Toronto’s best-known historian, author, Sunday SUN columnist and tour guide, Mike Filey has a thousand stories about the city’s past, and he tells us about some of them every Sunday at 12:30; alongside some great music to match those stories with host Gene Stevens.

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May 13th, 2012

This week on Mike Filey’s Toronto we’ll take you to some ‘new’ toronto landmarks:

-Toronto’s first – and Ontario’s first – planned shopping centre was Sunnybrook Plaza at Eglinton and Bayview – it opened 60 years ago.

-Another city landmark, The Lord Simcoe, opened 55 years ago next week.

Toronto historian Mike Filey has the details of these famous locations, on the next edition of Mike Filey’s Toronto, this Sunday at 12:30 – from Zoomer Radio, AM 740.
It’s all on Mike Filey’s Toronto – this Sunday at 12:30, from Zoomer Radio, AM 740.

Past stories

Mike Filey’s Toronto: Spadina Subway Opening - A look back at the opening of the Eaton Centre in 1977, with photos & stories from Mike Filey.

Mike Filey’s Toronto: Eaton Centre Opening - A look back at the Spadina Subway opening on Jan 28, 1978, with photos and stories from Mike Filey.