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29 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day Aug. 29, 2012

August 29, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
buses, radial cars, Scarborough

Here's a fabulous photo depicting the transition from radial cars to buses in Scarborough. It's 1936 and workers are removing the radial car tracks while a bus passes by in the foreground. Electric radial cars started...

28 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Aug. 28, 2012

August 28, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Heights, gardening, Highview Park

There was an interesting article in the Globe and Mail on the weekend about a new spirit of collaboration between guerilla gardeners and the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation department. It got me thinking about...

27 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Aug. 27, 2012

Has anyone else wondered what it must be like to live in a house with a backyard that overlooks the Bluffs? I've often thought how much fun it would be to sit on the patio,...

23 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 23, 2012

August 23, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

Meet 48-year old Brian Pearson who supplements his disability insurance by collecting refundable beer and liquor bottles from the blue bins of Birch Cliff. Brian says he collects bottles three days a week, every other...

22 Aug 2012

City Services, History, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 22, 2012

August 22, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Loop, Kingston Road, streetcar, ttc

Turning back the clock 84 years, our photo of the day is a great shot of Kingston Road looking west from Birchmount in 1928. It's a shot of streetcar tracks being laid when the...

21 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 21, 2012

August 17, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

The Photo of the Day for August 21, 2012 is a shot of the first mural by the Birch Cliff Community Mural Project. It's located at the convenience store on Kingston Road just west of...

20 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 20, 2012

August 17, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

Our Photo of the Day for August 20, 2012 is a beautiful shot of monarch butterflies at Rosetta McClain Gardens. It was submitted by Janine Morrison, a Birch Cliff resident we follow on twitter (@TonicLiving) who...

17 Aug 2012

History, Photo of the Day, Retail

Photo of the Day Aug. 17 2012

August 17, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Kingston Road, retail, revitalization, Warden Avenue

The Photo of the Day for August 17, 2012 was taken on Kingston Road east of Warden in 1954. It seemed appropriate given yesterday's post about D.O.T. Furniture closing down to make way for a...

16 Aug 2012

City Services, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 16 2012

August 16, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

The Photo of the Day for August 16, 2012 is a simple asphalt patch at the south end of Haig Avenue. What's important is what's not in the shot -- orange pylons. City work crews finally...

14 Aug 2012

History, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day August 14 2012

August 15, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
archival photos, Birchmount Road, Kingston Road

Our Photo of the Day for August 14, 2012 is another great snapshot in time from the Toronto Archives. This photograph was taken in 1927 at the corner of Kingston Road and Birchmount Road, long...