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Posts Filed Under: 1980s

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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Vintage Toronto Ads: April Showers Bring Free Trousers

Two springtime approaches to foisting free pants on the public.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the News, April 19, 1912.

Vintage Toronto Ads: He’ll Huff, and He’ll Puff

But the Big Bad Wolf doesn't need to blow this house down.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Maclean's, February 2, 1987.
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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.

“A Voice That Can Scale Mountains”

Audiences and critics were smitten with Whitney Houston during her first live Toronto appearances in the mid-1980s.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Sun, August 17, 1986.
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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: Prime Time for Sports Fans

A switch from phone-in to phone-out created one of the cornerstones of The Fan.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Maclean's, November 27, 1989.
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Reel Toronto: 3 Men and a Baby

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city.

By David Fleischer

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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: Which Vehicle Has the Right of Way?

Thirty years ago, it was a legitimate question.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Sun, September 27, 1981.

Councillor Jack Layton

The national leader began his political career reshaping policy at City Hall.

By Jamie Bradburn

Vintage Toronto Ads: Songs in the Key of Life in Balmy Beach

By Jamie Bradburn

Toronto Art Then, Now, and Tomorrow in This is Paradise

By Dominic Mann Bertrand (Guest Contributor)

Vintage Toronto Ads: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Raiding the Bathhouses

By Jamie Bradburn

Vintage Toronto Ads: Jumping Jays

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ad: Miracle on Yonge Street

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Elephant Escapades

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Hypnotized by the Power of Super Fitness!

By Jamie Bradburn