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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 4:04:52 GMT
And last but certainly not least, here's one for you Snacky. A homburg I found in a store in Niagara on the Lake. Yes I tried it on but my fashion advisor, aka my daughter, gave it a thumbs down. I am no Murdoch. LOL - I'm wondering how I will look in a homburg now!  What I was thinking of doing was making some sort of tour map and overlaying these pictures on it. Could you find some sort of area map and trace out the path you took on it? Then I can overlay the pictures you took! Yes I do remember that you wanted this. As soon as I figure how to do that on a computer, you will have it! |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 4:18:44 GMT
For those of us who live in or near Toronto we would love the attention but we also would like the city to clean up its act! Get a real mayor, not a buffoon. And fix transit and roads so that getting around the city is not such a headache. I will not drive in downtown Toronto: it is completely crazy. And I am ok with taking subways and buses but the service has deteriorated greatly over the last 20 years. That's why RoFo got elected: he talked big about subways. Then he got in and very little has happened. Transit is a major issue in the election that will take place in Oct. Everyone wants it but no one wants to pay for it. MM has and should continue to focus on the rich history of Toronto and the surrounding area as those who have run the burg for many years have held little regard for the city's past. I am sure you know that most of the exterior shooting for the series takes place outside of Toronto, in smaller towns and cities that have been more diligent about preserving their older buildings, parks and shorelines. It is like the city wants to erase its past in an effort to become "one of the big boys" on the world stage. So sad. I hear Rob Ford has a tumor...but if it's not it's head, that doesn't explain much of the past and mainly suggests he will be on a leave of absence for the near future. In the mean time, I suggest taking credit for that singing astronaut! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 1:23:36 GMT
It's too bad Rob Ford had to withdraw: things were getting pretty interesting. His brother just does not have the same rapport with their supporters.
And as for Chris Hadfield, he is God's gift to science teachers in this country. His you tube stuff, even the singing, are such good teaching tools, and so entertaining at the same time.
His book is a good read too.
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Post by carco on Oct 5, 2014 19:03:33 GMT
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Post by snacky on Oct 5, 2014 20:48:48 GMT
Great article that shows how a TV show can contribute to civic pride. |
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Post by lovemondays on Oct 6, 2014 16:46:32 GMT
Great article that shows how a TV show can contribute to civic pride. Thanks for the link carco. I love Mike Filey. He is one of Toronto's premier historians so his opinion really matters. I like that he's willing to accept the 'historical license' taken by the writers because there is some good factual info as well as the show's ability to spur us on to learn something new. |
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Post by carco on Oct 6, 2014 21:50:01 GMT
Great article that shows how a TV show can contribute to civic pride. Thanks for the link carco. I love Mike Filey. He is one of Toronto's premier historians so his opinion really matters. I like that he's willing to accept the 'historical license' taken by the writers because there is some good factual info as well as the show's ability to spur us on to learn something new. No problem lovemondays, glad you enjoyed it.  I love Mike Filey too, I always try to read his section in the Sun. I believe he is sometimes a referral point for the MM folks, so I'm sure he is well aware of (and no doubt fully enjoys) the "artistic licence" they take. He would be a fascinating fellow to chat with....so many stories! |
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Post by lovemondays on Oct 6, 2014 22:19:58 GMT
Thanks for the link carco. I love Mike Filey. He is one of Toronto's premier historians so his opinion really matters. I like that he's willing to accept the 'historical license' taken by the writers because there is some good factual info as well as the show's ability to spur us on to learn something new. No problem lovemondays, glad you enjoyed it. I love Mike Filey too, I always try to read his section in the Sun. I believe he is sometimes a referral point for the MM folks, so I'm sure he is well aware of (and no doubt fully enjoys) the "artistic licence" they take. He would be a fascinating fellow to chat with....so many stories! I seem to recall that Mike Filey contributed to one of the "Making of MM" episodes last season. He is obviously aware of the show but I wonder if he is a fan. |
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Post by mrsbrisby on Oct 7, 2014 5:55:31 GMT
This was a very interesting article. Are there any published histories of Toronto? I would be interested in on that followed the development of the city as opposed to one of those "Great Families of (Fill in the name of the City) that are so prevalent and are almost completely uninformative. I've been puttering around looking at the maps that are available online and I think I discovered an interesting factoid and forgive me Torontonians if you already know this. When I read the the first Murchoch book in which it was mentioned that Station House Four was on Wilton, I went to Google Maps and looked up Wilton finding this short little street south of Front and thought I had identified the location of SHF. Then I started perusing historic maps and discovered that the location of that Wilton Street was either underwater or under a dock in 1902. Later while scanning through the Fire Insurance maps I found Wilton Avenue! It ran west to east between Yonge Street and what was then River Street. On the north side of Wilton in the first block east of Parliament Street was the police station. Wilton Avenue disappeared when it became part of the route of Dundas Street. That may not float your boats, but this kind of research was a large part of my professional life and I find it fascinating. I found a map of 1902 Toronto on the site: Historic Maps of Toronto, if you want to get a feel for the city as it was then, well at least the layout of the place. Anyway, I'm always interested in historic information. At |
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Post by carco on Oct 10, 2014 23:46:30 GMT
This was a very interesting article. Are there any published histories of Toronto? I would be interested in on that followed the development of the city as opposed to one of those "Great Families of (Fill in the name of the City) that are so prevalent and are almost completely uninformative. I've been puttering around looking at the maps that are available online and I think I discovered an interesting factoid and forgive me Torontonians if you already know this. When I read the the first Murchoch book in which it was mentioned that Station House Four was on Wilton, I went to Google Maps and looked up Wilton finding this short little street south of Front and thought I had identified the location of SHF. Then I started perusing historic maps and discovered that the location of that Wilton Street was either underwater or under a dock in 1902. Later while scanning through the Fire Insurance maps I found Wilton Avenue! It ran west to east between Yonge Street and what was then River Street. On the north side of Wilton in the first block east of Parliament Street was the police station. Wilton Avenue disappeared when it became part of the route of Dundas Street. That may not float your boats, but this kind of research was a large part of my professional life and I find it fascinating. I found a map of 1902 Toronto on the site: Historic Maps of Toronto, if you want to get a feel for the city as it was then, well at least the layout of the place. Anyway, I'm always interested in historic information. At Late reply, sorry about that mrsbrisby. I can't think of any specific book titles regarding Toronto history but I'm sure there are many. Mike Filey who authored the article above, has written several books, all with many photographs, about Toronto and related history so maybe try searching for his books/name and it may give you other search leads. I know much of the land that is now below Front Street, I believe, is reclaimed land and that way back when, it was docks. It wasn't that long ago I vaguely recall an article in the TO Star about construction crews working on excavating for a new buidling, finding an old wooden boat and/or wooden dock ---I remember "wood" was involved !! hahaha. It was a reminder for everyone in the city that the shoreline of Toronto Harbour is now waaaay back from the original, natural shoreline. There are some very interesting stories out of early Toronto, but I'm sure you would enjoy reading something by Mike Filey, he knows so many of the little details.....even just reading from the archives of his They Way We Were columns in the Toronto Sun newspaper would be very interesting. |
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Post by snacky on Oct 10, 2014 23:48:42 GMT
This was a very interesting article. Are there any published histories of Toronto? I would be interested in on that followed the development of the city as opposed to one of those "Great Families of (Fill in the name of the City) that are so prevalent and are almost completely uninformative. I've been puttering around looking at the maps that are available online and I think I discovered an interesting factoid and forgive me Torontonians if you already know this. When I read the the first Murchoch book in which it was mentioned that Station House Four was on Wilton, I went to Google Maps and looked up Wilton finding this short little street south of Front and thought I had identified the location of SHF. Then I started perusing historic maps and discovered that the location of that Wilton Street was either underwater or under a dock in 1902. Later while scanning through the Fire Insurance maps I found Wilton Avenue! It ran west to east between Yonge Street and what was then River Street. On the north side of Wilton in the first block east of Parliament Street was the police station. Wilton Avenue disappeared when it became part of the route of Dundas Street. That may not float your boats, but this kind of research was a large part of my professional life and I find it fascinating. I found a map of 1902 Toronto on the site: Historic Maps of Toronto, if you want to get a feel for the city as it was then, well at least the layout of the place. Anyway, I'm always interested in historic information. At Late reply, sorry about that mrsbrisby. I can't think of any specific book titles regarding Toronto history but I'm sure there are many. Mike Filey who authored the article above, has written several books, all with many photographs, about Toronto and related history so maybe try searching for his books/name and it may give you other search leads. I know much of the land that is now below Front Street, I believe, is reclaimed land and that way back when, it was docks. It wasn't that long ago I vaguely recall an article in the TO Star about construction crews working on excavating for a new buidling, finding an old wooden boat and/or wooden dock ---I remember "wood" was involved !! hahaha. It was a reminder for everyone in the city that the shoreline of Toronto Harbour is now waaaay back from the original, natural shoreline. There are some very interesting stories out of early Toronto, but I'm sure you would enjoy reading something by Mike Filey, he knows so many of the little details.....even just reading from the archives of his They Way We Were columns in the Toronto Sun newspaper would be very interesting. We still need to make this map some day. |
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Post by carco on Oct 11, 2014 0:03:14 GMT
Late reply, sorry about that mrsbrisby. I can't think of any specific book titles regarding Toronto history but I'm sure there are many. Mike Filey who authored the article above, has written several books, all with many photographs, about Toronto and related history so maybe try searching for his books/name and it may give you other search leads. I know much of the land that is now below Front Street, I believe, is reclaimed land and that way back when, it was docks. It wasn't that long ago I vaguely recall an article in the TO Star about construction crews working on excavating for a new buidling, finding an old wooden boat and/or wooden dock ---I remember "wood" was involved !! hahaha. It was a reminder for everyone in the city that the shoreline of Toronto Harbour is now waaaay back from the original, natural shoreline. There are some very interesting stories out of early Toronto, but I'm sure you would enjoy reading something by Mike Filey, he knows so many of the little details.....even just reading from the archives of his They Way We Were columns in the Toronto Sun newspaper would be very interesting. We still need to make this map some day. Yes! |
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Post by carco on Oct 11, 2014 4:08:03 GMT
Here's a pretty good article from the Toronto Star about the old Toronto waterfront. I have to say, I didn't know about Knapp's "Roller Boat" at all, but now I've read about it, seriously, how can we not see an episode of MM include mention of that poor contraption bobbing around off shore, bumping into other ships? I wonder if this Knapp fellow was humiliated by the failure of his boat to perform as claimed and that's why he abandoned it? I can't even count how many times I must have driven over it's final resting place!! It never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from my Murdoch Mysteries homework assignments !! Toronto's Waterfront |
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Post by snacky on Oct 11, 2014 5:10:46 GMT
Here's a pretty good article from the Toronto Star about the old Toronto waterfront. I have to say, I didn't know about Knapp's "Roller Boat" at all, but now I've read about it, seriously, how can we not see an episode of MM include mention of that poor contraption bobbing around off shore, bumping into other ships? I wonder if this Knapp fellow was humiliated by the failure of his boat to perform as claimed and that's why he abandoned it? I can't even count how many times I must have driven over it's final resting place!! It never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from my Murdoch Mysteries homework assignments !! Toronto's Waterfrontlol, I wish they included a picture of that! It's hard to imagine! |
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Post by carco on Oct 11, 2014 5:56:59 GMT
Here's a pretty good article from the Toronto Star about the old Toronto waterfront. I have to say, I didn't know about Knapp's "Roller Boat" at all, but now I've read about it, seriously, how can we not see an episode of MM include mention of that poor contraption bobbing around off shore, bumping into other ships? I wonder if this Knapp fellow was humiliated by the failure of his boat to perform as claimed and that's why he abandoned it? I can't even count how many times I must have driven over it's final resting place!! It never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from my Murdoch Mysteries homework assignments !! Toronto's Waterfrontlol, I wish they included a picture of that! It's hard to imagine! They did! Click on the spot where it says view 3 photos its #2...it's weird! |
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I love Mike Filey too, I always try to read his section in the Sun. I believe he is sometimes a referral point for the MM folks, so I'm sure he is well aware of (and no doubt fully enjoys) the "artistic licence" they take. He would be a fascinating fellow to chat with....so many stories!