seemsartless
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June 21: Just east of Christie Pits Park is this photo from 1916, looking at repairs to Hydro cut on Clinton St just south of Barton right about here.
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Historic photos from Toronto on this day
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Anna
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June 19th: Just one photo from the 19th, in 1913 The image says Summerhill Crossing looking South but the City of Toronto record calls it 'Yonge Street - Summerhill Avenue crossing' but I assume that's incorrect. My guess is Mount Pleasant:
Sort of. Mount Pleasant didn't go south of St. Clair then (if even that far - it's pencilled in on the 1913 map), and the two pieces of Summerhill were connected. It looks like it's the intersection of Summerhill & Shaftesbury, on the west side of the ravine. Straight ahead is the route Summerhill took down the ravine.
Right here http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=...=C-6xgKixvJj4IHoPr8nOSg&cbp=12,113.73,,0,7.15
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seemsartless
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Wow, thanks for the research and the map, very cool!
seemsartless
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June 22 An interesting tour south from Bloor St. down a leafy Sherbourne Street in 1953,
57 years ago, on a Monday in Upper Jarvis.
627 Sherbourne Street
Behind the gate at 623 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 619 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 619 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 611 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 607-609 Sherbourne Street
605-607-609 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 603-605 Sherbourne Street at Howard Street:
For links to all the full sized photos, a map location of each photo, and other photos in the area, see the Toronto Historic Photos from June 22 webpage.
57 years ago, on a Monday in Upper Jarvis.
627 Sherbourne Street
Behind the gate at 623 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 619 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 619 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 611 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 607-609 Sherbourne Street
605-607-609 Sherbourne Street
Looking north from 603-605 Sherbourne Street at Howard Street:
For links to all the full sized photos, a map location of each photo, and other photos in the area, see the Toronto Historic Photos from June 22 webpage.
thecharioteer
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Great set! For a city that prides itself on its trees, we were very careless about the trees which once lined practically every street downtown.
NW corner of Sherbourne and Isabella 1945:
NW corner of Sherbourne and Isabella 1945:
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
On June 29th 1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov defected at the O'Keefe Centre.
seemsartless
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That's a great photo too. Notice how close the trees were to the street even then...
June 23rd: One more photo from Sherbourne Street in 1953, of the houses, trees, and some ornate wood-work to the right, at 609-611:
Leaving Sherbourne, we'll jump back to 1922 and the north-east corner of Dundas and Spadina, 88 years ago on a Friday:
And the alleyway behind the theatre. I assume that is graffiti on the far left, even back in :
You can see more photos of the theatre, and corner on this map
And while not historic yet, I've posted a few photos from the mural by EGR and Horus, commissioned by Chinatown BIA this year, 2010, in this alley ( I suspect it won't last too long, I guess ).
Start at http://www.seemsartless.com/index.php?pic=2167 and keep moving to the right to see more images from the mural, including a fish painted on the (now paved) ground.
thecharioteer
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July 1, 1927: Centennial Parade Bloor and Bellair: (Happy Dominion Day!)
No. 5 Steamer:
No. 3 hose and chemical wagon:
No. 8 hose wagon:
No. 5 Steamer:
No. 3 hose and chemical wagon:
No. 8 hose wagon:
seemsartless
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Those are great, and thanks for the help, the summer, and this heat, makes it tougher to keep up the thread! But here are some other highlights...
June 28th Two photos from 1934, 76 years ago... Sherwood Park, old North Toronto Pumping Station:
then the photographer went west, over to Yonge Street, looking north from Eglinton around here on the map, I assume, at 9:45AM on a Thursday!
You can see all the details at http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?month=June&day=28
June 28th Two photos from 1934, 76 years ago... Sherwood Park, old North Toronto Pumping Station:
then the photographer went west, over to Yonge Street, looking north from Eglinton around here on the map, I assume, at 9:45AM on a Thursday!
You can see all the details at http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?month=June&day=28
seemsartless
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Here are a few more photos from July 1st - starting 100 years ago, in 1910, of a crowd watching a lacrosse game, Scarborough Beach Park:
Ten years later, in 1920, we head back up Yonge Street just south of York Mills, looking at Birrel's Hotel on the left.
Then to 1933 and a very busy looking Cherry Beach:
Details, and links to the records for each item, is available at http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?month=July&day=1
And while we're down by the water, here's one photo from July 3rd, of the sightseeing launch, Miss York, in the Toronto Island Park lagoon around here, 1929.
What a great looking sky!
seemsartless
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July 4th: Just one photo today, from 1922, of the Gerrard Street Methodist Church, at the northeast corner of River and Gerrard streets, where the Serbian Orthodox Church St Sava now stands:
July 5th: For some reason, these 2 photos, from 106 years ago, in 1904 really caught my eye.
This is 'old concrete' on St. George, south of Dupont Street. I love the kids hanging around, the old machinery, the fire hydrant that hasn't changed since, the empty lots, and the fact that all the buildings are still there.
For links to the City of Toronto Archives entries, see http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?month=July&day=5
July 5th: For some reason, these 2 photos, from 106 years ago, in 1904 really caught my eye.
This is 'old concrete' on St. George, south of Dupont Street. I love the kids hanging around, the old machinery, the fire hydrant that hasn't changed since, the empty lots, and the fact that all the buildings are still there.
For links to the City of Toronto Archives entries, see http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?month=July&day=5
seemsartless
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July 7th: Two photos, from 1950, 60 years ago, of the corner of Roxborough & Mt. Pleasant Road in 1950:
Northwest corner. The house still stands there, without the side porch, and with a second house added to the east, right on Mount Pleasant:
Then looking south, we see the retaining wall that is still there, and lots of trees blocking the view then, as now:
Links to the City of Toronto Archives records for these historic photos are available here.
Northwest corner. The house still stands there, without the side porch, and with a second house added to the east, right on Mount Pleasant:
Then looking south, we see the retaining wall that is still there, and lots of trees blocking the view then, as now:
Links to the City of Toronto Archives records for these historic photos are available here.
seemsartless
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July 9th: A single photo from the junction, in 1931, 79 years ago, of St Clair, looking at the north-east corner at Keele Street:
I didn't realize there were that many large buildings at this intersection that were torn down - I'm not even sure if this photo is correctly marked...
I didn't realize there were that many large buildings at this intersection that were torn down - I'm not even sure if this photo is correctly marked...
adma
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Somehow, it strikes me that the Swift complex did indeed go to the intersection maybe until the 70s; and perhaps fire/modernization pared it back. Anyway, that's one stern little BMO branch in the foreground...
seemsartless
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Ha, I agree, looks like a very working-class sort of bank building.
Still trying to catch up... here's 2 photos from July 10th - starting on Friday, July 10, 1914, 96 years ago, of a group of men on site of the Bloor Viaduct, looking east across the Don Valley Ravine from Drumsnab Road, just north of Bloor. Right about here on the map. Always interesting to put faces to some of the men who were responsible for such an important bridge!
Then to 1931, and Dundas St and Yonge St, special trackwork, at 6 a.m.- a corner that has certainly changed, and to a degree defined Toronto as much as the bridge....
( As always, links to the City of Toronto Archives records are available on the Historic Photos of Toronto on July 10th page.)