22
Aug
2012
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...
17
Aug
2012
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...
14
Aug
2012
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14
Aug
2012
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...
09
Aug
2012
Here's another lovely vintage photo from the Toronto Archives via the Vintage Toronto facebook page.
The Photo of the Day for August 9, 2012 was taken back in 1927 on Kingston Road looking south down...
08
Aug
2012
So here's a history mystery!
Does anybody know anything about a set of stairs that were once used to get up and down the Scarborough Bluffs?
This fabulous photo of a staircase on the Bluffs is...
03
Aug
2012
Almost 100 years ago today the Canadian steamer Alexandria sank at the foot of the Scarborough Bluffs, a little bit east of Birch Cliff.
The Alexandria was on its way from Toronto to Port Hope,...
01
Aug
2012
How many times have you driven past the old firehall on Birchmount Avenue, between Danforth Ave. and Danforth Rd., and wondered what was inside?
One day we decided to take a look and stumbled into...