Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

Then. A noir-ish November 4, 1951 picture of the Don Jail.

Now. Evening, July 7, 2015. Our former jail is now the administrative wing of Bridgepoint Health.

Wartime London in colour:

http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015...give-glimpse-of-london-life-during-the-blitz/

 

[thecharioteer]

Then. A noir-ish November 4, 1951 picture of the Don Jail.

Now. Evening, July 7, 2015. Our former jail is now the administrative wing of Bridgepoint Health.

Definitely the Don Jail, Mustapha! Looking very Shawshank Redemption-ish in the old shot with those cars.

 

[Goldie]

Wonderful "noir-ish" image, Mustapha.
I just had to play with it!

 

[Goldie]

1952 photo:

 

[Mustapha]

Nice image above... J T reminded me of the wonderful online resource we have in:

http://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wordpress.com/

The building is still there on Elizabeth street right behind City Hall. Toronto Fire Service offices now.

I found a scan of Nanking's menu... so I'm adding it to this old post:

kk

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

Every time you post a pic of a restaurant and/or it's food, you make me hungry!

(Are you just trying to fatten me up for Thanksgiving?)


Regards,
J T

 

[railmus]

Every time you post a pic of a restaurant and/or it's food, you make me hungry!
(Are you just trying to fatten me up for Thanksgiving?)
Regards,
J T

Or subtly calling you a turkey? VBG

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Or subtly calling you a turkey? VBG"
Mustapha.

Only with whole cranberry sauce!


Regards,
J T

 

[Mustapha]

Wonderful "noir-ish" image, Mustapha.
I just had to play with it!

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Glowing yellow stick people.. police cars hovering in mid air.. Goldie, you've got to work on your computer graphic arts technique.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. Bloor and Bathurst looking west at night. Honest Eds in the left distance; the now gone Alhambra theatre in the right distance.

The website I grabbed this from cited a date of 1956 but it feels more 1962-ish to me.. going by the style/architecture of the cars. I wish I could identify the movie showing at the Alhambra...

Now. July 13, 2015.

 

[Mustapha]

ok... the movie at the Alhambra was "Pardners"; released on July 25, 1956.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardners

 

[Mustapha]

Then. Sutton Place Hotel. Promotional picture. Can anyone date the Rolls Royce? Sutton Place opened in 1967.

Now. Early evening July 14, 2015.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"The website I grabbed this from cited a date of 1956 but it feels more 1962-ish to me.. going by the style/architecture of the cars."
Mustapha.

The 57 Monarch, aka Mercury stateside, has white numbering on a black background, seemingly rusty rocker-panel and missing grill inserts.
The auto behind the streetcar appears to be a '59 Ford or Meteor; it's follower being of a Chrysler (Dodge?) shape.
(This ain't 1956.)

"Then. Sutton Place Hotel. Promotional picture. Can anyone date the Rolls Royce? Sutton Place opened in 1967."
Mustapha.

The Rolls Royce ('65 through '80) was probably that of an in-stock model from O' Donnell-Mackie Limited, later to become O' Donnell-Morrison,
they being at the s/e corner of Bay & Wellesley with The Sutton Place Hotel on the n/e.

I cannot recall his name, but the Doorman was actually a real Doorman of the Hotel.

BTY, the word HOTEL above the entrance denoted it from that of the APARTMENTS entrance just to the north.


Regards,
J T

 

[adma]

Re the Honest Ed's shot: that can be fairly tightly dated to 1965-66--1965 is when Honest Ed's adopted the "revolving ball" facade, and of course, 1966 was then the streetcars stopped operating on Bloor...

 

[Goldie]

Glowing yellow stick people.. police cars hovering in mid air.. Goldie, you've got to work on your computer graphic arts technique.

Yes, I agree. Atrocious, isn't it? I need art lessons.