adma
Superstar
BA, not BP.
http://www.britishamericanoil.ca/
Love this photo of the fuel truck headed for the station
You can date the photos by the fact that BA "modernized" its logo in 1967, before being rebranded Gulf in 1969.
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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BA, not BP.
http://www.britishamericanoil.ca/
Love this photo of the fuel truck headed for the station
You can date the photos by the fact that BA "modernized" its logo in 1967, before being rebranded Gulf in 1969.
smuncky
Senior Member
this is the BP i was talking about.
but thanks for mentioning BA as i didn't know what it was and was curious to find out actually.
Mustapha
Senior Member
Jan 13 addition
From:
http://www.lostrivers.ca/MoorePkRavR.htm
"Proceed down the steep path into the Moore Park Ravine. As the path begins to level out, note a wider part of level ground on the west side of the trail. This is the site of the former Moore Park Station on the Beltline."
I was here last summer but the leaves on shrubs and trees presented an imprenetrable barrier.
From:
http://www.lostrivers.ca/MoorePkRavR.htm
"Proceed down the steep path into the Moore Park Ravine. As the path begins to level out, note a wider part of level ground on the west side of the trail. This is the site of the former Moore Park Station on the Beltline."
I was here last summer but the leaves on shrubs and trees presented an imprenetrable barrier.
Blovertis
Active Member
I've seen that "then" picture before. Very hard to believe now there was once a substantial station on that trail.
From the condition of the platform, it looks like that photo was taken well after the Belt Line went bust.
From the condition of the platform, it looks like that photo was taken well after the Belt Line went bust.
smuncky
Senior Member
add in the plants overgrowning on the tracks and that fence at the end of the platform.
Mustapha
Senior Member
That fence. It's almost like someone was living there, and didn't want people riding a horse through their yard. The old railbed was already a walking path - as you can see by the trodden dirt path.
What's with the rocking chairs on the platform?
Mustapha
Senior Member
I'm guessing someone lived there. A domesticated chicken(see it?) is evidence of this. A squatter?
adma
Superstar
One other thing from that Yonge series that's astonishing to consider from a present-day perspective: that there was an actual *funeral home* on the NE-corner-of-Eglinton blockfront
Mustapha
Senior Member
One other thing from that Yonge series that's astonishing to consider from a present-day perspective: that there was an actual *funeral home* on the NE-corner-of-Eglinton blockfront
After the funeral home decamped; it was a Steak n Burger restaurant for a time.
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Mustapha
Senior Member
Jan 14 addition
Bay south from Dundas
Bay south from Dundas
Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
Bay Street looked better back then. Or at least the east side.
Mustapha
Senior Member
That's Alice Street on the east side - you can just see it there - it was closed and built over by Eaton factories and then in turn by the Eaton Centre. A search in the Toronto online archives for Alice reveals some row houses and a charming school. This whole area bound by Albert, Bay, Dundas and Yonge had had a gritty industrial grimness to it, especially at night.
What's that thing just to the left of the Old City Hall clock tower?
Dunno. Looks weird for sure.