Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

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Reminiscent of other Victorian names like Augusta, Adelaide, Beatrice and Charlotte.....

Most were, I think, names of Royal British queens or princesses.

 

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"Maud" is plainer.

 

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"Maud" is plainer.

In the 1884 Goad Atlas, Maud Street is named Esther Street, not becoming Maud until 1890. Could the popularity of the name derive from Tennyson's famous poem "Maud" from 1855?

COME into the garden, Maud,
For the black bat, night, has flown,
Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone;
And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,
And the musk of the rose is blown.

 

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1884:

1890:

 

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Maybe the poem or maybe because she was one of Queen Victoria's grand-children?
Maud of Wales:
Born: 26 November 1869
Died: 20 November 1938 (a
Spouse: Haakon VII of Norway
Full name: Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria
Father: Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Mother: Alexandra of Denmark
Maud of Wales, GCVO, GCStJ, VA, CI (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria was Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. She was the youngest daughter of the British king and queen Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark. Maud of Wales was the first queen of Norway in over five centuries who was not also queen of Denmark or Sweden.

 

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The St. Andrew's Market 1889 Romanesque-revival addition (at the corner of Richmond and Maud) in 1921:

The 1873 main market building during demolition in 1932:

One of "Lost Toronto's" wonderful mash-ups:

 

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Another photo of the old market:

 

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The Toronto Star Archives, now in the TPL database, offer glimpses of the human drama behind many sites. The following are two pics of the SW corner of Bay and Richmond, first from 1922, then from 1937.

1922:

Caption in The Star:

"Old will soon yield place to new. Here is shown the southwest corner of Richmond and Bay streets; the Carrick property; now being demolished by Frankel Brothers; to make way for the new 20-storey office building; to be erected by Yolles and Rotenberg Limited. In less than a fortnight these well-known old buildings will be more. A large percentage of the space in the new building has already been leased."

1937:

Caption in The Star:

"Prominent Toronto realtor falls from skyscraper to death. Mr. Rotenberg (Inset), had apparently stepped out on the balcony of his office suite on the 21st floor of his Sterling Towers building, Bay and Richmond Sts., when he slipped on its wet tiles. His body dropped 16 storeys before crashing into the roof of the building occupied by the Evangelical Publishers, inc. The line of his fall is indicated by the white lines."

 

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Royal Canadian Yacht Club - some members - Centre Island, 1903 Toronto Public Library

 

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Spectators in Agincourt await Royal Tour, 1939

 

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Toronto waterfront 1907, looking east from a Bay St. rooftop, TPL

 

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Metropolitan Methodist Church bicycle club, 1897

 

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Toronto waterfront 1907, looking east from a Bay St. rooftop, TPL
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Note only one newfangled skyscraper: Traders Bank on Yonge

 

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Metropolitan Methodist Church bicycle club, 1897

 

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Sunnyside Beach 1922