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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    This is a very nice little street scene in Toronto, from the Star some time ago. I've not been able to find out where it is or was using Google, Tineye... Does anyone know where this is?
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Probably any camera will have the same limitation unless you specifically override the automatic settings. When the camera sees much more pixel variation in the vertical direction than horizontal (normal when shooting up a road for instance) left on its own, it will optimize memory by...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I think I see the problem Mustapha: Your camera is storing the image using different pixel resolution (i.e. number of pixels per inch) for the x and y (horizontal and vertical) axii. For instance, for the 2010 image at Pape and Queen the horizontal res is 72 dpi and the vertical is 300...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Perfect example with the photos shown here. Both images display fine in my browser. But when I do right-click and Save Picture As, (you may want to try this) then look at the same image in Windows Explorer, it is fairly consistent that: 1) The before/then image displays fine. 2)...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Cannot view some saved jpg files I wanted to ask you Mustapha why some of the present day photos you are taking are showing up squished in the Windows Explorer and other Microsoft apps? Is it because you are setting the compression too high? Fro example, the posted image for NW...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    In fact this is the Avenue Theatre - 331 Eglinton Avenue West, W of Avenue Road – (1937-1955) – 680 seats - originally a movie theatre, then became home to annual review Spring Thaw – demolished 1957 to become parking lot
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    Historic photos from Toronto on this day

    Yes, the building is certainly the same as the Moorevale bldg now. Ironically, the High Park chess club looks more like the Moorevale building of yore than the same building does tosay. (Trivia: the High Park bldg appears briefly in the background of the Nicholson movie "The Last Detail")...
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    Historic photos from Toronto on this day

    The Moorevale photo building looks suspiciously like the High Park chess club building, seen from inside the park. Any chance this one is misidentified in the orginal photo label?

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