Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

Charlottesville, Virginia. Famous as the location of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. A Then and Now starring Elizabeth Taylor, Queen Elizabeth and Rock Hudson weaving in and out in a picture journey through time in a very well done blog effort.

http://charlottesvillethenandnow.blogspot.ca/

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for September 4.


Then. Royal York Hotel lobby. The Royal York opened June 11 1929.

Now. May 2012. It's now called the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

 

[HamiltonTransitHistory]

And the surviving Victorian is somewhere on the right of this pic (at Mutual):

Dundas (Wilton) looking west from Jarvis 1916:

The date card between the tracks says May 25, 1911

 

[thecharioteer]

The date card between the tracks says May 25, 1911

My mistake. I confused it with the date of the other Jarvis/Wilton photo I posted that day. Thanks!

 

[Mustapha]

The date card between the tracks says May 25, 1911

I too have missed those date cards a couple of times over the years here. Doh.

 

[the lemur]

Very cool, the lemur! Very cool indeed, thank you!

You're most welcome. I enjoyed doing the research (I'm a bit OCD about that, in fact) and it was a bit of an eye-opener in terms of my perception of Winnipeg. Interesting to see that it has some of the same monarchy-related nomenclature to its streets as well.

 

[r937]

some then-and-now photographs of the san francisco earthquake -- http://shawnclover.com/2012/08/17/1906-today-the-earthquake-blend-part-ii/

ever body be doin it, eh

 

[Mustapha]

some then-and-now photographs of the san francisco earthquake -- http://shawnclover.com/2012/08/17/1906-today-the-earthquake-blend-part-ii/

ever body be doin it, eh

I almost couldn't get past the dead horses, but I managed. A fascinating and somewhat mildly twisted take on Then and Now. Interesting link, thanks r937.

 

[Mustapha]

It's almost that time of year again. The Fall U of T Collge book sales.

Trust me on this, you wanna go.

http://www.booksalefinder.com/utgeneral.html

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for September 5 2012.



Then. Yonge looking N from just N of Queen. I'm guessing 1914-ish. You can see a glimpse of Albert street on the left. This segment of Albert was built over by the Eaton Centre and exists as an east to west pedestrian passage along the old alignment; Albert still exists of course, but only from the western entrance of the Centre to Bay Street . If I'm not mistaken, there may still be signs inside the Eaton Centre proclaiming 'Albert Way'.

Now. May 2012.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for September 6 2012.



Then. Gerrard looking W from Main. September 23 1915. This part of Toronto has the feel of a small town to it. Main street is out of view to the left of the picture - a walk up and down its small-in-scale-unimproved-and-a-bit-dilapidated 'business section' makes Toronto feel far away.

June 2012.

Another pair of views about 100 yard to the W still looking W along Gerrard.

 

[Anna]

Then and Now for September 6 2012.

Then. Gerrard looking W from Main. September 23 1915. This part of Toronto has the feel of a small town to it. Main street is out of view to the left of the picture - a walk up and down its small-in-scale-unimproved-and-a-bit-dilapidated 'business section' makes Toronto feel far away.

That's because it was a small town - East Toronto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Toronto

 

[HamiltonTransitHistory]

Mustapha, are you sure about the date on the now picture? Because the trees have no leaves and the people seem overdressed for summer. (Also, the price of gas at the station is about 10 cents higher than the June average in Toronto, according to GasBuddy.com. But it matches the average price back in April)

 

[spider]

Then and Now for September 5 2012.



Then. Yonge looking N from just N of Queen. I'm guessing 1914-ish. You can see a glimpse of Albert street on the left. This segment of Albert was built over by the Eaton Centre and exists as an east to west pedestrian passage along the old alignment; Albert still exists of course, but only from the western entrance of the Centre to Bay Street . If I'm not mistaken, there may still be signs inside the Eaton Centre proclaiming 'Albert Way'.

Now. May 2012.

The Eastbound streetcar obviously stopped at Main (no more tracks) reversed Westbound on the Eastbound side of the street to the switch a hundred feet or so to the west and moved to the proper side of the street for the rest of the trip. Acceptable in 1915 but unimaginable in later years, any idea when this operation ended?

 

[Goldie]

For those who admire the "Then & Now" concept, here are a few sites for your enjoyment.

http://torontomomentsintime.ca/14-amazing-rephotography-websites/