Rufus8
Active Member
Can you imagine all those horses in the horse palace? I used to love the horses, not just the police ones. Oh summer feels so different without the Ex.
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Evocative Images of Lost Toronto
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Goldie
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City of Toronto, paddle steamer, at wharf in Toronto or Niagara 1880 TPL
Goldie
Senior Member
Panorama of Bay Street at waterfront, TPL
...undated and probably photographed from the roof of the Toronto Harbour Commission Building which was built in 1917.
...undated and probably photographed from the roof of the Toronto Harbour Commission Building which was built in 1917.
wmabee
New Member
Hi Goldie - great pic. I think it is probably not the Harbour Commission Building roof though - too far north and too early. I think between 1905-1913 - the Traders Building is up but not the CPR building just north of it. Is that Bluebell or Trillium at the ferry dock?
Richard White
Senior Member
Just came across this outside Leslie Station.
I recall the pre-amalamagation Metro logo but never the coat of arms.
I recall the pre-amalamagation Metro logo but never the coat of arms.
Goldie
Senior Member
Toronto City Hall 1899 TPL
adma
Superstar
Those were actually quite ubiquitous for Metro bridge structures of the 1960s and 1970s--though a lot of them have been rehabbed away...
DSC
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lenaitch
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On the Metro Toronto, and now Toronto, police badge (shoulder 'flash', vehicle livery, etc.)
Goldie
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Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression, North St. (now Bay St.), W. side, S. of Bloor St. W. 1921 TPL
Goldie
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University Theatre, Bloor Street West, north side, between Bellair St. and Avenue Rd. 1969 TPL
LPCI
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old boy
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Miss this place for sure.
Northern Light
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Its one of the buildings in the City I honestly think we should rebuild and protect.
Yes, there's a condo occupying part of the site now, but its relatively small.
Such rebuilds are hard to justify when one considers more acute needs around homelessness, poverty, climate change etc.
But I think they can be considered as part of culture spend and development of tourism.
Toronto was never and never will have been an 'old City'.
But it should preserve and should have preserved those landmarks of distinction it did have.
I would support rebuilding:
The University theatre
The Board of Trade Building at Yonge/Front
The University Avenue Armoury
Among others.
If they can be done and meet other social-good goals at the same time (affordable housing, or childcare etc.) so much the better.
donoreo
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