Like No Other in the World
- 160 stránek
- 6 hodin čtení
Like No Other In The The Story of Toronto's Skydome by Mike Filey in Slipcase
Mike Filey Knihy
Mike Filey je autorem mnoha knih, které se zabývají rozmanitými aspekty historie Toronta. Jeho hluboký zájem o minulost města se odráží v jeho detailních a poutavých vyprávěních. Fileyho práce osvětlují skryté příběhy a zapomenuté události, které formovaly tvář Toronta. Jeho psaní je ceněno pro svou pečlivost a schopnost oživit historii pro moderního čtenáře.
For decades Toronto historian Mike Filey has regaled readers with stories of the city's past through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, streetscapes, social customs, pleasure palaces, politics, sporting events, celebrities, and defining moments. Now, in one lavishly illustrated volume, he serves up the best of his meditations on everything from the Royal York Hotel, the Flatiron Building, and the Necropolis to Massey Hall, the Palais Royale, and the Canadian National Exhibition, with streetcar jaunts through Cabbagetown, the Annex, Rosedale, and Little Italy and trips down memory lane with Mary Pickford, Glenn Miller, Bob Hope, and Ed Mirvish. Filey recounts in vivid detail the devastation of city disasters such as Hurricane Hazel and the Great Fire of 1904 and spins yarns about doughnut shops old and new, milk deliveries by horse, swimming at Lake Ontarios beaches, Sunday blue laws, and how both World Wars affected Torontonians.