The TTC Story: The First Seventy-Five Years

Filey, Mike

ISBN 10: 155002244X / ISBN 13: 9781550022445

Published by Dundurn Press Ltd, 1996

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Published by Dundurn Press Ltd in 1996, this is the first softback printing of Mike Filey's The TTC Story: The First Seventy-Five Years. Glossy pictorial card covers, the book is in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 6351

Bibliographic Details

Title: The TTC Story: The First Seventy-Five Years

Publisher: Dundurn Press Ltd

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Looking back over the past 75 years, there is no doubt that public transportation has played a major role in the development and maturing of Toronto and its metropolitan area. Indeed , despite the fiscal challenges facing it, the TTC today remains a transit agency with an enviable reputation.

The TTC Story:The First Seventy-five Years, by Mike Filey, features over one hundred magnificent black and white images selected to illustrate the principal "transit" event in each year of the TTC’s existence. The photographs have been selected from the Commission’s vast archival collection by its knowledgeable archivist, Ted Wickson. Each event is fully described and put into its local, national, and worldwide historical context through the use of entertaining and informative text.

About the Author:

Mike Filey is a popular Toronto historian and is a former member of the Toronto Historical Board and the Ontario Heritage Foundation. In addition to his regular column in the Toronto Sun, he is a popular commentator on several Toronto radio stations. He is the author of many books on Toronto, including his popular Toronto Sketches series, From Horse Power to Horsepower, I Remember Sunnyside, and in the fall of 1999 a revised edition of his Mount Pleasant Cemetery book.