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Posts Filed Under: 1970s

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Historicist: Happy 50th Birthday, North York!

Celebrating a suburban golden jubilee back in '72.

By Jamie Bradburn

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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.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Tiny Bennett Wants You to Unpollute

But what the outdoor columnist wanted was an exit from the Telegram.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Telegram, April 24, 1971.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Good News from Jim Curran

As CBC Radio's traffic reporter signs off after four decades on the air, we look back at the beginning of his broadcasting career.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Star, June 1, 1970.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Case of the Disappearing Bachelors

When 555 Sherbourne opened in St. James Town, it offered all the conveniences any 1970s apartment dweller could want.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Star, September 17, 1977.

Ron Wilson’s Recent Departure From the Leafs Was Not His First

Friday's firing of the Maple Leafs coach might have been nostalgic for him.

By Jamie Bradburn

How a 1979/80 hockey card of Ron Wilson might have looked. Photo taken from The Toronto Maple Leafs 1979/1980 by Stan Obodiac (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979).
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Danish Delights at the Copenhagen Room

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a meal prepared by a "sandwich virgin."

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Best of Toronto 1980.
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Historicist: Test Drive a Metropass

After years of study by the TTC, Torontonians were finally able to purchase a transit pass in 1980, even if it cost more than Montreal's.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Sun, April 6, 1980.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Gems of Canadiana (and Toronto the Good)

Before the Internet Archive, the Coles Canadiana Collection revived out-of-print historical works.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Star, February 2, 1970.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Most Outrageous Mothers of Them All

Frank Zappa's ensemble were a sensation at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1973.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Rolling Stone, March 15, 1973.
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It’s All Yours at Ontario Place

The landmark's evolution from a showcase of the province's achievements to a family amusement park.

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Hobnobbing with Authors

A revamp of the Telegram's book page in 1971 didn't please everyone.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Telegram, May 24, 1971.
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Historicist: Maclean’s Super-Amazing Captain Toronto Section

Was "Canada's National Magazine" hoping the rest of the country would hate Toronto more or was there love hidden under the sensational headlines?

By Jamie Bradburn

Cover, Maclean's, April 1972.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Comes a Time When Rust Never Sleeps

In 1978, Neil Young performed a set at Maple Leaf Gardens that came out of the blue and went into the black.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Rolling Stone, October 5, 1978.
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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.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Party at the PoP Shoppe

Celebrate the grand opening of a childhood favourite's newest location!

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Star, October 21, 1976.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Master the Art of Pleasing Each Other

Sharing the good life at a 1970s condo on the western edge of Etobicoke.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Maclean's, April 3, 1978.
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Historicist: I Sing The Body Hygienic

In his typically over-the-top style, veteran Toronto newspaper columnist McKenzie Porter's provided pointers on when and where to use the bathroom.

By Jamie Bradburn

Illustration by Sasha Plotnikova.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Bobby Orr’s Pizza Weekend

But the Bruins hockey legend didn't turn out to be the Tim Horton of pizza.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Don Mills Mirror, October 13, 1971.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Jack of Hearts’ Flying Circus

Victor Garber as a playing card and a television classic that one angry letter-writer saw as an affront to an entire nationality.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Sun, February 28, 1974.