Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[brewster]

Dufferin and Eglinton looking west. A 20 foot ladder would have come in handy. The Dominion Bank on the right might have been torn down or is unrecognizable in the strip of stores on the north side. It looks like Vaughan road did go north of Eglinton at the time.

I found the same shot from way up high looking east this time.

 

[Goldie]

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[Mustapha]

Wasn't so long ago when D. Pike's was still on King East:

Going back to last weeks thecharioteer picture to add a 'Now', just for fun. I happened to be in the area today.

 

[Mustapha]

Now and Then for Nov 23.


'Warehouse of A. Bradshaw and Son.' 25 Wellington W. c1909. Picture sourced by wwwebster.

Now. June 2011.

 

[Mustapha]

I love looking at the photographs by LIFE photographers, thanks.
Here's another site with many great (and famous) photos - all for sale - at amazing prices !!!!

http://www.iphotocentral.com/photographer/photographer.php

'Amazing' wouldn't have been my word for it.

 

[DC83]

'gated' developments... in certain areas this is seen as a desirable feature; I wonder if it meets a real security need sometimes.

In suburban Vegas, almost every development is 'gated'. There are sometimes a few houses outside the 'gates' (which are just 10' tall walls, minimal-to-no-security).
I had the, um, pleasure to stay in a couple of said communities over the years. It's NOT a pleasant experience. Very segregated, isolated, BORING!
..Oh Ya, and super ghetto now that many developments sit abandoned and half-built (Vegas was the fastest growing City in the U.S. prior to the 2008 Financial Meltdown, and it shows!)

 

[thecharioteer]

Going back to last weeks thecharioteer picture to add a 'Now', just for fun. I happened to be in the area today.

It's a happy (and rare) occasion when the Now looks better than the Then! Thanks!

For comparison:

 

[thecharioteer]

What happened to those 2 buildings on the right? They're fantastic.

The building on the left was the Broadway Methodist Tabernacle on the NE corner of College and Spadina, designed by EJ Lennox, and demolished in 1930. I'd love to know what the building on the right was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Methodist_Tabernacle

 

[wwwebster]

I'd love to know what the building on the right was.

Grace Hospital?

 

[brewster]

North side Eglinton between Oriole and Avenue

North West Duplex and Eglinton

Looking north on Duplex south of Eglinton

Yonge and Eglinton looking north

South East Yonge and Eglinton

North East Yonge and Eglinton

North East Yonge and Eglinton 2

West side of Yonge looking south from Eglinton...

 

[adma]

Within all probability:

MIGHT'S TORONTO DIRECTORY 1910

240 - 242 College Street.
Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario.


Regards,
J T

Wasn't that the present school of architecture?

 

[thecharioteer]

Wasn't that the present school of architecture?

The Faculty of Architecture is at 230 College which is the former School of Dental Surgery (sign still over the front door).

 

[Mustapha]

North East Yonge and Eglinton 2

What, you couldn't duplicate the 5:00pm secretarial pool stampede? I am disappointed.

 

[brewster]

What, you couldn't duplicate the 5:00pm secretarial pool stampede? I am disappointed.

I wanted to get up in the garden where the original photographer must have been standing but they have glassed in that section. If you look closely there is one man in the rush of women.

 

[Mustapha]

It's a happy (and rare) occasion when the Now looks better than the Then! Thanks!

For comparison:

Quite neat how the Army and Navy store twinned itself.

Also quite neat how there was a 'army surplus' culture back in those early days. I assume they sold the same merch you can get now - new or ex-military boots, coats and the like..