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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 10h

Oct 10, 1975: the City of Toronto serves formal notice of its intention to designate Toronto Union Station under the Ontario Heritage Act. The designation would have given the building far more protection than National Historic Site designation, which also occurred in 1975. 1/2

The Front Street facade of Toronto Union Station, May 1971. Photo by F. Ellis Wiley, City of Toronto Archives.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 11h

I feel exactly the same way. 💸

A good print will have to suffice.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 11h

Much agreed Kara! I'm hoping that whoever buys it makes it readily available for local public viewings.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 12h

Auction listing for "Lights of a City Street":
tinyurl.com/575z6jt8

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 12h

From the Hudson’s Bay Company Collection — now being sold after HBC’s bankruptcy.

I feel we should ask City of Toronto or the Toronto Public Library, or the AGO to acquire this painting and keep it public within the city it depicts.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 12h

Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s "Lights of a City Street" (1894)
Yonge & King at dusk — will soon be up for auction.

A luminous, living snapshot of downtown Toronto.
Auction: Nov 19, 2025.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 15h

Today, it’s known as the Coca-Cola Coliseum, home to the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women’s Hockey League and the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate.

In 2026, it will also welcome the Toronto Tempo, the city’s new professional basketball team.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 15h

104 years ago today: CNE Coliseum construction site — Position 4, south facade looking north - Oct. 10, 1921.

#coliseum #winterfair #sports #arena #OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #exhibition #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 16h

The start, Woodbine Race Course, Toronto, October 10, 1907

Known as Woodbine from 1874, in 1963 it was renovated and renamed Greenwood, until its closure in 1993.

Postcard, gift of Norman Attikin
Toronto Public Library

#horseracing #postcard #OnThisDay #OTD #1900s #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 17h

Oct 10, 1922: Outdated streetcars being loaded onto CNR flatcars at TTC Hanson Yard (Coxwell Ave. & Hanson St.) to be shipped to Northern Ontario, where they would serve as emergency housing after the Great Fire of 1922.

#OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

North west corner of the Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. intersection, 103 years ago today - Oct. 9, 1922

📸: Alfred Pearson
Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.

#yongestreet #Yonge #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #alfredpearson #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #toronto #canada #hopkindesign

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

"Ed's Warehouse" restaurant, King St. W. at Duncan St., October 9, 1981.

Closed in the late 1990s, the building was demolished in 2023 to make way for the Forma condo development.

📸: Harvey R. Naylor

#restaurant #OnThisDay #OTD #1980s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

For many years, this historic house was presented as a museum of 1830s life — I still remember the smell of freshly baked bread offered to visitors. I miss that simple charm.

Today, The Grange remains part of the AGO, housing the Norma Ridley Members’ Lounge and exhibition spaces.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Built in 1817 as the home of D’Arcy Boulton Jr., his wife Sarah Anne, and their eight children, The Grange became the Art Museum of Toronto almost a century later, in 1913. By 1966, it had evolved into what we now know as the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Photos taken at “The Grange,” Toronto, 112 years ago today - Oct. 9, 1913.

📸: City of Toronto Archives

#OnThisDay #otd #thegrange #grangepark #1910s #artgallery #artgalleryofontario #art #house #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Now known as St. John’s Rehab, it was the first hospital in the Toronto area dedicated to rehabilitation care.

Founded in 1937 by the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine—pioneers in health care since 1885—it has long promoted healing of the mind, body, and soul.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

October 8, 1956: St. John’s Convalescent Hospital, located on the south side of Cummer Ave. between Yonge St. and Bayview Ave.

📸: Ted Chirnside
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, TPL

#Healthcare #hospital #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

Eaton Centre Excavation & Holy Trinity Church, 1975

Artist: Walter Jackson Councill (1915-1982)
Medium: Watercolour painting
Credit: Toronto Public Library

#1870s #watercolour #watercolor #painting #architecture #preservation #religion #art #artist #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

70 years ago today: Leaside Fire Dept., Fire Prevention Week Parade - Oct 7, 1955 (5 of 5)

Photos: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#leaside #fireprevention #firedept #parade #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

70 years ago today: Leaside Fire Dept., Fire Prevention Week Parade - Oct 7, 1955 (4 of 5)

Photos: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#leaside #fireprevention #firedept #parade #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

70 years ago today: Leaside Fire Dept., Fire Prevention Week Parade - Oct 7, 1955 (3 of 5)

Photos: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#leaside #fireprevention #firedept #parade #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

70 years ago today: Leaside Fire Dept., Fire Prevention Week Parade - Oct 7, 1955 (2 of 5)

Photos: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#leaside #fireprevention #firedept #parade #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

70 years ago today: Leaside Fire Dept., Fire Prevention Week Parade - Oct 7, 1955 (1 of 5)

Photos: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#leaside #fireprevention #firedept #parade #OnThisDay #OTD #1950s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible info Raveyote, great to know these details. Thank you! 😀

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

Completely rebuilt and rebranded as Greenwood Raceway in 1963, the track carried on for three decades before closing its doors in 1993.

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