Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[lenaitch]

^^Lots of really tall antenna masts in Pic #4. Must be trying to catch Buffalo.

 

[mburrrrr]

I’m not sure if there is a Toronto Photography bird thread and I didn’t know which tall building to tag but maybe Then and Now seems appropriate.

In the Globe today. When Worlds Collide

 

[thecharioteer]

Yonge & Wellington

1856:

1907:

1950:

1980's:

Now (taken by Northshore City):

 

[lenaitch]

Yonge & Wellington

1856:
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1907:

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1950:

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Late 1970's:

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Now (taken by Northshore City):

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Interesting to see a couple of guys working a double-ended cross cut saw on what looks like a decking timber in the 1950 shot.

Not a lot of OHS equipment in sight (hardhats, vests, etc.).

 

[thecharioteer]

Southeast corner of Wellington and Yonge:

1868 (by Octavius Thompson) TPL. The Royal Insurance Company:

1952 (Additional floor added, then known as the Sainsbury Building):

1960's: The entire block (including the Board of Trade Building at Yonge & Front) was razed:

1980's: Construction of 33 Yonge:

1980's:

 

[adma]

Yonge & Wellington



Late 1970's:

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A date contradicted by your subsequent post (i.e. 33 Yonge on the right wasn't finished until 1982)

 

[thecharioteer]

A date contradicted by your subsequent post (i.e. 33 Yonge on the right wasn't finished until 1982)

Corrected! Thanks, Adma.

 

[thecharioteer]

NE corner of Wellington Street East and Scott:

1867 (TPL-Octavius Thompson): The Ontario Bank

1873:

1909:

1910:

1963:

1972:

Now:

 

[lenaitch]

I see they were strangling trees in narrow plots back then as well.