"The Toronto Subway Song" was a 78 record released by Ozzie Williams and his band in 1950. (This is NOT the same Ozzie Williams who currently leads the Marion Street Band: [ Ссылка ]) I happened to stumble across a recording of the song recently, just after I had been looking at the photos in the City of Toronto archives, and they seemed to cry out to be put together. I'm sorry about the constant zooming. It was my first time using the software and I didn't know how to turn off the "Ken Burns" feature.
Lest anyone should look for a political message in this video, I probably should state explicitly that my enthusiasm for the Toronto subway as it is should in no way be taken as an endorsement of the idea of extending it. That's a complicated problem. Building subways in the mid-20th century still made a lot of sense, but the cost has since sky-rocketed, and sadly, no city anywhere in the world is starting a new subway now. It would be nice, but it would cost three times as much as light rail, so it may be out of reach.
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