The TTC Story: The First 75 Years [Paperback]

Mike Filey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1997

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Fascinating pictures and informative text." (Dean F. Oliver Canadian Book Review Annual )

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Dundurn; First Edition edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155002244X
• ISBN-13: 978-1550022445
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,303,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll know it's good to be a resident that served by TTC!, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The TTC Story: The First 75 Years (Paperback)

This book is an excellent source of providing TTC information anywhere else!

From the book, I understand how does the transit system in Toronto developed, from street car track rebuild, to the first motor bus, then the subway, RT....... even the first day subway transfer!

Strongly recommand!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining and chock full of photos., November 7, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The TTC Story: The First 75 Years (Paperback)

Mike's look at the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is very entertaining and chock full of great pictures. TTC archivist Ted Wickson chose the pictures from the huge collection the city was smart enough to catalogue. This book is a collector's item, is in soft-cover format and if you can get it you're doing yourself (or someone close to you) a real favour. Very highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good picture book, with interesting anecdotes, October 3, 2000

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James Bow "Writer, The Unwritten Girl" (Kitchener, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The TTC Story: The First 75 Years (Paperback)

While not the technically detailed book that most railfans are accustomed to, Mike Filey has put together a transit history book for the rest of us. Covering the first seventy five years of the Toronto Transit Commission, Mike skims the surface, offering up an anecdote from each year in the system's history. There's plenty of good photographs to boot. Few maps and no track plans, but it's a worthy addition to any railfan's shelf.