I best remember McAdorey as a member of the Global news at noon program with Mike Anscombe and John Dawe. I used to watch them when I'd come home for lunch during high school. Great chemistry between them.
Vintage Toronto
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I almost went there in 1973 when I heard a fairly unknown ZZ Top were going to play there. They cancelled. Had to watch them at the Gardens. Warm up band for Alice Cooper "muscle of love" tour.
at the 1:50 mark the shot with the woman with green dress, anyone recognize that tall building in background? Is that Yonge st?
at the 4:20 mark, the shot with the Kresge store, where the hell is that don't recognize the location either.
Do t know either, but recognize most of the spots, but some of some of them escape me & I'm a life long Torontoian... love this thread!
The North East corner of Yonge and Eglinton in 1900. credit: City of Toronto Archives
Bathurst, just North of St Clair, facing North up Bathurst in 1915. Ernest Hemingway would move into a newly built 5 floor apartment on the right side of the photo 5 years following. Hemingway living in the city at the time, writing for the Toronto Daily Star. credit: Toronto Public Library.
Joe Carter played 6 innings with a jersey that spelled Torotno on its front.
University Theatre, Bloor Street West, north side, between Bellair Street and Avenue Road in 1969
The Odeon Theatre and Maple Leaf Gardens along Carlton in 1963. View facing East down Carlton.
