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The old borough boundaries would cause constant headaches on the fire dept switchboards. Unlike Police and Ambulance, we maintained 6 separate switchboards and we had to know exactly where the borders were. York and East York were the worst, because the borders would run helter-skelter through...

The two hydrants would actually be on two separate water mains, one for the city and one for the borough. As a member of the fire dept., we were always told not to use the other city's hydrant unless absolutely necessary because our city would be charged for the water. The same situation could...

The white on green "Bayview-Bloop Ramp" sign is a pre-amalgamation Metro Works sign. They were used (rarely) on Metro parks or property. Another example was the now-gone Aquatic Dr., off of Lakeshore Bl W.

"I joined in January but have been lurking since then. I have been in the “Then and Now” thread for over three months, sometimes for three to four hours a night to get caught up. I am amazed at the knowledge, resourcefulness and pure research skills you all demonstrate here. I am so glad I...

I fly Porter to Newark on a regular basis and find the NJTransit rail connection to NY Penn Station incredibly convenient. I've often found myself at my midtown Manhattan hotel within an hour of landing in the morning. I believe the train is US$15 and is only 3 or 4 stops. This beats LaGuardia...

The rectangular black on white signs were installed at several intersections along Yonge and the Lakeshore in the '50's or '60's. Possibly coinciding with the road reconstruction after the subway and the Gardiner were built. It looks like they were replaced with the back-lit centennial signs in...

The Druxy's left last year. A new snack bar has opened in the lower level of the new terminal on the public side of the check-in kiosks.

The illuminated signs were installed on major thoroughfares as a Centennial project in the old City of Toronto, if I remember correctly. White on blue for east-west and white on yellow for north-south. I found them very visible from far off. Post-amalgamation, the new city decided not to support...

Anyone know what year the covered walkway over Front St between the old north and south St Lawrence Markets was demolished?

Hi Mike, The biggest stumbling block that we've encountered is the new requirement for U.S. citizens to hold passports (or enhanced DL's in some cases) when crossing the border. That is why we had included passport aps in our material. We were surprised by how few of our U.S. members actually...

I too find it near impossible to find a seat at my local Starbucks (Parliament/Carlton) most days due to those who have decided to Occupy Starbucks (couldn't resist). So, I just move on to my local pub! God knows the prices are almost the same now.

You don't often see that vintage of sign without the street-type identifier at the end. Usually, it was only found when the name of the street was too long for the blank eg. Northumberland (St). This was obviously a mistake that was caught after the pressing, but before it went onto the pole...

While helping to organize a convention in Toronto for a US-based volunteer organization, I was gobsmacked by how unwilling many of our US members are to travel outside of the United States. We have gone as far as to include US passport application forms with our convention literature, all to...

Can anyone advise what year the original City of Toronto gave up on pressing the street sign letters into the street name signs, and simply painted the letters onto the flat sign blanks? The Drayton & Danforth signs in the photo a couple of posts back is a good example of early pressed signs.

Before the opening of the Queensway through the bottom of Swansea in 1957, Queen St. ended at grade with Parkside Dr. Until the Queensway/South Kingsway intersection was altered recently, maps still showed the original w/b to n/b off-ramp at the intersection as being "Queen St. Extension"...

Surprised by the lack of flags flying in the 1950's shot. Does anyone recall if they were less flag-happy back then?

1987 Hyundai Pony. First "new" car I had ever bought. It lasted just over a year. The paint started to fade in less then 3 months because I was stupid enough to park it outside (according to the dealer). 25 years later and I still haven't forgiven Hyundai for selling it to me - and I probably...

No, it often doesn't list the reason, unless the flight crew specifically states it to ATC. Rereading my original post, I've removed that sentence as I didn't mean to imply that missed approaches were being flown due to errors in airmanship.

Through the "CADORS query" site at Transport Canada. Missed approaches seem to be listed when involving scheduled aircraft. While there are certainly weeks where they do not occur, from querying the site over the years, it does appear to me that there are 3-5 a month for various reasons. That is...