Goldie
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Playter estate in the Danforth-Broadview neighbourhood:
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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Mustapha
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Playter estate in the Danforth-Broadview neighbourhood:
Goldie, that first - the oldest picture - is amazing.
Mustapha
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Then. N.E. corner of Yonge and Gerrard. July 7, 1938.
Now. June 2014. I wouldn't call this corner of Gerrard just a few feet E of Yonge iconic; but the way gas was sold back in the day - sidewalk at roadside - is what attracted me to the Then picture.
Now. June 2014. I wouldn't call this corner of Gerrard just a few feet E of Yonge iconic; but the way gas was sold back in the day - sidewalk at roadside - is what attracted me to the Then picture.
adma
Superstar
When did the last "sidewalk pump" in Toronto bite the dust, I wonder...
Goldie
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Yes, certainly when compared to that neighbourhood today.
Upon review of those pix, I realized that I placed them out of order.
The second photo is the oldest, 1880s.
The upper-floor windows do not appear until later - that first photo is dated c.1900
the lemur
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Then. N.E. corner of Yonge and Gerrard. July 7, 1938.
'Confectionery - Lending Library - Soft Drinks' ... not a combination you see much anymore.
Avenue Road and Davenport, 1959:
Tamblyn is long gone, of course, but you can still see the name on the wall around the corner on Davenport:
http://goo.gl/maps/xK26z
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Riverman
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There are a few old photos of the Danforth neighbourhood in the Black Swan tavern, one looking east from Broadview pre-Viaduct.
adma
Superstar
In that light, I remember that maybe even into the 80s, there was a "storefront" fuel retailer (and some name-brand as well) on Davenport near Symington--but I don't know whether sidewalk pumps were involved...
J T CUNNINGHAM
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"there was a "storefront" fuel retailer (and some name-brand as well) on Davenport near Symington"
adma.
MIGHT'S TORONTO CITY DIRECTORY - 1950:
Merle D Johnston Service Station.
1839 Davenport.
(S/E corner.)
Regards,
J T
adma.
MIGHT'S TORONTO CITY DIRECTORY - 1950:
Merle D Johnston Service Station.
1839 Davenport.
(S/E corner.)
Regards,
J T
thecharioteer
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Let's not forget the corner's incarnation as the Savoy and later the Coronet Theatre, home of the double, triple and quadruple bill. Looks like that by 1952, the pumps are gone;
http://tayloronhistory.com/2013/09/...-housesthe-coronet-savoy-on-yonge-at-gerrard/
1956:
http://tayloronhistory.com/2013/09/...-housesthe-coronet-savoy-on-yonge-at-gerrard/
1956:
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thecharioteer
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BTW, one sees sidewalk pumps all over Paris. Urbanistically, they're a great idea.
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J T CUNNINGHAM
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The original Green & Ross tire store.
(Bob and Howard Ross's father.)
Regards,
J T
(Bob and Howard Ross's father.)
Regards,
J T
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thecharioteer
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Aerial 1935:
2000:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/147352/
Today (thanks to Jasonzed and his drone):
One of the most interesting things in the 1935 pic (and there are many) is how even in the 1930's, Queen's Park and the U of T campus were fully integrated conceptually and urbanistically, as shown in the wonderful 1859 map below. The ring road "improvements" would come later.
View attachment 1859_UniversityofToronto_QueensPark.jpg
http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.ca/2013/08/1859-university-of-toronto-campus.html
1910:
The pond from Taddle Creek beside University College, 1876 and today:
https://www.taddlecreekmag.com/the-forgotten-stream
It did look for a while that U of T's masterplan called for the removal of the bridge. All the recent road repairs seem to call that concept into question:
2000:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/147352/
Today (thanks to Jasonzed and his drone):
One of the most interesting things in the 1935 pic (and there are many) is how even in the 1930's, Queen's Park and the U of T campus were fully integrated conceptually and urbanistically, as shown in the wonderful 1859 map below. The ring road "improvements" would come later.
View attachment 1859_UniversityofToronto_QueensPark.jpg
http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.ca/2013/08/1859-university-of-toronto-campus.html
1910:
The pond from Taddle Creek beside University College, 1876 and today:
https://www.taddlecreekmag.com/the-forgotten-stream
It did look for a while that U of T's masterplan called for the removal of the bridge. All the recent road repairs seem to call that concept into question:
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Mustapha
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BTW, one sees sidewalk pumps all over Paris. Urbanistically, they're a great idea.
How neat is this?,,, very cool; thanks thecharioteer. Never been to Paris, hope to some day.
Mustapha
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Then. April 4, 1977. This is the west side of Yonge just below Gerrard. We are looking NW.
Now. June 2014.
Forty Portraits in Forty Years :
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html?_r=0
Now. June 2014.
Forty Portraits in Forty Years :
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html?_r=0
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