More Lost Toronto in colour

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"O tanenbaum, O tanenbaum..."
Earlscourt_Lad.

BINGO!


Regards,
J T

 

[Red October]

A somewhat grittier Toronto in the 1960's and 70's (from the Naylor fonds):

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Jesus... thank God that was restored...

 

[thecharioteer]

Some more from the Naylor fonds of Toronto in the 1970's:

 

[klarakos]

Have we ever done a "Lost Toronto" item on China Court, that gaily-painted place that used to have pagodas and a garden - on the west side of Spadina, just south of Dundas? After I picked up my coat at Magder last week I had a huge $4 plate of Chinese food ( choose four items ) in the lower level of the mall that's there now. There used to be a fancy-shmancy Chinese restaurant, in the mid-80s to mid-90s, on the top floor of the other Chinese mall right at the south west corner of Spadina and Dundas, too. All, sadly, gone or in seriously tacky decline for more than a decade.

 

[thecharioteer]

See: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/04/then-and-now-china-court

http://torontoist.com/2009/12/historicist_toronto_for_tourists_1979/

 

[DSC]

Here area couple of then and now from the Charioteer's great set above.

Though I never saw it open, Tom's Open Kitchen moved to the small house on the east side of Sherbourne just south of Queen. There was a sign there until quite recently.

 

[Anna]

Charioteer also posted a photo of that house on the Evocative Images thread a couple of weeks ago.

Then - the corner of Wilton and Mutual - you can see the Mutual Street sign on the side of the house

Here area couple of then and now from the Charioteer's great set above.

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Though I never saw it open, Tom's Open Kitchen moved to the small house on the east side of Sherbourne just south of Queen. There was a sign there until quite recently.

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

Not sure where to post this, (I guess it's "Lost Toronto" now) but in light of all the hand-wringing and debate over the Sam the Record Man sign, this one went quietly:

Toronto's iconic Inglis billboard is no more

Since 1975, the Inglis billboard alongside the Gardiner Expressway entertained drivers with quirky messages.

For many years, the billboard was all that remained of Inglis — an appliance manufacturer, now owned by Whirlpool, which once had a plant on Strachan Avenue, near Exhibition Place.

This week, the iconic sign was removed.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Anyone have any interesting old views of this sign?

 

[DSC]

Not sure where to post this, (I guess it's "Lost Toronto" now) but in light of all the hand-wringing and debate over the Sam the Record Man sign, this one went quietly:

Toronto's iconic Inglis billboard is no more

Since 1975, the Inglis billboard alongside the Gardiner Expressway entertained drivers with quirky messages.

For many years, the billboard was all that remained of Inglis — an appliance manufacturer, now owned by Whirlpool, which once had a plant on Strachan Avenue, near Exhibition Place.

This week, the iconic sign was removed.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Anyone have any interesting old views of this sign?

Yes, another iconic Toronto sign. Here's a shot from Google

Streetview.

 

[r937]

Anyone have any interesting old views of this sign?

no, but i did make up my own version of an Inglis sign saying, using words taken directly from the CBC article --

"no longer viable ... obscured by condo"​

 

[thecharioteer]

CNE 1926:

1960's:

1989:

 

[Goldie]

1960's:

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Thanks for that Shell Tower pic, charioteer. (note: it was renamed The Bulova Tower in 1973)

Here's my version taken about the same time:

 

[AndreaPalladio]

It's hard to believe that St. Lawrence became such a dump... .

Bruce Bell gave a talk in my building a year or two ago and he said that when the city government moved out to the new, now old, city hall, all the businesses in the area moved to, and industry replaced them.

 

[thecharioteer]

Should be rebuilt in the same location:

 

[thecharioteer]

Bruce Bell gave a talk in my building a year or two ago and he said that when the city government moved out to the new, now old, city hall, all the businesses in the area moved to, and industry replaced them.

Interesting comment. Did the relocation in 1899 of City Hall from Front & Jarvis to Queen & Bay initiate the westward shift of the commercial heart of the city or reflect it?

Whereas the King/Church/Adelaide/Toronto Street/Jarvis blocks may have contained the major institutions of Victorian Toronto (St. James, St. Lawrence Hall, the Post Office), the construction of the King Edward Hotel illustrated the fashionable shift westward. Yonge Street was replacing King Street for shopping (Eaton's, Simpson's, Holt Renfrew, the Arcade Building) as well as for new "skyscraper" office buildings (the Board of Trade building at Yonge and Front (1892), the Trader Bank at Yonge and Colborne, 1906). Note that an earlier office building, the Beard Building at King and Jarvis (1894), was a financial disaster given the westward shift.

Also remember that on the west side, the Ontario Parliament Buildings were completed in 1893, University College in 1853 and Osgoode Hall in 1832. On the west side were Upper Canada College, Government House, the old Parliament Buildings and Trinity College.

One can't discount the environmental impact of the railroads, the gas-plants, the coal yards, the rendering plants and even Gooderham & Worts in making the east side less and less appealing.