The Toronto Eaton Centre decorated for the holidays 25 years ago. Did you know that both the Eaton Centre and the City of Toronto Archives were designed by the architect Eb Zeidler? https://ow.ly/ECnN50XALaG

Looking north east to the corner of Front Street and Yonge Street #OTD in 1925. You can see the Bank of Montreal that became the Hockey Hall of Fame. Across the street is the Toronto Board of Trade Building, which was torn down in 1958. https://ow.ly/3xSr50XzaTH

The Toronto Public Library recently purchased 339 Queen Street East, on the corner of Parliament Street. Here's what that building looked like in 1972. https://ow.ly/T19O50XAReu

Get your photo orders in! December 5 is the final day to place Archives photo orders for completion by December 25. Orders received after that date will be ready in the new year. Find out more under under the tab "Copying What’s in the Archives" at toronto.ca/archives #TOArchives

Looking east from the Bathurst Street bridge over the lakeshore railway tracks in late 1975. Almost none of these buildings can be seen from that vantage point today. https://ow.ly/4E0N50XzaRL

The big reveal at Scarborough Civic Centre in 1986 as Santa flips the switch on the Christmas tree lights. #ScarbTO

Why is this photo titled "ALF Pumper" you may ask? American LaFrance was a manufacturer of fire engines. This shiny model once belonged to Toronto Fire Hall No. 8. https://ow.ly/Z6Yp50Xzb7q

A look back at the early years of skating in Nathan Phillips Square, where a rink has been operating for over six decades! The rink opened almost year before the rest of the square and New City Hall were completed in 1965.

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