Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[thecharioteer]

Attached images of A. E. Rae & Company, 168 Yonge, in 1908. Source:

http://www.archive.org/stream/constructionjour02macduoft#page/n57/mode/2up

They didn’t last long; by 1912 (or earlier) Simpson’s had swallowed them up.

Love those late Victorian/Edwardian storefronts! It reminds me of the now-demolished Oak Hall at 121 King Street East (now the Sculpture Garden):

Close-up from the sidewalk:

View of the street in 1910 (Oak Hall on the right):

Oak Hall:

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

THE D PIKE COMPANY LIMITED, est 1881.

Presently located at Woodbridge, Ontario. (2011)


Regards,
J T

 

[wwwebster]

Love those late Victorian/Edwardian storefronts!

Attached, another neat old storefront: Harcourt & Son, 103 King West, circa 1913.

Image swiped from Architectural Bronze and Iron, published by Allis-Chalmers in 1913:

http://www.archive.org/details/architecturalbro00canauoft

 

[wwwebster]

Attached, an image of Ansley Castle, plus floor plans. Source:

http://www.archive.org/stream/constructionjour02macduoft#page/n629/mode/2up

 

[DSC]

Thread-fans might also enjoy http://www.whatwasthere.com/ It would be great to see more pictures loaded to it!

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Ansley Castle, plus floor plans." QUOTE wwwebster.


What we don't see is the fireplace on the third floor, and the basement, entered by

the lefthand porch.


Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

1932:

 

[adma]

Worth noting: the University Avenue extension already appears to be completed and open. (Though it's interesting that it wasn't yet "connected" to York at the bottom--when did that happen?)

 

[BeeRich]

Is the original resolution of the pic? This picture reminds me when the Leafs were good.

(sorry, the pic of Toronto from above)

 

[wwwebster]

Attached images of the Imperial Oil service station off Court Street, south side, west of Church.

Taken from Construction, March 1917 (9 pages):

http://www.archive.org/stream/constructionjour10macduoft#page/78/mode/2up

 

[Edward Skira]

Also worth noting the Federal building on Front is only 2/3's the size it is today. When was the portion at Bay added on?

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

Taking note of the turntable within the Imperial Oil Co's head office,

I have remembered same belonging to Nelson Hyland - Avenue Rd w/s,

between Heath St & Lonsdale Road. Drive the Rolls Royce Phantom V in,

turn the "table", drive out.

The Wm Speers Funeral Chapel at 2926 Dundas W, west of Keele St was

also home to another unit.

As an aside, Murray Paterson & son, owner(s) of Wm Speers, buried

both? Nelson Hyland and his invalid sister.

Regards,
J T

 

[adma]

Also worth noting the Federal building on Front is only 2/3's the size it is today. When was the portion at Bay added on?

1935/6.

 

[thecharioteer]

Day:

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[thecharioteer]

From the TPL: