Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Goldie]

Bonus space for some homeowners:

 

[thecharioteer]

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Toronto's 8th Post Office, built 1873, photograph from 1874:

It was a look that certainly was popular in a number of cities. New York City's City Hall branch Post Office, 1878 (architect A.B. Mullett; so unpopular a building, it became known as "Mullett's Monstrosity", demolished 1938):

 

[Goldie]

Maybe I'm just late in discovering this excellent "Then & Now " site:

http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/43.649552,-79.375929/id/74388/info/sv/zoom/11/

 

[DSC]

Maybe I'm just late in discovering this excellent "Then & Now " site:

http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/43.649552,-79.375929/id/74388/info/sv/zoom/11/

What a great site! Thanks.

 

[ValsHere]

It's been a long time since I have paid UT a visit. I have a lot of catching up to do.

 

[adma]

That's a pretty early (and stylish) instance of the Green P logo on the left.

 

[Armour]

Check out those cars. What the heck happened to our culture? Even the most basic vehicle in those days looked better than today's top luxury vehicles. Sometime in the mid to late 80s car design lost all grace.

 

[Goldie]

 

[Goldie]

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I went to Google Maps in order to recall the location of those early supports for the Gardiner -- right beside the future Air Canada Centre:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/B...2!3m1!1s0x882b34ca5b2882df:0x102e24ef596a0a4a

 

[DSC]

That's a pretty early (and stylish) instance of the Green P logo on the left.

It appears to have the same green fence all these years later!

 

[Goldie]

 

[Goldie]

Is this location recognizable today?

Caption: Weston car, Toronto Junction. May 4, 1906, photo by Joseph Burr Tyrrell

Heintzman Pianos building can be seen in background.

We need an identical viewpoint to complete a "Then & Now" set.

 

[yonderbean]

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This is the house seen to the left in that old Don Brewery poster. "River Villa" was the exact mirror image of the surviving Leadlay House on Augusta just north of Queen. (image courtesy the collection of Stephen Otto)

Seen here from the back:

(From City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 376, File 2, Item 92)

 

[Goldie]

This is the house seen to the left in that old Don Brewery poster. "River Villa" was the exact mirror image of the surviving Leadlay House on Augusta just north of Queen.

Seen here from the back:

Thank you yonderbean. Beautiful home. Imagine what it would be worth now!
I wonder if a billionaire would choose to live in an identical home today.

 

[Goldie]