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Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

Your guess is as good as mine.
Could certainly lead to some interesting and amusing captions, eh?
 
Toronto Water Works -image from Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present 1877

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Image from: Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present by J. Timperlake 1877
East view along Front St., towards Church St.
Isn't that the 'Coffin' building?

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Here's a 1934 hotel development that never happened!

12/3/1934

Original Toronto Star caption: Proposed hotel buildings looked over by civic property committee. Property committee of the city council; under Ald. Beamish; accompanied by Building Commissioner Gillies and Fire Chief Sinclair; looked over these buildings to-day to judge at first hand their suitability and safety as beverage-room sites. In each case approval was sought for alternations necessary to turn the properties-all of brick; three-storeys in height-into standard hotels. (1) The building at 862 Danforth Ave.; owned by the wife of Robert Allen; M.P.P.; and formerly occupied by a drug store and Mr. Allen's real estate office.

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British America Assurance Company - image from Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present, published in 1877

Would this be the N/W corner or S/E corner?

British America Assurance -image from Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present 1877.jpg
 
British America Assurance Company - image from Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present, published in 1877

Would this be the N/W corner or S/E corner?

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NW corner. It can be seen to the far left in this pic. Seems from the number of pics online it was one of the first in the area to become a parking lot.


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Image from "Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present" published 1877
The address may, in fact, be 50 Church St.

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