Toronto sketches 12: "the way we were"

Mike Filey brings the stories of Toronto, its people and places, to life.

Mike Filey x2019;s column x201C;The Way We Were x201D; first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sunnot long after the paper x2019;s first edition hit newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey x2019;s column has had an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper x2019;s most widely read features. In 1992, a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: x201C;The Way We Were. x201D;Since then another eleven volumes have been published to great success, with over 5,000 copies sold.

In his latest compilation, Filey recounts the story of the controversial (though not altogether surprising) renovations at Union Station, as well as the history of Toronto x2019;s own Kennedy family.