It's to ensure that everyone gets the same-size lot. The closer you get to either pole, the more lines of latitude converge; a vice-versa as you approach the equator. In Canada what that means is that if you start at, say, Eglinton and draw two lines due north, by the time you reach Lawrence...

Man! I have always wondered what that looked like! I figured it was a mess, but aside from some high aerials, I could only imagine. Mind you, it's still one of the more dangerous intersections in town. I'm always on my guard when I approach it.

Whoa, boy, I remember those. Yeah, they were great. Calm, soothing music, slowly shifting views. Hey, Retrontario has posted a few on YouTube. Man, check out Sam the Record Man... just one record, and A&M in competition just a couple doors away... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4OAnZvXqI

Man, the station's moved nearly as much as the trains it used to serve. :) It's fantastic it's still around, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCDQzypu3M

How about some moving pictures? :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6GM71p4-8

That's really kind of cool. Any idea how long it lasted?

I can't vouch for the exterior, but I guess we can all take some pride in the fact that the council chambres caught the eye of the folks doing Robocop. It was kind of a kick seeing names like "Port Credit" and "Malton" carved near the ceiling in the up shots. :)

Always got a laugh out of this. A very juvenile laugh. Juvenile as in young, or Yonge, the street where I shot this about three years ago.

If you didn't know that "Miss" here stands for Mississauga, you might wonder why the lady in the sleigh has a big white beard. :) To be strictly honest, I did this one. :) Swear to God, this was a real sign I saw in Guelph about 15 years ago now. On what used to be...

I like this one... First they tell you you can't bring animals in. But then they fine you if you don't "poop and scoop". Now, if you can't bring an animal in here... just whose "poop" is it you're "scooping"...?

Well, I don't know. I don't mean to suggest Mississauga's City Hall has no aesthetic merit. Like I said; these things are subjective; I was just saying I personally never liked it. But just as Toronto City Hall caught the eye of creative people making Star Trek, I don't see why Mississauga City...

Okay, well, if I got you wrong and got my back up when I shouldn't have, I do apologize.

You know, I could fire something cute and snotty back, but I'm not out to start a flame war just for the sake of having a flame war. I'm just going to say that my only sin here is daring to have and express a personal opinion just in passing, aimed at no one in particular, and even clearly...

For a long time I've kind of toyed with the idea the city should hand it over to the province and it should be spruced up inside and made the Lt. Governor's official residence. Mitch Hepburn, be his name ever cursed for doing so, stupidly robbed his posterity of Chorley Park, and we're never...

1984, 2010...

I'm surprised the documentary is as long as it is... 90 minutes. I'd expect something that that length about the Stonewall Riot in New York, but Canadian stories usually get short shrift... even here in Canada. :)

Hear hear! I know there are lots of people whose collections of shots of town have, thankfully, made their way to the city archives and the TPL, but for me, the work of James Salmon and Ted Chirnside has really stood out. That really would make a wonderful project. The city's so big now that it...