Toronto # 20 –Yonge Street and the TTC


Archival film footage combines with intriguing stories to reveal the history of Toronto’s transportation system. It all started when Governor Simcoe built Yonge Street, a military road that opened the north to settlers. In the 1830s you could hire a cab or take a stage coach which in time led to horse-drawn urban omnibuses and then, with the advent of electricity, streetcars with wooden seats and coal stoves. When downtown Yonge intersections became a nightmare of horses, cabs, streetcars, pedestrians and omnibuses – the subway was built. See the Toronto 175 category for more episodes and information.

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