Changing bulbs on the Sam the Record Man sign back in 1994 (credit: Peter Power)3yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
TBT: Here’s a wholesome af photo of three friends leaving dim sum in East Chinatown taken July 1999 (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
A protest sign left outside 13 Division after the police shot and killed Albert Johnson at his home in 1979 (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
TIL Russia's Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanov (sister of Czar Nicholas II) ended her days in this apartment, above a beauty parlour, on Gerrard St. (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
A rainy day roller skate on Yonge Street in 1986 (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Police detectives approach a bank robbery in progress at what is now the Hockey Hall of Fame (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
One of my favourite photos from the Star archives (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Protest against police shooting of a black teen at Queen’s Park 30 years ago (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Climate change rally on Queen St in October 1990 (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
People read a free special edition of the paper handed out at Union Station on September 11, 20015yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
On Aug. 26, 1979, Albert Johnson was shot and killed by police who entered his home to investigate a disturbance, his daughter is seen here at a rally protesting the acquittal of the two officers (more info in comments)3yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
TIL the mural on the back of the Flatiron building is actually a reflection of the Perkins Building (now Winners) across the street4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Remember this version of Trinity Bellwoods? (Photo: Peter Power, 1995)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
On Dec 10, 1969, Jimi Hendrix said “Canada has given me the best Christmas present I ever had,” when a Toronto jury acquitted him of drug possession charges (more info in comments)3yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Anyone else think we should bring back some of this 1960s neon on Yonge Street?4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Fans lined up for Mariah Carey autograph signing at HMV in 1996 (more photos in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Mike Myers is trending on Twitter so I found this 1993 picture of him from a story about how he used to stock up on Leafs merch at Sports Mint in Yorkville. As a token of appreciation, the store owner sent him a free shirt. He came in the next day and returned it and bought it himself.4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Monday the TTC’s last two (original) articulated streetcars are being retired. This photo was from their first test run in 1982.5yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
On January 7, 1986, the Star took 12,000 photos over 24 hours of an average day in Toronto. This was the front page photo. (more info in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
These guys from Scarborough were so close to creating first generation Netflix (story in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
There’s something unsettling about the CN Tower mid-construction. Photo by Boris Spremo, 1973.4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Found some quality photos of Parkdale in 1982 by Boris Spremo (Links for the rest in the comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
Keanu Reeves sick with a cold at TIFF 1988 (Original interview in comments)5yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
TIL a Star reporter tracked down one of Canada’s most notorious bank robbers in his 80s, he had been caring for two paraplegic women for 35 years under a new identity (more details in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
The Ford Hotel aka Queen of the Dumps on the northeast corner of Bay and Dundas in 1973 just before it was demolished. (more details in comments)4yr ⋅ torontostarchives ⋅ r/toronto
