Toronto, 115 years ago today: Looking north on Yonge Street from King Street at 1:30pm, Oct. 18, 1911.

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Today I happily attended the grand opening of the new AUTOPHOTO analogue photobooth gallery + museum in Toronto.

Incredible staff and just a neat place overall! 😀

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Catfish Pond at High Park, Toronto - October 15, 1915

📸: John Boyd
Toronto Star Photograph Archive / Toronto Public Library

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Osgoode Hall, Queen Street West, northeast corner University Avenue, Toronto - October 15, 1910.

Photographer unknown
Credit: Toronto Public Library

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Toronto, 100 years ago today! 🚋

Passengers board a single-operator streetcar at St. Clair & Yonge on October 15, 1926.

📸: City of Toronto Archives.
Digital editing & colourization by me.

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Toronto, 115 years ago today: St. Clair Avenue West, Oct. 24, 1911.

Photos taken to document the construction of a Toronto Civic Railways (TCR) streetcar line.

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

📸: James Victor Salmon
Credit: Toronto Public Library

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A beauty spot on Sunnyside boulevard, Toronto, Oct. 13, 1921.

Photographer unknown, digitally repaired & colourized by me.

Original image courtesy Toronto Public Library / Toronto Star Photograph Archive.

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

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

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East Riverdale Bantams & Juniors — Playground and City and Toronto and District Baseball Champions, October 12, 1940.

📸: City of Toronto Archives

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Bluffer's Park under construction, Oct. 11, 1973.

📸: Dick Loek
Credit: Toronto Star Photograph Archive / Toronto Public Library

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A photo of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct published in the Sunday World, October 7, 1922.

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Fire Prevention Week Parade, Leaside Fire Department - October 7, 1955.

📸: James Victor Salmon
Credit: Toronto Public Library

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Toronto, 100 years ago today: The Railway Lands from the roof of the Cobban Building - Oct. 6, 1926. A small panorama stitched together from two photographs by myself.

Original photo credit: City of Toronto Archives

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Traffic on Front Street West, 94 years ago today - October 5, 1932. People, Gray Coach buses, Peter Witt streetcars, and automobiles making their way around Union Station, a primary gateway to downtown Toronto.

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On Oct. 4, 1922, wind-driven bush fires swept across 18 townships in northern Ontario, killing an estimated 43 people and destroying much of Haileybury.

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Leaside Memorial Community Gardens at Millwood Road and Laird Drive, Oct. 4, 1952.

The gardens have changed considerably since the original arena first opened its doors.

📸: Toronto Star photograph archive / Toronto Public Library

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Toronto, 101 years ago today: South entrance of the Armouries, University Ave. - Oct. 3, 1925.

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Toronto’s Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory at the University of Toronto, in a photo dated 100 years ago today — October 3, 1926.

📸: Toronto Star Archives / Toronto Public Library - with digital edits by me.

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Happily, my friend Brandon Steen introduced me to artist David Marshak at the opening reception of "Toronto: An Evolving Landscape" at Roberts Gallery.

There David enlightened us on techniques he utilized for his 2026 painting "Chinatown".

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