , it was inte Mike Filey had a column in the Toronto Sun for about 30 years and I read it for many years I like learning about the history of Toronto Plus since it was published in , it was interesting to see what was going on back then and what has changed or hasn't.
If you live in Toronto or are from Toronto, you should check it out. Eva rated it really liked it Nov 10, Even though the book was published in , it was still an interesting book because it dealt with many historical events in Toronto. Plus since it was Mike Filey had a column in the Toronto Sun for about 30 years and I read it for many years I like learning about the history of Toronto Plus since it was published in , it was interesting to see what was going on back then and what has changed.
I bought my first car from Addison on Bay in the early s which was in the old McLaughlin Building. The building opened in as the McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom and is designated as a heritage site.
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In a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: Included in this latest compilation are stories about the controversial, though not altogether new, improvements to the TTC's St. Clair streetcar route, as well as accounts of such fondly remembered gasoline brands as Joy, B-A, and White Rose. Then there are those popular Great Lakes passenger ships that carried thousands to such "foreign" ports as Lewiston and Rochester in New York State.
Recounting the unforgettable Toronto snowstorm of and the tragedy of the fire aboard the SS Noronic prove that not all memories are pleasant ones.