Goldie
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Wilkie, Daniel R., house, 432 Sherbourne St., w. side, between Carlton & Wellesley Sts. 1908 TPL
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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W. K. Lis
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Wonder if the bricks were painted because they had deteriorated so much that they couldn't find replacement bricks to match the old bricks?
LPCI
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IMO it was a fashion to paint brick. The house next door had their yellow brick corners painted white. My father did that to our house back in the day...1960’s.
W. K. Lis
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Most likely it was because of the soot covering the bricks. Painting the bricks was the cheapest "remedy". The soot came from coal furnaces and boilers, which generally were replaced by oil or natural gas burners by the 1950's or so.
LPCI
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I well remember the soot. Paint doesn’t stick to soot. The “cure” for soot then was unbridled sandblasting, which degraded the brick.
Goldie
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Bank of British North America, Weston Road, north east corner John St. 1906 TPL
W. K. Lis
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The "new" building looks like a typical 1950/1960's single-story, single-use building of the time.
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Just as the older building looks like a typical bank of 1906! Le plus ca change!
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adma
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And Weston has a pair of nice ex-banks of that ilk (including the old Scotia at Weston & Lawrence)
Northern Light
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Just saw this photo on Twitter, posted by the Old Toronto Series ( from the archives), this is Bathurst, looking south at Davenport.
Can't get quite the same shot from streetview..............but close'ish.
I know this corridor from the odd Saturday at Wychwood Farmer's Market......and walking downhill to the coffee shop, then Fiesta Farms..........before heading home laden w/groceries!
Can't get quite the same shot from streetview..............but close'ish.
I know this corridor from the odd Saturday at Wychwood Farmer's Market......and walking downhill to the coffee shop, then Fiesta Farms..........before heading home laden w/groceries!
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Goldie
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Lawson Rd. looking S-W to Kingston Rd. 1968 CTA
Goldie
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Weston Presbyterian Church, Cross St., east side, north of Church St. 1912 TPL
Goldie
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University Ave. looking north east to Dundas St. W. 1956 TPL
adma
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Looks like the TGH's Urquhart Wing was under construction in the old photo.