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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

The New Toronto

Those photos of the TTC (thanks to "thedeepend") reminded me of a wonderful pair of subway photos taken by Henri Rossier and published in his 1961 book, The New City, a prejudiced view of Toronto. - thumbnail below:
Rossier was a young, Swiss visitor to Toronto who displayed an amazing talent for capturing intimate scenes of the city and its people. Fans of this Web page will certainly enjoy the book - it's available at the Public Library.
I hope the photographer and his publisher will excuse my use of these photos, since my only intention is to congratulate both.
--- see also: http://spacing.ca/art-thenewcity-review.htm
 

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thedeepend said:
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Hey, i noticed you are approaching "The Big 2-0-0-0-0-0"! that's a lot of views! congratulations on an AMAZING thread.

the ORIGINAL now and then:
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Oooh, thanks thedeepend, I want to thank all those who made this possible... :) :) Everyone who reads and posts here, google pics, Toronto Archives, your Toronto tax dollars, Ed007Toronto... ;)
 
Goldie said:
Those photos of the TTC (thanks to "thedeepend") reminded me of a wonderful pair of subway photos taken by Henri Rossier and published in his 1961 book, The New City, a prejudiced view of Toronto. - thumbnail below:
Rossier was a young, Swiss visitor to Toronto who displayed an amazing talent for capturing intimate scenes of the city and its people. Fans of this Web page will certainly enjoy the book - it's available at the Public Library.
I hope the photographer and his publisher will excuse my use of these photos, since my only intention is to congratulate both.
--- see also: http://spacing.ca/art-thenewcity-review.htm
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thank you for that reference Goldie, i wasn't aware of this work. the photos are very much in the same spirit as the TTC images. human forms always look great set against a grid...
 
My girlfriend dressed up as a 1940s RCAF officer this past Hallowe'en, and with a simple swap of the insignia she could have passed for that token collector instead.
 
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I'd rally for the reinstatement of the HYDRO sign on the right. (Once upon a time, looking E on College t/w Carlton, you'd see 2 Carlton's overkill, then successive vertical neon lettering reading HYDRO and ODEON. Maybe Toronto's greatest City Of Magic vista, ever.)
 
adma said:
Though it's the perfect place to see a body carried out of...
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my friend has a condo across the street and the only people you see coming and going out of that place ply their trade on Jarvis if you know what I mean.
 
androiduk said:
Originally posted by Mustapha;
Then: December 14, 1939. Dundas Street West. looking S, just W of Yonge.
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Boy, Simonizing has been around for a long time, I thought it was more recent. I wonder what came first, Simonizing or Martinizing.
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1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simoniz

1949
http://www.martinizing.com/


thedeepend said:
Great! I love the small groupings of thematic or time-based collections that one can uncover on the archives site…
Some of my favourite ones are the local pop culture images that emerged along with the rising importance of the TTC, and specifically with the construction of the original subway in 1954.
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Those hats are works of art. Too bad many uniforms nowadays have replaced them with ball caps.


Spoonman said:
My girlfriend dressed up as a 1940s RCAF officer this past Hallowe'en, and with a simple swap of the insignia she could have passed for that token collector instead.
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Womens uniforms that are both authoritative and feminine don't seem to exist anymore. The Wren officer's uniform of WWII with the tricornered hat was a good example.


Cast_Member said:
Inn on Bay. Although closed now, I always wondered why it was kept opened. No body goes there.
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paraone said:
my friend has a condo across the street and the only people you see coming and going out of that place ply their trade on Jarvis if you know what I mean.
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Was curious about this place:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Re...ews-The_Bay_Street_Motel-Toronto_Ontario.html




November 25 addition.




Then: 1950. Yonge and Gould, looking E along Gould.

Hard to believe that's an O'Keefe brewery back there, but there was.

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Now: October 2009.

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Mustapha: Here's a view of the side of the O'Keefe Building on Gould, looking towards Yonge, July 28, 1926. (Also just realized the origin of O'Keefe Lane)

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