"Architecture, landscape, history. Housed in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto, this new initiative offers undergraduate courses, experiential learning, and internships in the field of the architecture and landscapes of Canada".
"The SSAC is a registered charitable organization founded in 1974 by a broadly-based group of people interested in encouraging a greater understanding and development of the study of Canadian architecture. Included in this study is an examination of both historical and cultural issues relating to buildings, streetscapes, cities, and the countryside."
I like Old Postcards from Towns and Cities in Canada
Mostly I have postcards which I bought myself during family vacations and adventures. But, some I have found in second hand stores, hobby shops and so on. The postcards I treasure most are those which are vintage, becoming antiques (100 years or more in age).
I really like seeing how each city used to look so long ago. The postcards are more like drawings coloured in shades of water colours, then photographs..
So many of the majestic, grand old buildings which were in cities then are now gone, demolished to make space for modern buildings, streets or parking lots. Other than these old postcards there aren't other pictures to remember so much of the architecture and the creative details which are missing from modern buildings built for efficiency rather than art.
Old postcards carry so much history. Not only forgotten cityscapes but a link in image form of life then. Postcards were sent in the days before cameras and photography were available to most people. There were no family vacation photos but you could buy a postcard and remember you were there.
Postcards are a Tresured Link to the Past
The sad part of history, architecture and antiques is that nothing last forever.
Postcards of old Canadian cities, towns and places I have been in the current time are a treasure. Old postcards show how a place used to look. How the streets, buildings and even the trees were when most of it was still new.
The street views are my favourites. Some still have just the horse and buggy going down the street. Often there are people in the background too. Not people drawn in as a feature in an illustration but real people who were there at the time the photograph was taken or there to be included in the artist's rendering for the images before photography.
Travels? History? Collectibles and antiques? Art? What do you think abut old postcards? Have you seen many in museums or libraries, hobby shops or other likely places? Or do you have a few yourself?
November 25th this year (2012) will be the 100th year anniversary of the Grey Cup and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Congratulations Canada across the land, football fan or not.
The 100th Grey Cup Championship will take place at Rogers Centre at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 25, 2012.
If you can't be there you can still watch on TV, listen on the radio or live vicariously through Twitter.
100th Grey Cup
The Official Tumblr of the 100th Grey Cup.
CFL on Twitter
On Twitter, type the hashtag #100GC
The first Grey Cup game with the early Grey Cup to the side.
If it all began in 1909 how is 2012 the 100th Grey Cup game?
Yes, 1909 wasn't 100 years ago but, for the Grey Cup, it was 100 games ago.
In 1916, 1917 and 1918 there were no Grey Cup games due to World War I. Also, due to a rules dispute there were no play off games or Grey Cup in 1919.
So the CFL is calling the game this year (2012) the 100th Grey Cup game.
How did the Grey Cup Festival itself begin?
In 1948, fans of the western champion Calgary Stampeders partied in the streets of Toronto dressed in western gear, square dancing, flipping flapjacks, and even riding a horse through the lobby of the posh Royal York Hotel.
Lord Earl Grey's trophy will be presented for the 100th timeIn 1909, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, (the Governor-General of Canada at the time) was an ardent sports fan. He commissioned a trophy and planned to donate it to Canada's senior amateur hockey championship. However, the Allan Cup had already been donated there. So, Grey gave his trophy to the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. The trophy became known as the Grey Cup. The first Grey Cup was played in 1909 on Rosedale Field in Toronto and won by the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.
Originally, winning the trophy was only for teams registered with the Canada Rugby Union. Eventually, the Rugby Union evolved into the Canadian Football League and the Grey Cup became the property of the DFL. Since the 1920's, the Grey Cup is given to the winning football team in a final contest between the east and west. Since 1954, only the teams of the CFL have played for the Grey Cup.
The trophy has a silver chalice attached to a large base on which the names of all winning teams, players and executives are engraved.
The Grey Cup has been broken (and repaired) several times, stolen twice and held for ransom. The Grey Cup survived a fire in 1947. Other artefacts in the same building were destroyed.
In 1950, a player came close to drowning in a mud puddle at the "Mud Bowl".
In 1962 the game was halted during the final 9 minutes due to fog. The "Fog Bowl" was finished the next day.
In 1977 they played the "Ice Bowl" on the frozen turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
The CFL (officially founded on January 19, 1958) is the second oldest, continuously-operating Gridiron football league in North America.