Category Archives: Looking Back at Toronto

Looking at the evolution of Toronto and significant historic events. Highlighting the buildings, places and businesses that were once landmarks in the City.

Toronto: 57.2 cm of SNOW!!!

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Last week, weather forecasters predicted 5 cm of snow for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The City, however, was taken by surprise when 15 cm of snow blanketed the GTA and has continued to fall on the world’s most culturally diverse city. Luckily, I was basking in the sun in Barbados and missed the whole ordeal to-date.

Now that I think about it, I was also in Australia during the big snow storm in January 1999, the time when Mel Lastman, then mayor, called in 400 Canadian soldiers from CFB… Read the rest

January 8, 2011 – 7:02 pm
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Remember: The Palace Theatre

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As I get older, I find myself reminiscing about the past. From time-to-time, I drive by my old neighbourhood to reflect on the good old days and see what it looks like now.The change that I see in my old stopping grounds is similar to change I see across the city. Toronto has transformed itself as the population continues to grow and the needs of each community change. Every week, when I am at my office at Pape and Danforth, I am often reminded of

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November 16, 2010 – 3:50 pm
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