Author: Filey, Mike.

FROM HORSE POWER TO HORSEPOWER. TORONTO: 1890-1930.

By: Filey, Mike and Russell, Victor.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 1993

Seller ID: 24915

ISBN-13: 9781550022001

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

112 pp, oblong (8 1/2" H x 11" D). B&w photographs, reproductions. "From the early 1890s through the 1920s, Toronto was caught up in a dizzying transportation revolution. As horse gave way to machine, the look of Toronto and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were altered irrevocably. First there was the electric streetcar, then the automobile, and soon all manner of 'working' vehicles. Street railway tracks were laid, service outlets and dealerships sprang up across the city, and the 'auto show' was born, an exciting new feature at the Canadian National Exhibition. (This) is a largely pictoria...
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A TORONTO ALBUM 2: MORE GLIMPSES OF THE CITY THAT WAS.

By: Filey, Mike.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 2002

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Not Signed

Seller ID: 31106

ISBN-13: 9781550023930

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

116 pp, square (10" H x 10" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. ""(A) photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Among the 100-plus photographs is a quartet that shows the remarkable changes to Toronto's skyline over a half-century. Others capture the 1939 royal visit, steam trains in their twilight years, the evolution of the Hospital for Sick Children, and glimpses of a few landmark buildings we weren't smart enough to keep." Interior - Christmas greetings with date notation in green ink at the top of the title page, som...
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DISCOVER & EXPLORE TORONTO'S WATERFRONT: A WALKER'S JOGGER'S CYCLIST'S BOATER'S GUIDE TO TORONTO'S LAKESIDE SITES AND HISTORY.

By: Filey, Mike.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn Press : 1998

Seller ID: 21531

ISBN-13: 9781550023046

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

144 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w maps, illustrations. "Mike Filey has expanded his original book to include areas that are now the waterfront of the new City of Toronto - stretching from the west end of Etobicoke to the Rouge River in the east. This valuable guide is an essential tool for anyone with an interest in Toronto: tourists, locals, and even out-of-towners who want to learn more about the lakeside sites of Canada's largest city." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright
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TORONTO SKETCHES 6. "THE WAY WE WERE" COLUMNS FROM THE TORONTO SUNDAY SUN.

By: Filey, Mike.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29962

ISBN-13: 9781550023398

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

294 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "This time around, Mike takes us to a performance at the Royal Alexandra Theatre by Al Jolson, the opening of Sunnybrook Hospital, a game between the baseball Leafs and the Havana Sugar Kings - with Fidel Castro throwing out the first pitch - and many more famous, notorious, and entertaining episodes in the history of this great city." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, tiny dent on front cover, light fading to colour at top 1" of spine.
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TORONTO CITY LIFE: OLD & NEW.

By: Filey, Mike. Introduction by David Crombie.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Don Mills, Canada, Nelson Foster & Scott : 1979

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28300

ISBN: 091932401

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

82 pp,11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, maps. "(P)resents more than eighty never-before-published photographs of the city as it was and as it is today. The photographs are accompanied by a lively text identifying and describing the buildings and sites and offering history and anecdotes of the city's past and its people. We learn, for example, that a windmill once stood at the foot of today's Parliament Street; that the St. La wrence Hall used to be the social centre of Toronto; and that the diving towers of the High Park Mineral Baths were once a popular plac...
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I REMEMBER SUNNYSIDE: THE RISE & FALL OF A MAGICAL ERA. REVISED EDITION.

By: Filey, Mike. Special Foreword by robert Thomas Allen.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 1998

Edition: Second Printing

Inscription: Not Signed

Seller ID: 31104

ISBN-13: 9781550022742

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

144 pp, 11 3/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "From 1922 until 1955, Toronto's Sunnyside Amusement Park, complete with its rides, stage shows, and dance halls, was the 'Disney World' of its day. By the mid-1950s, however, Toronto was experiencing a change. It wanted to be like New York City, and if that was to happen, Sunnyside would have to go. An expanded Lake Shore Boulevard and a new Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway ripped the heart out of Sunnyside. And although the Sunnyside bathing pavilion and 'tank', the beach, and the Palais Royale are still there, (this book) captures a bygone...
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Author: Filey, Mike.

FROM HORSE POWER TO HORSEPOWER. TORONTO: 1890-1930.

A TORONTO ALBUM 2: MORE GLIMPSES OF THE CITY THAT WAS.

DISCOVER & EXPLORE TORONTO'S WATERFRONT: A WALKER'S JOGGER'S CYCLIST'S BOATER'S GUIDE TO TORONTO'S LAKESIDE SITES AND HISTORY.

TORONTO SKETCHES 6. "THE WAY WE WERE" COLUMNS FROM THE TORONTO SUNDAY SUN.

TORONTO CITY LIFE: OLD & NEW.

I REMEMBER SUNNYSIDE: THE RISE & FALL OF A MAGICAL ERA. REVISED EDITION.