thecharioteer
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East side of Yonge, south of Gloucester:
1910:
Now:
1910:
Now:
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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thecharioteer
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Follow up to my "then" pic of the SE corner of Yonge & Gloucester (from the TPL):
1928:
From the Toronto Star 6/4/1928:
"Historic old Matheson Hall sold. Above is a photograph of Matheson Hall; situated at the south-east corner of Yonge and Gloucester Sts.; a historic Yonge St. landmark; which was once the home of the late Dr. Hugh Matheson. The building and land has been sold by the Matheson estate; through the real estate department of the National Trust Company; to clients of Gibson Brothers; realtors; who plan to erect a modern commercial building on the site. Matheson Hall was built in 1870; when the Matheson family acquired the property from the late George Michie."
1928:
From the Toronto Star 6/4/1928:
"Historic old Matheson Hall sold. Above is a photograph of Matheson Hall; situated at the south-east corner of Yonge and Gloucester Sts.; a historic Yonge St. landmark; which was once the home of the late Dr. Hugh Matheson. The building and land has been sold by the Matheson estate; through the real estate department of the National Trust Company; to clients of Gibson Brothers; realtors; who plan to erect a modern commercial building on the site. Matheson Hall was built in 1870; when the Matheson family acquired the property from the late George Michie."
thecharioteer
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Yonge/Gloucester 1929:
Matheson Hall being demolished:
The corner in 1981:
Matheson Hall being demolished:
The corner in 1981:
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Then:
The William H. Wright Building
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_H._Wright_Building.jpg
Date of photo unknown, building lifepsan: 1937-1974
Now:
Once the the HQ of the Globe and Mail; before it decamped to Front near Spadina......
Today, the Exchange Tower.
The William H. Wright Building
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_H._Wright_Building.jpg
Date of photo unknown, building lifepsan: 1937-1974
Now:
Once the the HQ of the Globe and Mail; before it decamped to Front near Spadina......
Today, the Exchange Tower.
thecharioteer
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What a great building! One could stand on York Street and look down into the printing press room in the basement where the papers were packaged on conveyor belts (like in the old movies).
flonicky
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The dry cleaners/laundramat survived.
flonicky
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Harbord & Spadina looking west
1936 - Toronto Archives
1972 - Toronto Archives
2009 Streetview
2023
1936 - Toronto Archives
1972 - Toronto Archives
2009 Streetview
2023
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They certainly f'ed up the rather attractive row of three houses!
lenaitch
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Interesting that it looks like the corner building was a Royal Bank, then it wasn't, then it was again, then not.
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Courtesy of the FB group Friends of Vintage Toronto, we have a then and now of the old escalator from Eaton's College Street/ College Park:
Date: Not specified
Source: https://scontent.fykz1-2.fna.fbcdn....aNByu2jxydqKrZm57m6JUlRX_Vs9ueJRg&oe=65889953
Now:
This is by Planet Fitness
Source: https://scontent.fykz1-1.fna.fbcdn....6XLO00oLBOmz9ni4FkM-6L1E06R_B2x_A&oe=658898CD
Date: Not specified
Source: https://scontent.fykz1-2.fna.fbcdn....aNByu2jxydqKrZm57m6JUlRX_Vs9ueJRg&oe=65889953
Now:
This is by Planet Fitness
Source: https://scontent.fykz1-1.fna.fbcdn....6XLO00oLBOmz9ni4FkM-6L1E06R_B2x_A&oe=658898CD
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South west corner of Harbord and Spadina: 1965
Credit: John F. Bromley photo, (Dan Dell'Unto collection 2022).
Now:
Credit: John F. Bromley photo, (Dan Dell'Unto collection 2022).
Now:
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Well. that was a real FAIL!
T3G
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I would love to have been around in the heyday of the PCC cars. They exude an elegance and warmth you very rarely see in more modern transit vehicles.