Jeremy Hopkin
@jeremyhopkin.bsky.social
Toronto History Aficionado, Artist & Graphic Designer, Ambassador of Motorista Studio, Proud Husband & Father
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
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
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
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 3:30 AM
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
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
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
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
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
#100years #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #transit #streetcar #history #Weston #MountDennis #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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
#100years #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #transit #streetcar #history #Weston #MountDennis #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
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
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
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
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
Its role as the central branch ended in 1977 with the opening of the new Toronto Reference Library.
The University of Toronto later transformed 214 College into the Koffler Student Centre, named for philanthropist Murray Koffler. Today, the heritage façade endures as a beloved campus landmark.
The University of Toronto later transformed 214 College into the Koffler Student Centre, named for philanthropist Murray Koffler. Today, the heritage façade endures as a beloved campus landmark.
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Its role as the central branch ended in 1977 with the opening of the new Toronto Reference Library.
The University of Toronto later transformed 214 College into the Koffler Student Centre, named for philanthropist Murray Koffler. Today, the heritage façade endures as a beloved campus landmark.
The University of Toronto later transformed 214 College into the Koffler Student Centre, named for philanthropist Murray Koffler. Today, the heritage façade endures as a beloved campus landmark.
Opened in 1909, the Beaux-Arts Carnegie building became Toronto’s main reference hub, complete with Corinthian columns, ornate cornices and a soaring, light-filled reading room.
Designed by Alfred H. Gregg, A. Frank Wickson and Alfred Chapman, it was funded by a $350K grant from Andrew Carnegie.
Designed by Alfred H. Gregg, A. Frank Wickson and Alfred Chapman, it was funded by a $350K grant from Andrew Carnegie.
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Opened in 1909, the Beaux-Arts Carnegie building became Toronto’s main reference hub, complete with Corinthian columns, ornate cornices and a soaring, light-filled reading room.
Designed by Alfred H. Gregg, A. Frank Wickson and Alfred Chapman, it was funded by a $350K grant from Andrew Carnegie.
Designed by Alfred H. Gregg, A. Frank Wickson and Alfred Chapman, it was funded by a $350K grant from Andrew Carnegie.
Falconbridge declared: “May the structure which will be erected on the stone which I have today declared to be well and truly laid be a source of material improvement, of innocent pleasure and of inspiration to unnumbered generations of our fellow citizens.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Falconbridge declared: “May the structure which will be erected on the stone which I have today declared to be well and truly laid be a source of material improvement, of innocent pleasure and of inspiration to unnumbered generations of our fellow citizens.”
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
#OTD #library #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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
#OTD #library #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
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
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
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
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
At the time Postal Station A was the busiest mail building in Canada, with an average of 30 percent of all Canadian mail passing through it daily.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
At the time Postal Station A was the busiest mail building in Canada, with an average of 30 percent of all Canadian mail passing through it daily.
Union Station remained unscathed, thanks to the protection of a solid wall between it and the Postal Station.
Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers said the fire began sometime around 5 a.m. on the fourth floor, and it quickly travelled up and down the five floors along mail conveyor belts.
Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers said the fire began sometime around 5 a.m. on the fourth floor, and it quickly travelled up and down the five floors along mail conveyor belts.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Union Station remained unscathed, thanks to the protection of a solid wall between it and the Postal Station.
Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers said the fire began sometime around 5 a.m. on the fourth floor, and it quickly travelled up and down the five floors along mail conveyor belts.
Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers said the fire began sometime around 5 a.m. on the fourth floor, and it quickly travelled up and down the five floors along mail conveyor belts.
Thousands of pieces of mail and parcels destined for locations across Canada were destroyed in the blaze, luckily no one was injured.
Thankfully, no pension or family allowance cheques were in the building.
Thankfully, no pension or family allowance cheques were in the building.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thousands of pieces of mail and parcels destined for locations across Canada were destroyed in the blaze, luckily no one was injured.
Thankfully, no pension or family allowance cheques were in the building.
Thankfully, no pension or family allowance cheques were in the building.
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
#onthisday #postoffice #postal #fire #1970s #unionstation #history #toronto #jeremyhopkin
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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
#onthisday #postoffice #postal #fire #1970s #unionstation #history #toronto #jeremyhopkin
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
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
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
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
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
1955 📸: James V. Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, TPL
#thenandnow #1950s #architecture #losttoronto #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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
1955 📸: James V. Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, TPL
#thenandnow #1950s #architecture #losttoronto #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
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
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
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
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
The old headquarters continued as a TD branch into the early 1960s, but Toronto’s postwar “urban renewal” declared many 19th-century buildings outdated.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The old headquarters continued as a TD branch into the early 1960s, but Toronto’s postwar “urban renewal” declared many 19th-century buildings outdated.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
By the time photographer James Victor Salmon captured his image on Nov. 25, 1955, more than 90 years of Toronto’s coal-fired smokestacks had dulled those elegant details under layers of soot.
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
By the time photographer James Victor Salmon captured his image on Nov. 25, 1955, more than 90 years of Toronto’s coal-fired smokestacks had dulled those elegant details under layers of soot.
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
The building opened in 1863, designed by architect William Kauffmann in an ornate Italian Renaissance style.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The building opened in 1863, designed by architect William Kauffmann in an ornate Italian Renaissance style.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
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
#OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #bank #architecture #victorian #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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
#OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #bank #architecture #victorian #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
The old headquarters continued as a TD branch into the early 1960s, but Toronto’s postwar “urban renewal” declared many 19th-century buildings outdated.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The old headquarters continued as a TD branch into the early 1960s, but Toronto’s postwar “urban renewal” declared many 19th-century buildings outdated.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
This landmark was demolished in the early 1960s.
By the time photographer James Victor Salmon captured his image on Nov. 25, 1955, more than 90 years of Toronto’s coal-fired smokestacks had dulled those elegant details under layers of soot.
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
By the time photographer James Victor Salmon captured his image on Nov. 25, 1955, more than 90 years of Toronto’s coal-fired smokestacks had dulled those elegant details under layers of soot.
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
After WWII, the Bank of Toronto merged with the Dominion Bank to form today’s Toronto-Dominion Bank (1955).
The building opened in 1863, designed by architect William Kauffmann in an ornate Italian Renaissance style.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The building opened in 1863, designed by architect William Kauffmann in an ornate Italian Renaissance style.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
Its three-storey limestone façade, round-arched windows, and grand entrance were directly inspired by Venetian palaces. A bold architectural statement for a young, growing city.
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
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
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
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