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Evocative Images of Lost Toronto
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Goldie
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Brrrrr! That's what's known as being 'stoned.'
Goldie
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A curling connection:
Workers at Casa Loma in 1911.
Many of these men were Scottish stone masons.
Workers at Casa Loma in 1911.
Many of these men were Scottish stone masons.
Goldie
Senior Member
Farm work for 'minor offenders.'
I suppose few will recall the Langstaff Jail Farm that was built on farmland purchased in 1911 by the City of Toronto to house "minor offenders."
The 'farm' was located between Yonge, Bayview, Hwy. 7 and 16th sideroad and operated until 1958.
The property apparently cost the City $60,000 and was sold to developers circa 1986 for $75 million.
I suppose few will recall the Langstaff Jail Farm that was built on farmland purchased in 1911 by the City of Toronto to house "minor offenders."
The 'farm' was located between Yonge, Bayview, Hwy. 7 and 16th sideroad and operated until 1958.
The property apparently cost the City $60,000 and was sold to developers circa 1986 for $75 million.
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Goldie
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Goldie
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The 48th Highlanders in 1914 at the Toronto Armories, University Ave.
This odd, poorly-done, paste-up would be declared a "fake" photo by today's media critics.
Photo from Bain Collection, Library of Congress
This odd, poorly-done, paste-up would be declared a "fake" photo by today's media critics.
Photo from Bain Collection, Library of Congress
Dandy Horse
Active Member
what a shame that building was torn down, it would have made for an amazing 'toronto' redesign, like Mars or the ballet school.
Goldie
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House of Refuge, c. 1860 (image & description from YORK Space Institutional Repository)
Established in 1860 on the site of today’s Bridgepoint Health on the east side of the Don north of Gerrard, the House of Refuge provided shelter for “vagrants, the dissolute, and for idiots.” It was used an an isolation hospital during the smallpox epidemics of the 1870s; a separate part of the building housed homeless elderly people during the 1880s and 90s. The original building was demolished in 1894, and a new structure operating under the name of the Riverdale Isolation Hospital became Toronto’s treatment and teaching centre for infectious diseases in 1904. As infectious diseases declined in the twentieth century, the building was renamed the Riverdale Hospital in 1957.
Established in 1860 on the site of today’s Bridgepoint Health on the east side of the Don north of Gerrard, the House of Refuge provided shelter for “vagrants, the dissolute, and for idiots.” It was used an an isolation hospital during the smallpox epidemics of the 1870s; a separate part of the building housed homeless elderly people during the 1880s and 90s. The original building was demolished in 1894, and a new structure operating under the name of the Riverdale Isolation Hospital became Toronto’s treatment and teaching centre for infectious diseases in 1904. As infectious diseases declined in the twentieth century, the building was renamed the Riverdale Hospital in 1957.
EVCco
Senior Member
^great find!
Here's roughly the same scene today:
Here's roughly the same scene today:
EVCco
Senior Member
*duplicate post*
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mattelderca
Active Member
^great find!
Here's roughly the same scene today:
I was actually wondering if the then picture was taken form the north, looking south east. The bridge may be Winchester St.
EVCco
Senior Member
Now that you mention it, that seems to be the case. Fooled by the building in the background being to the east of the river in the foreground!
I got the right side of the river at least...
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also "roughly the same scene today" should read "roughly the same scene a few years ago" as I believe the new Bridgepoint Health building would be in that view now.
I got the right side of the river at least...
*edit*
also "roughly the same scene today" should read "roughly the same scene a few years ago" as I believe the new Bridgepoint Health building would be in that view now.
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Tewder
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Photo from Bain Collection, Library of Congress
Rather recalls the armouries in London, ON. Now a Delta Hotel. Must be one of the earlier examples of the 'heritage building as podium' approach we see a lot of in Toronto these days.
I'd rather have a parking lot over what London ended up with.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
House of Refuge, c. 1860 (image & description from YORK Space Institutional Repository)
Established in 1860 on the site of today’s Bridgepoint Health on the east side of the Don north of Gerrard, the House of Refuge provided shelter for “vagrants, the dissolute, and for idiots.” It was used an an isolation hospital during the smallpox epidemics of the 1870s; a separate part of the building housed homeless elderly people during the 1880s and 90s. The original building was demolished in 1894, and a new structure operating under the name of the Riverdale Isolation Hospital became Toronto’s treatment and teaching centre for infectious diseases in 1904. As infectious diseases declined in the twentieth century, the building was renamed the Riverdale Hospital in 1957.
1917 view:
