Toronto Time Machine

  Television has presented the world with a beautiful new medium for which many of us have experienced fiction and the real world in a way never envisioned before. From carefree programs providing some levity to major sporting events and world-changing events, the so-called “tube” is something most Canadians have formed some relations with. How we consume television has been undergoing a metamorphosis over the past decade as streaming greatly changed the importance of traditional broadcast channels with the added acceptance of paid content services. In fact, the future of television has been a matter of debate since the first signals hit the airwaves. While humankind generally embraced the technology, television’s history included a number of concepts that failed to be greatly realized for their time. In the 1960s, one of those attempts to explore the consumption of television took place in Etobicoke (today part of the City of Toronto) involving movies and sports brought to hom...

Photo Credit: Toronto Blue Jays This month, a Toronto landmark marks its 35th anniversary as a hub for sports and entertainment for the entire country. The Rogers Centre or (more affectionately known) originally as the Skydome continues to exist as an achievement in engineering for its retractable roof. While the building has become a comfortable sight and there have been newer sport venues providing more than what the Skydome could provide in 1989, there is a lot of charm in a space that has hosted concerts, shows, NFL games and, of course, the Toronto Blue Jays including during the successful 1992 and 1993 World Series runs.  The Skydome’s commemoration identified the complex as a multi-use facility like no other built at this time. In addition to the before-mentioned efforts for the current tenants of the Rogers Centre, the Toronto Blue Jays , other team’s of the Canadian city that played inside the retractable roof sporting complex included the Toronto Argonauts from 1989 to 20...