A long overdue bio-pic on the legendary Maria Callas:

Imagine the City of Toronto Archives' photo collection being mapped.... https://oldtoronto.sidewalklabs.com/# Approximately 30000+ photos have been incorporated with plans to include other media sources in the future.

A current example would be the dwelling of the recently deceased Shermans . Not only do you have a suspicious death, there are questions about the quality of the workmanship too. If the deceased owners were able to recoupe $2 million in damages from the trade groups ( from the original build...

Source The path will start just north of Dupont and begins at Spadina to Landsdowne. Someone already indicated a strong candidate for a second green path, namely the hydro corridor from Willowridge ( Eglinton/Martingrove) to almost Dundas.

Concept: Using a map to see how New York City was like, that is mapping historical photos from the NYPL Link

http://youtu.be/oGgByLLQwSw

From http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1224009--cabbagetown-heritage-homes-disintegrating-and-activists-blame-tchc It is really hard to say what will become of this situation. While understanding the need to "properly" maintain these historical buildings with appropriate era...

The title is self explanatory.... http://flavorwire.com/254434/the-20-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world

I came across a thread at the SkyscraperPage.com forum, called Noirish Los Angeles. It's been going for over 2 years and has over 220 pages filled with old pictures of Los Angeles. It started out with pics that the OP thought had a noirish quality, but quickly expanded to pretty much any old...

Link: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ Seeing how there are visual threads about the past, how about something to act as the soundtrack? The tracks are circa 1901 through 1925: 10,000 ready-to-audit recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company. Have fun....

Hate to post and run but http://torontoist.com/2011/01/toronto_music_videos.php has some great ( and not so great) videos shot during the 1980s with various places in Toronto being the backdrop. There are some more gems in the Comments section, especially those from accozzaglia . Enjoy!

Take one Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat hand cranked cinema camera lens ( circa 1908) modify the mount to fit a Canon 5D like so: and you get this: All of the shots are raw and unmodified. More info here http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=20638&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86p1N-Jm-AQ&feature=player_embedded To all those constantly whining about the pseudo-chateaux being erected around Toronto, this is how it should be done, something that has not been attempted for hundreds of years is slowly appearing – a full scale medieval...

I wonder if Toronto has a forgotten hidden gem like this. Source: http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=2164 Some Samples Cool flash Before/After comparison at the top http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/a-treasure-hides-downtown/

Source: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp Arc de Triomphe off the Champs-Elysées Rue Chanoinesse View up Seine east of Notre Dame de Paris 73 Quai de la Tournelle at Quai de Montebello Barge in Seine Toward Hotel de Ville from Pont de l'Arche feche View north from...

Source: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp Insurance Building Reuss river Somewhere in Lucern Reuss riverbank Tower Old Chapel bridge Lucern grey building Pilatus, above Lake of Lucerne Bern Clock Tower Berne, Switzerl'd above the Aare Wengen from Cog...

http://guffonline.blogspot.com/ - not much to say except check-it out.

If someone has already posted links to this site, my apologies. In the spirit of the Toronto Then and Now thread, here are colour shots of New York City from early last century: Part 1: http://citynoise.org/article/10506/by Part 2: http://citynoise.org/article/10507 Part 3...

France, not Hilton. 354159 x 75570 pixels. Browse and enjoy. http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-fr.html

When faced with a lineup at the TTC booth and all you want is to pay your fare, what would you do?