Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[Aaron]

You're unreal.

 

[Anna]

I don't understand why our city planners felt the need to destroy so many landmark buildings. There was plenty of vacant land for new construction. Why was it necessary to demolish the armoury? There are plenty of forgettable structures from the 60s and 70s I wish we would demolish, however.

Thanks to Aladone, mentioned in Torontoist today.

 

[LowPolygon]

 

[Kingsway]

Where is the tower under construction 3 pics up? Is it Don Mills?

 

[LowPolygon]

Where is the tower under construction 3 pics up? Is it Don Mills?

that's the Scott Library at York University....

 

[Strange Advance]

Wow, neat. Taken from atop the brand new Ross building.

 

[syn]

It's amazing that so many beautiful buildings were taken down in the name of progress, yet after all these years the wooden electricity poles remain.

 

[Goldie]

Who's the speaker?

I wonder if that's Charles Templeton at the podium in the "Youth for Christ" photo.

Photo attached (thumbnail):
"Fake picture of the older agnostic looking thoughtfully at the evangelical younger self."

 

[matix]

It's amazing that so many beautiful buildings were taken down in the name of progress, yet after all these years the wooden electricity poles remain.

i don't get what the big deal is with wooden electricty poles.

granted, they are inappropriate for some grander blvds, but i find they also add a bit of character to the street life.

maybe i'm alone on this one?

 

[LowPolygon]

I wonder if that's Charles Templeton at the podium in the "Youth for Christ" photo.

Photo attached (thumbnail):
"Fake picture of the older agnostic looking thoughtfully at the evangelical younger self."

i think its very likely that it is him!

 

[thecharioteer]

i think its very likely that it is him!

As it was him with his glamorous wife Sylvia Murphy at the opening of O'Keefe Centre in 1960:

 

[Goldie]

outdoor art show

The earliest version of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit was held at the Four Seasons Hotel on Jarvis St. - before moving to Nathan Phillip's Square.

Thumbnail titled: The Critic

 

[Aaron]

i don't get what the big deal is with wooden electricty poles.

granted, they are inappropriate for some grander blvds, but i find they also add a bit of character to the street life.

maybe i'm alone on this one?

I feel exactly the same way, so you're not alone.

 

[matix]

good to hear.

and ditto for over head street car lines. i mean, just imagine standing at spadina and dundas without them. you'd feel naked.

 

[LowPolygon]

The earliest version of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit was held at the Four Seasons Hotel on Jarvis St. - before moving to Nathan Phillip's Square.

Thumbnail titled: The Critic

thank you Goldie--you got me thinking about the art world in Toronto of yore!