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Jeremy Hopkin
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Toronto History Aficionado, Artist & Graphic Designer, Ambassador of Motorista Studio, Proud Husband & Father
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In Toronto Saturday night!!! 🚂🎅🎄

CPKC Holiday Train
Nov. 29th, 8:30pm
750 Runnymede Rd. (CPKC Lambton Yard)

Details:
www.cpkcr.com/en/community...

#CPKC #holidaytrain #events #railway #railroad #happyholidays #jeremyhopkin
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Saturday! 🎙️🎅🍽️🍻

Info:
www.torontomike.com/category/tmlx/
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Building the Bloor Street East Viaduct (Don Valley), Oct., 1915

Artist: Owen Staples (1866-1949)
Medium: Watercolour
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#1910s #bloorviaduct #princeedwardviaduct #donvalley #watercolour #painting #torontoart #art #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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100 years ago today: Toronto celebrated the formal opening of the new Weston and Mount Dennis streetcar line - Nov. 28, 1925.

#100years #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #transit #streetcar #history #Weston #MountDennis #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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George Tattle house, circa 1880

Artist: Joseph Thomas Rolph (1831-1916)
Medium: Watercolour
📸: Toronto Public Library

Notes: St. Clair Ave. W., south side, between Avenue & Poplar Plains Roads, Toronto.

#1880s #watercolour #painting #city #torontoart #art #artist #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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On this day in 1906, Toronto’s leading citizens gathered at 214 College Street as Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor Sir William Mortimer Clark and Chief Justice Sir William Glenholme Falconbridge laid the cornerstone for the city’s new central library.

#OTD #library #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Sailboat at Toronto Islands, circa 1940

Artist: Owen Staples (1866-1949)
Medium: Watercolour
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#1940s #sailing #watercolour #watercolor #painting #torontoart #art #torontoislands #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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On November 26, 1974, many Torontonians heading to work downtown discovered the east side of Union Station billowing with dark plumes of smoke. Postal Station “A” had been on fire for more than three hours.

#onthisday #postoffice #postal #fire #1970s #unionstation #history #toronto #jeremyhopkin
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Somerset House, circa 1955

Artist: Nicholas Hornyansky, 1896-1965
Medium: Watercolour
📸: TPL

J.W.L. Forster House / Hon. James Cox Aikens House
Built in 1873, it still stands at 27 Wellesley St. E.

#1950s #watercolour #watercolor #painting #city #torontoart #art #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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A festive and fun way to experience Toronto's transit history!
🎅🎄🤶

#transit #TorontoHistory #HappyHolidays #Christmas #vintagestyle #halton #trolley #events #jeremyhopkin

Info:
hcry.org/events/
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Get your tickets for "Christmas on the Rails" at the door or online. December 6, 7, 13 and 14 - 2025. 1pm to 8pm.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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and while researching the Lawton Loop i discovered this short but sweet video by @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social that basically shows the same north view in a delightful way

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November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#ThenAndNow TTC's Lawton Loop, for streetcars on Yonge street (decades before the subway)

#Toronto #TOhistory
Lawton Loop looking north, May 1923, Toronto archives, featuring a Peter Witt streetcar Lawton Loop looking north, November 2025 Lawton Loop looking west, May 1923, Toronto archives Lawton Loop looking west, November 2025, featuring a 97 Yonge bus
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Equity Chambers, north east corner of Adelaide St. E. & Victoria St., Nov. 24, 1955. I've added a more recent view of the same location.

1955 📸: James V. Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, TPL

#thenandnow #1950s #architecture #losttoronto #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Have you listened to milestone episode 1800 of the Toronto Mike’d Podcast yet? 🏰

Mike and Jeremy Hopkin record live from Casa Loma and share all the funfacts & mindblows about this historic Toronto landmark.

🎙️Listen here: tinyurl.com/2vxu6unz

#casaloma #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin #torontomiked
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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First Headquarters of the Bank of Toronto, northwest corner of Wellington & Church Streets. Seen here exactly 70 years ago today, on Nov. 25, 1955.

#OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #bank #architecture #victorian #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Santa Claus Parade, Toronto, 1977

Artist: Rod Prouse
Medium: Pastels
Credit: Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

Notes: Bloor Street and Avenue Road intersection.

#1970s #santaclausparade #torontoart #art #artist #winter #pastels #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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3 views of a TTC streetcar passenger safety platform, with protecting beacon and buffer, St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto - Nov. 22, 1928

📸: Alfred Pearson
City of Toronto Archives

#OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #streetcar #transit #torontohistory #toronto #canada #hopkindesign
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Simpson’s flagship department store at Yonge & Queen in Toronto, all decked out for the Christmas season - Nov. 22, 1973.

📸: Harvey R. Naylor
Credit: City of Toronto Archives

#otd #onthisday #1970s #departmentstore #christmas #happyholidays #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Its 11pm on Firday night in the east end of Toronto.

That only means 1 thing. Johnnys Hamburgers is packed.

A rather quant suburban relic of a fast food burger joint that still persists. A welcome relic of a forlorn era of suburban bliss.

#JohnnysHambugers #fastfood #Scarborough #Toronto #diner
Local legend, Johnny's Hamburgers. A Vic Park and Sheppard staple since 1967.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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100 years ago today: Santa greets the crowd at the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade, Toronto, Nov. 21, 1925.

📸: City of Toronto Archives, with digital edit & colour by me.


#OnThisDay #OTD #Christmas #1920s #santaclausparade #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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134 years ago today: Twelve horse team pulling a snow sweeper in Toronto, Nov. 21, 1891.

Today in Toronto it feels just as cold as this photo looks.

#otd #onthisday #flashbackfridays #horses #snow #snowday #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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96 years ago today: The Danforth Branch of the Toronto Public Library opened - Nov. 20, 1929.

It was renamed Pape/Danforth in 1979 and has undergone several renovations, including a major update by Hariri Pontarini Architects in 2006.

#Library #OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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North west corner of the Bloor St. E. & Sherbourne St. intersection, Toronto, 102 years ago today, and a more recent view of the same location.

1923 📸: City of Toronto Archives

#thenandnow #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #bloorstreet #Bank #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The CPKC Holiday Train will be easier for Torontonians to see this year! Finally, it will be here on a weekend. 🎅🚂🎄

Saturday, Nov. 29
8:30pm-9:00pm
750 Runnymede Rd., Toronto

Info:
www.cpkcr.com/en/community...

#CPKCHolidayTrain #Holidays #events #railway #railroad #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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York Township Streetcar Lines began operating 101 years ago today - Nov. 19, 1924. The opening ceremony was held in front of the Oakwood theatre at 161 Oakwood Ave.

#OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #transit #streetcar #trolley #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM