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Don't forget the "rag" or junk man! "Junk, a junk a ho!"

Any info on Noverre Bros. imprinted on the 1875 pic?

Top right of first picture is a billboard for Harold D. Fishleigh Real Estate. The office left centre of second pic. Also Womans Bakery and Hunts separated by one store front and a phone booth!

When growing up in the Junction, that used to be a United Cigar Store and further west was the "Alps" restaurant. I think it had a fire and did not reopen?

Anybody got a metal detector??

Cost of rent and lack of available and reasonable parking are my guesses for the Solaris demise

I was thinking that way but didn't know enough about the theatre.

Just checked "The Vulture People" (aka Urubu) on IMDB and it was released in 1948 although pic is dated 1952. Hmmm ??

Love the "Lunatic Asylum in the the 1874 Hart Rawlinson Compilation map" !!! Hasn't changed much in 140 years! ;<}}

Whew! that is quite the report! (with lots of pics) Thanks for the post.

By George, I think you got it!!

If the cornice supports were made of wood, I can see them rotting and easier (and less expensive) to remove than replace.

We had a discussion of Union Station a while ago so I thought I might post this info from Derek Boles: July 1, 1873: Toronto's 2nd Union Station opens for business, the largest and most opulent railway station in Canada. Built on the site of Toronto's first Union Station (1858), the new facility...

Thanks, but no, I do not think so. I recall the road having several curves and longer. Was there an industrial site in the vicinity that might match?

Can anyone help with a childhood memory?? I am looking for an area that we used to drive by as a child. We would travel east on Bloor/Danforth, cross the Don and then turn left (or right) and pass by a very long whitewashed wall with thick brick bases. There were some type of doors but for...

Hey, John! We should get together to reminisce!! Email me at johnkana at fc.amdsb.ca

Another link here! http://campbellpark.ca/wiki/wiki.php?n=OldPhotosWallace.FrontPage

What is the large building to the left of the "Simpson's" sign?

Thanks to you all. Maybe I need to get out more! VBG

Goldie: In post #11380 (not trump tower pic!) JK (railmus)