Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Goldie]

 

[Mustapha]

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Wonderful. The Then photographer may have expended many plates to get the timing just so.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. 1956 - 1981. Lost hotel. NE corner of King and University. The Lord Simcoe Hotel.

Now. July 29 2015.

http://www.oldnyc.org/

http://petapixel.com/2015/05/14/pho...est-surviving-photos-of-new-york/#more-165495

 

[adma]

Interestingly, I was just reminded of the Lord Simcoe's dying days in the closing credits of this clip

 

[r937]

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just on the other side of the railway, steps to nowhere

http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/03/18/stairs-nowhere-trap-streets-toronto-oddities/

 

[Koolgreen]

Interestingly, I was just reminded of the Lord Simcoe's dying days in the closing credits of this clip

was just thinking the same thing!!! I wonder where they shot party game???

 

[Anna]

was just thinking the same thing!!! I wonder where they shot party game???

Wikipedia says "It was taped in a double suite at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto.[citation needed]"!

 

[Goldie]

 

[hogdust]

^^^^

The then picture is awesome

 

[TheDudeInToronto]

Nice photographs, toronto has changed quite a bit over time it seems

 

[railmus]

The Toronto archives description for this pic is: "streetscape and corner 196-".

I don't have a 'Now' as I don't know myself where this was taken but the sum total of the myriad elements in this pic caught my attention. The girl skipping rope. The sidewalk badminton game. The roof rack on the Volkswagen made of wood and judging by the colour - aluminum. The pre-recycling garbage can - we threw everything into those cans: food scraps, bottles, newspapers...

This pic was just on a link on Facebook! What does everyone think??

 

[Goldie]

Buses to Orange Lodge Rally - Duffern at Springhurst, 1925

NOW via Google Street View:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...m2!3m1!1s0x882b35af5053c4eb:0xa0588ee3f79c985

 

[Goldie]

 

[thecharioteer]

The New Fort:

1880's:

Today:

 

[Goldie]

Nice pairing, charioteer.
I'm thankful that we're preserving that last Fort York building.
What are the plans for its use? Some sort of museum?