Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[thecharioteer]

it just seems like the first picture was taken a lot closer to the station than the contemporary one

Could be the camera lenses. Goldie?

 

[Goldie]

it just seems like the first picture was taken a lot closer to the station than the contemporary one

telephoto lens ?????

 

[thecharioteer]

Interesting how thoroughly the Nedco on Front was resurrected and restored without a prompt...

And even added sympathetic windows on the side elevation that weren't there originally. Obviously a labour of love by the owner.

 

[moe45673]

I've said it before: All these shots of the rail yards dominating lakefront Toronto is a punch to the gut of nostalgia, when I was a little boy and my dad would take me to Jays' games at the Ex. Taking the subway and streetcar, walking there, and the overwhelming sprawl of the railway (always fascinating to a little boy). The Dome opened when i was 8 so I was really young!

 

[FAW]

Front and Portland (think I did this once before, but without the early 1970's pic from the Naylor fonds):

1910:

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1970's:

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Today:

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They even added Georgian style eaves to the roof. Another touch that wasn't part of the original. Personally I think it was an improvement to remove the arch window as it looks out of place.

Paul

 

[Goldie]

Amazing 'Then & Nows' of the D-Day landings (1944):

http://www.theguardian.com/artandde...y-landings-scenes-in-1944-and-now-interactive

 

[Mustapha]

Amazing 'Then & Nows' of the D-Day landings (1944):

http://www.theguardian.com/artandde...y-landings-scenes-in-1944-and-now-interactive

Quite very well done Goldie, isn't it? Great link, thank you. In the comments section there is another great link: "Blitz Ghosts".


https://www.flickr.com/photos/osborne_villas/sets/72157625836754972/





Closer to home. There's a D-Day exhibit at New City Hall, put on by the International Plastic Modelers Society, of scale models and equipment. These guys and gals are real artists in plastic, wood and paint. Full disclosure: one of my siblings belongs to the IPMS and is also a planner at City Hall. Runs June 2 thru 6.

http://ipmstoronto.com/

 

[DSC]

"Sleepy Hollow". While scanning older maps I noticed on the 1862 HJ Browne Plan of the City of Toronto a fairly large green space on the south side of College Street - east of Spadina and south of the University of Toronto - called Sleepy Hollow. Here is the Map, thanks to Nathan Ng.

Not absolutely sure where it is now but here is a photo of the "cottage' - listed at TPL as "Robinson, John Beverly, 'Sleepy Hollow', College St., s. side, between University Ave. & McCaul St."

 

[thecharioteer]

See posts #6592+ a few years ago:

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/6947-Miscellany-Toronto-Photographs-Then-and-Now/page440

1884:

1895:

 

[thecharioteer]

A Then and Now from 1938 (TPL) of College & Spadina:

 

[the lemur]

A Then and Now from 1938 (TPL) of College & Spadina:

Do you have the direct link for that? I'd like to be able to zoom in on the map in the centre.

 

[thecharioteer]

Here's the link at the TPL:

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-149&R=DC-PICTURES-R-149

 

[Goldie]

 

[Red October]

...and then back even further to when it was on a pier out into the water!

1920:

source.

 

[Mustapha]

View south from the Imperial Oil Building, 1950's:

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Today:

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The lobby in this building is just such a great example of Mid Century. I can't help but press my nose up against the windows to look inside everytime I'm in the area.