Toronto skyline, winter of 1912. Ice boats congregate on the frozen lake surface near the shipping wharves.
📸: City of Toronto Archives, William James family fonds
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Three photos that form a rough panoramic view of Toronto's skyline, 95 years ago today: Sept 4, 1930.
📸: City of Toronto Archives, cobbled together by me.
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Skyline of Toronto at sunset, 67 years ago today - July 27, 1958.
📸: Harvey R. Naylor, with slight digital cleanup by me.
Original image: City of Toronto Archives
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40 years ago today: Toronto's skyline as viewed from a ferry, July 22, 1985.
📸: Ellis Wiley, courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.
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In the foreground, a group of people enjoy a warm summer day on the grassy shoreline of the Toronto Islands. Two men wade into the water while others lounge or stand, watching boats glide across the harbour. Dominating the right side of the frame is the Trillium, the city’s iconic sidewheel ferry, painted in bright white with a black smokestack and red flag. This vessel—built in 1910—still exists today, making it one of the oldest operating ferries in North America. Across the water, the Toronto skyline of the 1940s rises modestly but recognizably. Key landmarks include: Bank of Commerce Building (the tallest tower at the time) St. James Cathedral spire Numerous grain elevators and industrial buildings along the central waterfront This vivid postwar view captures the peaceful, everyday life of Torontonians in a city just beginning to grow upward and outward.
79 years ago today: Downtown skyline as seen from the Toronto Islands. The ferry "Trillium" approaches - July 7, 1946
📸: Ellis Wiley
City of Toronto Archives
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A colour photograph of a portion of the skyline of Toronto looking north from Queen's Quay. A sunny day with barely any clouds is depicted. A large grass field takes up much of the foreground and a number of buildings are midway, some far in the distance can be seen. The Royal York Hotel is the highest of the buildings. Union Station, the old Toronto Postal Delivery Building, the old Toronto Star Building on King St. W, and Canada Life Building on University Ave. are visible.
79 years ago today: Skyline of Toronto from Queen's Quay - June 23, 1946
Ellis Wiley photo
Credit: City of Toronto Archives.
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Looking north east to downtown Toronto's skyline from the harbour 100 years ago - 1925
Photographer unknown. Colour by me.
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library.
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Looking north east to downtown Toronto's skyline from the harbour 100 years ago - 1925
Photographer unknown.
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library.
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View of the City from the docks, Hanlan's Point, Toronto, circa 1935. - 📸: Toronto Public Library
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Toronto skyline from Fleet St., just east of Yonge St., 77 years ago today - April 18, 1948
📸: Ellis Wiley
City of Toronto Archives, with a slight digital cleanup by me.
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Toronto skyline in Winter, 1912. Ice boats congregate on the frozen lake surface near the shipping wharves.
📸: City of Toronto Archives, William James family fonds
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Three photos forming a panoramic view of the Toronto skyline #OnThisDay 94 years ago - Sept 4, 1930.
Images courtesy of City of Toronto Archives, cobbled together by me.
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View of the City from the docks, Hanlan's Point, Toronto, circa 1935. - 📸: Toronto Public Library
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Toronto skyline from Hanlan's Point, #OnThisDay in 1972 (July 31) - Harvey R. Naylor photo.
📸: City of Toronto Archives, with digital edits by me.
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Toronto skyline from an island ferry #OnThisDay in 1985 (July 22)
📸: Ellis Wiley, courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.
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Photos by Ellis Wiley from a trip to the Toronto Islands, taken #OnThisDay in 1946 (June 23)
Image credits: City of Toronto Archives
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Toronto skyline from Fleet St., just east of Yonge St., #OnThisDay in 1948 (April 18) - Ellis Wiley photo.
Credit: City of Toronto Archives, with some digital edits by me.
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A night view of the skyline, Toronto, Canada, by Alex Palett, as featured on a 1972 postcard in my collection.
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