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Posts Filed Under: 1960s

The Saga of the Maple Leafs’ Futility (Part One)

Forty-five years ago today, the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. Here's some of what's happened since.

By Jamie Bradburn

Excerpt, the Globe and Mail, May 3, 1967.
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Dial 1050 CHUM for Dick Clark

In honour of "America's Oldest Teenager," a look at his brief stint as a Toronto radio DJ...sort of.

By Jamie Bradburn

Cover of the June 10, 1963 edition of the CHUM Chart.
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Historicist: In the Dark

How Toronto survived, and even enjoyed, the Northeast Blackout of 1965.

By Jamie Bradburn

Children enjoying a skate at Nathan Phillips Square during the 1965 blackout, with light provided by city parks trucks. Illustration by Jeremy Kai/Torontoist.
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Lampy Versus Big Daddy

As TTC General Manager Gary Webster awaits his fate today, a look at a past power struggle over the TTC.

By Jamie Bradburn

Allan Lamport and Frederick Gardiner in happier times, during the official opening of the Yonge subway, March 30, 1954. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 8963.
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The Elegant New Sutton Place Hotel

The downtown landmark awaits reincarnation as condos. Let's take a look at its explosive beginning.

By Jamie Bradburn

Advertisement, the Globe and Mail, June 16, 1967.

Vintage Toronto Ads: A Very Special Birthday Party

Vintage Toronto Ads celebrates its fifth anniversary by looking at Eaton's 100th.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Globe and Mail, January 1, 1969.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Coming Christmas Day—The Odeon York!

Leave the kids at home for an adults-only opening bill!

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Star, December 24, 1969.

A Gardens Gallery

Shoppers join sermons, Shakespeare, singers, and skaters as part of the eclectic history of Maple Leaf Gardens.

By Jamie Bradburn

Sketch of Maple Leaf Gardens as it was first unveiled in the press. The Telegram, March 5, 1931.
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The Evolving Landscape of St. James Park

The presence and removal of Occupy Toronto are only the latest in a series of many changes in this history-rich site's appearance.

By Jamie Bradburn

St. James Park, circa 1978–1979. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 302, Item 4.

Toronto’s First Glimpses of Gadhafi

Whether they called him Ghedaffi, Kadafi, or Kazzafi, our newspapers were optimistic when the Libyan dictator's regime began in 1969.

By Jamie Bradburn

Front page, the Globe and Mail, September 2, 1969.
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Two Minutes of Modernism

A filmmaker salutes Toronto's 1960s architecture.

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: By The Time I Get to See Glen Campbell

A previous Toronto appearance for one of the headliners at this year's Ex.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Globe and Mail, August 8, 1969.

Lying in State at Old City Hall

Before Jack Layton, the public mourned two former mayors at our main municipal building.

By Jamie Bradburn

"Some of the thousands of citizens who passed through [Old] City Hall today to pay their final respects to Mayor Sam McBride as he lay in state are shown above with a few of the many handsome floral tributes and the solemn procession inside the building." The Telegram, November 16, 1936.
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Moving, Grooving, and Redesigning the CNE

Is the CNE a charming anachronism that has provided generations of Torontonians a final taste of summer fun, or an outdated relic that has little reason to continue?

By Jamie Bradburn

Come Out to Caribana ’67

By Jamie Bradburn

Pop Goes the Festival

By Jamie Bradburn

Vintage Toronto Ads: An Epicurean Delight

By Jamie Bradburn

Vintage Toronto Ads: The Rise and Fall of a Diefenbaker MP

By Jamie Bradburn

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Who’s Afraid of the Self-Serve Liquor Store?

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Mad About Clark Shoes (or One Fine Day in the Desert)

By Jamie Bradburn