Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

"I wonder if those are the same cannons out front?????"
Koolgreen.

With the scarcity of cannon, I would think that Jeffery Dorfman wouldn't have had it any other way.

Not only that, and contrary to popular belief, they are the only totally original items from the club's exterior and and also it's interior.


Regards,
J T

"In 1900, the Institute acquired its famous landmarks, the two bronze 9-pounder smooth-bore field guns which stand outside our front door to this day. A gift from Minister of Militia, the Right Honourable Frederick Borden, the cannon were cast in Woolwich, England in 1813 and 1815. The original wood carriages rotted between 1905 and 1910. Replacement carriages were periodically repaired: the last major repair was in 1989-1990. In 1996, the Museum Committee purchased two cast aluminum (field gray painted) carriages to modernize and economize: no more concerns about wood rot."

http://www.rcmi.org/Library-and-Museum/The-Museum/History.aspx

 

[Mustapha]

Was the theatre facade actually taken down? I know that the Lothian Mews frontage was removed, never to come back...

It was a surprise to me when it came down; as the original stood for so long, propped up with girders.

 

[Mustapha]

Colley L. Foster House. Adelaide and Peter Streets, NW corner. The camera is facing NE. TPL id's this pic as having been taken in 1914.

Now. Oct. 23, 2015.

 

[Goldie]

Beautiful old mansion - so nice to see that it still exists - in spite of the nasty facade.

 

[thecharioteer]

Two more views of the Foster House: first in 1912, second in 1980 (in which a bit of the flanking house to the west can be seen):

 

[adma]

Ah, another of those slant-mouth Donny Donlands signs--by that time more of a "ghost sign". (And as I've suggested before, the way he's drawn inadvertently conveys more of a "This milk is sour!" message.)

 

[Goldie]

Dundas Square

 

[railmus]

First pic - looks like only the building under the "Courts" sign remains!

 

[Goldie]

The site at Yonge and Gould before and after the arrival of the new Ryerson University Student Learning Centre.

 

[Goldie]

 

[Anna]

Historicist: Toronto Street
The evolution of the city's once most elegant streetscape.
http://torontoist.com/2015/10/historicist-toronto-street/

 

[the lemur]

The site at Yonge and Gould before and after the arrival of the new Ryerson University Student Learning Centre.

First one is probably 1993 or earlier.

 

[the lemur]

Beautiful old mansion - so nice to see that it still exists - in spite of the nasty facade.

That really is a horrible addition - I wonder if there's any interest in restoring some places that have been similarly done.

 

[r937]

my attempts to google this place got me as far as "Auberge Montreaux" but that apparently was ~1986

does anyone remember the ~1979 "then" restaurant for this "now" picture at 1315 Bay St?

 

[Goldie]

I can't answer your question Rudy, but you've prompted me to look at the Scollard St. side of that building.
More interesting than the "white side," I believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/1...2!3m1!1s0x882b34af4311abf7:0xfd982a4c5230d449