Toronto the Good (or at least the Pretty)

My least favourite part of the end of winter break -- besides the fact that work looms eternal -- is leaving Toronto for the Midwest. Ann Arbor has grown on me over the past few years, but being in Toronto still gives me a thrill that can't be matched, even in big American cities. BlogTO has been doing a wonderful series on Toronto throughout the decades, and these photos of the city in the 1940s have me longing to get back as soon as possible:

Subway construction on Yonge Street:

BlogTO has more by the decade: Toronto of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.