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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

"horses still do that."
QUOTE Mustapha.

Friedrich Alfred Krupp would be proud.


Regards,
J T
 
Then and Now for March 12.


Then. 454 Yonge c1918. "Branch of Royal Bank, Toronto. F.S. Baker, F.R.I.B.A., Architect". Thank you wwwebster for sourcing this rare picture.

444454Yongec1918.jpg


[Fellow]R.I.B.A.: http://www.architecture.com/


Now. September 2011.

445.jpg
 
And what's the 'tallest building in the British Empire'? - isn't 1925 too early for Commerce Court North - is the date wrong?
 
Anna said:
And what's the 'tallest building in the British Empire'? - isn't 1925 too early for Commerce Court North - is the date wrong?
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I agree - the date is wrong.
The "tallest building in the British Empire" (Bank of Commerce) was not begun until 1929.
 
Anna said:
And what's the 'tallest building in the British Empire'? - isn't 1925 too early for Commerce Court North - is the date wrong?
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Goldie said:
I agree - the date is wrong.
The "tallest building in the British Empire" (Bank of Commerce) was not begun until 1929.
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The date is wrong. Goldie is right - and it's also set in stone - the cornerstone says 'Erected 1929.'
 
Very observant, themarc.
I dare-say that there's no Torontonian living today who has ever seen less snow in the city than we've had this winter.
Last week, I shot this scene in Cedarbrook Park so as to have a record of our amazing winter.
Hope I'm not speaking too soon!

CedarbrookParkMarch712.jpg
 
Goldie said:
Very observant, themarc.
I dare-say that there's no Torontonian living today who has ever seen less snow in the city than we've had this winter.
Last week, I shot this scene in Cedarbrook Park so as to have a record of our amazing winter.
Hope I'm not speaking too soon!

CedarbrookParkMarch712.jpg
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What's more amazing when I am talking to my wife about where to go on holidays and we are at a bit of a loss to choose some place warm as we still haven't been chilled yet this winter LOL
 
wwwebster said:
Happy to help. So far the only image of 33 King West I’ve been able to find is beyond the timeframe you’re interested in. Published in Illustrated Toronto: Past and Present, 1877:

http://ia600409.us.archive.org/Book...tratedtor00timbuoft_0526.jp2&scale=1&rotate=0

I’ve attached a cropped image.
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Thank you wwwebster :D Thanks for going the extra and cropping it too :) Sorry it has been a few days since I have had a chance to get back to you. I appreciate your help. Very cool to actually find people like you :) I continue on, working like mad on my project...... will let you know if I find anything
 
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