Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[Goldie]

Not sure if this is the appropriate thread to post this (feel free to move it, mods):

January, 1968. The view is looking south on McCaul St. from Queen St. Credit: Ted Wickson

I believe that would be looking south on McCaul St. TOWARDS Queen St.

 

[Goldie]

Hot Spots on Yonge 50-60 Years Ago

Yonge St., east side, between Dundas and Gould, 1956 photo by Michel Lambeth

Public sentiment was similar in those days.

Famous, Le Coq d'Or Tavern, just S. of Gould (more recently)

 

[Goldie]

This would have been (1935) immediately opposite today's Nathan Phillips Square.

 

[adma]

And rebuilt not long thereafter as...

 

[Tewder]

Was that a legitimate theatre or burlesque/vaudeville of some sort? The dancing girl image would suggest burlesque but it all seems rather grand for that.

Also, can anyone explain the Disney sign in the Yonge pic above?

 

[Anna]

Was that a legitimate theatre or burlesque/vaudeville of some sort? The dancing girl image would suggest burlesque but it all seems rather grand for that.

http://tayloronhistory.com/2014/01/09/torontos-old-movie-theatresthe-broadway-theatre-on-queen-st/

Also, can anyone explain the Disney sign in the Yonge pic above?

Disney was a clothing store.
https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wo...-biltmore-imperial-continental-clothes-c1970/

 

[Goldie]

Toronto's first flight? - 155 years ago!

 

[Tewder]

http://tayloronhistory.com/2014/01/09/torontos-old-movie-theatresthe-broadway-theatre-on-queen-st/



Disney was a clothing store.
https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wo...-biltmore-imperial-continental-clothes-c1970/

Thanks Anna!!

 

[Goldie]

King St., Queen St. and Yonge St. c.1900

 

[adma]

And to the left of the Roxy/Broadway, also given a Moderne makeover
(from http://www.blogto.com/city/2015/01/a_1940s_toronto_photo_extravaganza/ )

 

[adma]

And from that same BlogTO link, I was intrigued by a couple of things here: (a) the Lumsden Building was already cornice-free, and (b) the Victoria Tower (oh so briefly Toronto's tallest in the late 20s) looks an awful lot like like 1940s US public housing here...

 

[Koolgreen]

maybe nanobots that will eat up anything sprayed on same walls............ as in graffiti?

 

[someMidTowner]

Toronto's first flight? - 155 years ago!

Since nothing besides a balloon was capable of flying back then, I am going to go with first flight as opposed to first balloon flight.

 

[Goldie]

T. Eaton Co. store 1921?

 

[DSC]

T. Eaton Co. store 1921?

The Eaton Golden Jubilee was in 1919 and I think the poster says that. I suspect date is 1919 but maybe they left the old posters up (though it does not sound like the old Mr Eaton!)