Photo of the Day Archives - Birch Cliff News

16 Jul 2013

Photo of the Day July 16 2013

July 16, 2013
By Hedy Korbee

Are those cobblestones? On Kingston Road in Birch Cliff?? Okay, maybe the official term is "decorative pavers". Either way, it's a vast improvement over what was there previously. Sometimes it's the little things that make a...

22 Apr 2013

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Photo of the day April 22 2013

April 22, 2013
By Hedy Korbee

Members of the 144th Toronto Girl Guides would like to thank the Birch Cliff community for supporting their food drive for the Churches by the Bluffs Food Bank. The Girl Guides are pictured here with...

01 Apr 2013

City Services, History, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day April 1 2013

April 10, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount, construction 1928, Kingston Road

Given that the big dig starts tomorrow on Kingston Road, it seems appropriate to republish this 1928 photo of Kingston Road and Birchmount under construction. It’s a photo of streetcar tracks being laid when the...

18 Mar 2013

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Photo of the day March 18 2013

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

Our photo of the day for March 18, 2013 is for everyone who is sick of winter. I went on a walk yesterday with my camera, actively looking for early signs of spring. I found these...

11 Mar 2013

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Mar. 11 2013

March 11, 2013
By Hedy Korbee

Is someone living in the Quarry? Journalist Ian Harvey was walking his dogs recently and used his phone to capture our Photo of the Day for March 11, 2013. It's a tent pitched in the southwest corner...

01 Mar 2013

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Photo of the Day March 1 2013

Our Photo of the Day for March 1, 2013 is a tribute to an extraordinary group of volunteers. It's a photo (scroll down) of most of the recipients of the Diamond Jubilee Medal in southwest...

08 Feb 2013

City Services, Photo of the Day

1936 Snow photos

February 8, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
1936, snow

Seems like an appropriate day to dip into the archives for some snow photos of years gone by. This first photo was taken on March 18, 1936 and appears to show Birch Cliff residents shovelling...

22 Jan 2013

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Photo of the Day Jan. 22 2013

Can you guess where this was taken? The Photo of the Day for January 22, 2013 is a shot from 1955 of the old Scarborough Farmer's Market. It was located on the southwest corner of Victoria...

17 Jan 2013

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Jan. 17, 2013

Our Photo of the Day for Jan. 17, 2013 was taken by Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford, who tweeted it yesterday along with this caption: "Students from Blantyre P.S. came to City Hall 2day to learn...

21 Dec 2012

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Photo of the Day Dec. 21 2012

Our Photo of the Day for Dec. 21, 2012 is a shot of damage caused by a fire at Bluffer's Park Marina. The photo was submitted by Lee Ellis who writes: "There was a...