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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 11h

Heavy skies

Toronto, Ontario
July, 2017

Shot of Kodak Ektar 100

#WeekPforPink #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #Toronto #LakeOntario #skyline #sunset #reflection #Toronto #MyToronto #beleiveinfilm #filmsnotdead #KodakEktar #35mmfilm

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 13, 1910: Railway crossing at High Park - Now Colborne Lodge Drive, north of Lake Shore Blvd. W.

‪#HighParkToronto #Railway #Railroad #OnThisDay #OTD #1910s #history‬ ‪#torontohistory #toronto #canada ‪#jeremyhopkin ‬

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Next to the hotel is the Sunnyside Bus Terminal waiting room. The building was rented out as a donut shop for several years after Gray Coach's closure before becoming a McDonald's.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Edgewater Hotel, Roncesvalles Ave., west side, north of The Queensway, Oct. 13, 1957.

📸: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#hotel #parkdaletoronto #transit #busterminal #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

The view looking south at the intersection of Yonge & Bloor Streets, Toronto, October 13, 1938.

#yongestreet #bloorstreet #1930s #streetcar #advertising #streetscenes #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Annual church parade of the Toronto Police Force, October 12, 1930.

#police #church #parade #OnThisDay #OTD #1930s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Soldiers' Tower under construction, University of Toronto, October 12, 1923.

#memorial #warmemorial #university #uoft #onthisday #OTD #1920s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Resurfacing Beverley Street in Toronto with Tarvia, October 12, 1910.

Tarvia is a formerly trademarked surfacing and binding material made from coal tar.

#roads #construction ‪#onthisday #OTD #1910s #history‬ ‪#toronto #canada ‪#jeremyhopkin ‬

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian Pacific Railway inspection car, Oct. 12, 1916.

"...used by CPR officials in making inspection trips - carries flags and markers like a regular train. It can make 60 miles per hour easily."

📸: John Boyd Sr. / City of Toronto Archives

#1910s #railway #railroad #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

East Riverdale Baseball Champs, 1940.

#baseball #championship #riverdaletoronto #OnThisDay #OTD #1940s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

85 years ago today: East Riverdale Bantams & Juniors — Playground and City and Toronto and District Baseball Champions.

#baseball #championship #riverdaletoronto #OnThisDay #OTD #1940s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

King Street & Yonge Street, looking east from west of Yonge, Toronto. Image from a circa 1910 postcard.

Gift of Norm Attikin
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#postcards #1910s #streetcar #trolley #streetscape #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 10, 1975: the City of Toronto serves formal notice of its intention to designate Toronto Union Station under the Ontario Heritage Act. The designation would have given the building far more protection than National Historic Site designation, which also occurred in 1975. 1/2

The Front Street facade of Toronto Union Station, May 1971. Photo by F. Ellis Wiley, City of Toronto Archives.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

I feel exactly the same way. 💸

A good print will have to suffice.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

Much agreed Kara! I'm hoping that whoever buys it makes it readily available for local public viewings.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

Auction listing for "Lights of a City Street":
tinyurl.com/575z6jt8

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

From the Hudson’s Bay Company Collection — now being sold after HBC’s bankruptcy.

I feel we should ask City of Toronto or the Toronto Public Library, or the AGO to acquire this painting and keep it public within the city it depicts.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s "Lights of a City Street" (1894)
Yonge & King at dusk — will soon be up for auction.

A luminous, living snapshot of downtown Toronto.
Auction: Nov 19, 2025.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

Today, it’s known as the Coca-Cola Coliseum, home to the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women’s Hockey League and the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate.

In 2026, it will also welcome the Toronto Tempo, the city’s new professional basketball team.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

104 years ago today: CNE Coliseum construction site — Position 4, south facade looking north - Oct. 10, 1921.

#coliseum #winterfair #sports #arena #OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #exhibition #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

The start, Woodbine Race Course, Toronto, October 10, 1907

Known as Woodbine from 1874, in 1963 it was renovated and renamed Greenwood, until its closure in 1993.

Postcard, gift of Norman Attikin
Toronto Public Library

#horseracing #postcard #OnThisDay #OTD #1900s #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 10, 1922: Outdated streetcars being loaded onto CNR flatcars at TTC Hanson Yard (Coxwell Ave. & Hanson St.) to be shipped to Northern Ontario, where they would serve as emergency housing after the Great Fire of 1922.

#OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 5d

North west corner of the Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. intersection, 103 years ago today - Oct. 9, 1922

📸: Alfred Pearson
Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.

#yongestreet #Yonge #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #alfredpearson #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #toronto #canada #hopkindesign

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 5d

"Ed's Warehouse" restaurant, King St. W. at Duncan St., October 9, 1981.

Closed in the late 1990s, the building was demolished in 2023 to make way for the Forma condo development.

📸: Harvey R. Naylor

#restaurant #OnThisDay #OTD #1980s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 5d

For many years, this historic house was presented as a museum of 1830s life — I still remember the smell of freshly baked bread offered to visitors. I miss that simple charm.

Today, The Grange remains part of the AGO, housing the Norma Ridley Members’ Lounge and exhibition spaces.

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