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  The Telegram, March 15, 1949. I've been on a hot streak of stories for TVO over the past two weeks, which is winding down with a look at the 75th anniversary of residents moving into the first phase of Regent Park . 

  St. James' Cathedral after the Great Fire of 1849. Wikimedia Commons/Toronto Public Library. This time out, a look at the Great Fire of 1849 , which struck Toronto 175 years ago this month. What really struck me while researching this story was the depictions of public apathy toward helping out during unfolding disasters, with at least one description reminding me of modern armchair quarterbacking (people who will have an opinion about everything, but do absolutely nothing to solve problems). 

  Two TTC guides standing next to a scale-model cake of a subway train. Royal York Hotel, March 30, 1954. (City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1128, Series 381, File 298, Item 11847-5). Two stories this time out. First up: a look at the 70th anniversary of the opening of Toronto's first subway line , complete with celebratory cake. Front page of Windsor Star, April 4, 1974. Second, a look at the 50th anniversary of a deadly tornado that struck Windsor , one of 148 that struck eastern North America that day.