Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[Goldie]

Illustration from Landmarks of Canada (The J. Ross Robertson Canadian Historicak Collection, 1967) TPL

 

[Richard White]

Illustration from Landmarks of Canada (The J. Ross Robertson Canadian Historicak Collection, 1967) TPL
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Goldie.. I think I can see you in this picture.

 

[Goldie]

Just another "selfie."

 

[Goldie]

Half Way House, Kingston Rd., north west corner Midland Ave. 1912 TPL

1920

1953

 

[DSC]

Not sure I have the right corner but the St Theresa Shrine of the Little Flower may be on site now?

 

[Goldie]

No, DSC. The St. Theresa Shrine of the Little Flower is on the diagonally opposite corner.
This 2011 photo shows the Post Office building that replaced the Half Way House.
The PO has since become home to a "fitness" business.
Note the mural (at left) depicting the original site.

 

[Goldie]

Hotel Hanlan (1880-1909), Hanlan's Point 1905 TPL

 

[Richard White]

Hotel Hanlan (1880-1909), Hanlan's Point 1905 TPL
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Something like this would be a money-maker now. Put a hotel on Wards Island or Hanlans Point and people would pay good money for the view.

That being said, it would need a moat.

 

[Goldie]

Greenland Fishery Tavern (later Beauchamp House), Front St. W., north west corner John St. 1885 TPL

 

[Goldie]

Oulcott's Hotel, Yonge St., north west corner Helendale Ave. 1900 TPL

Building used as post office from c.1914 to 1936 when it was demolished.

Photo-bombed by Postmaster? & friend?

 

[Goldie]

Employees of Scanion's Bakery on Yonge Street,. Aurora 1935 TPL

Bakery flourished for almost a century. Employees of Scanion's Bakery, on Yonge St. in downtown Aurora, pose proudly beside polished trucks — and one horse-drawn wagon — in the mid-1930s. Scanion's flourished from the 1880s to the early 1960s and even ran a chain of bakery shops on Yonge St. as far as St. Clair Ave. during World War II. The bake ovens, where all the baking was done, still stand behind the shop in one of Aurora's oldest buildings. It is now a wholesale outlet for restaurant supplies. Many Metro families used to stop at Scanion's for a treat on the way to the cottage.

 

[lenaitch]

I see flags draped over hoods. Perhaps getting ready for, or just finished, a parade.

 

[Goldie]

Madison at Dupont, S-E corner c.1950
Ah, Nostalgia!
Memories of 70 years ago when there were privately-owned drug stores with bicycle-delivery and phone booths too.

 

[Goldie]

Front St. at St. Lawrence market, date unknown

Street artist, date unknown

 

[Geogblog]

Illustration from Landmarks of Canada (The J. Ross Robertson Canadian Historicak Collection, 1967) TPL
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Broad gauge, wood fired, one cord of wood every 20 miles.