Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Lone Primate]

Looking east along Sheppard toward Woodbine Avenue (now Hwy 404)

Construction of bus loop on Sheppard Avenue just east of Shaughnessy Blvd

Pottery Road looking west towards Bayview Heights Blvd

Northeast Drive-In on Sheppard Avenue, just east of Brian Drive

Construction of bus loop on Sheppard Avenue just east of Shaughnessy Blvd

 

[Lone Primate]

Looking south down old Bayview Avenue bridge over the West Don

Pottery Road between Bayview Extension and Moore Avenue

Looking east along Sheppard Avenue across the East Don River to Leslie Street (notice that Leslie Street does not cross Sheppard Avenue, but T-junctions here, going no further south... to proceed south, one had to turn right, climb the hill to what's now Old Leslie Street, and turn left)

Looking east along Sheppard Avenue towards Shaughnessy Blvd and Don Mills Road

Looking east along York Mills Road, toward Don Mills Road, at level crossing

 

[Lone Primate]

Five views of the Middle Road bowstring arch bridge on what is now Sherway Drive. Before views date from 1984, not long after Mississauga closed its half of the bridge.

 

[Lone Primate]

Looking east along York Mills Road toward Don Mills Road

Looking east along York Mills Road to bridge over East Don River, towards Woodbine Avenue (now the Don Valley Parkway)

Zion Church on Finch Avenue, now just east of Don Mills Road and west of Hwy 404 (then Woodbine Avenue)

 

[Lone Primate]

Looking east down Finch Avenue (now Pawnee Avenue) from Victoria Park Avenue

Looking south down Victoria Park Avenue from Finch Avenue (now Pawnee Avenue)

Looking south down Leslie Street across Finch Avenue

Looking north up Leslie Street across Finch Avenue

Looking east along Finch Avenue towards Leslie Street at level crossing

 

[Lone Primate]

Looking east along Finch Avenue to Woodbine Avenue (now Hwy 404)

Looking south down Woodbine Avenue (now Hwy 404) from vicinity of Finch Avenue ("now" view from Finch Ave. bridge)

Looking south down Woodbine Avenue (now Hwy 404) from vicinity of Finch Avenue ("now" view from same position as "then" view)

 

[Lone Primate]

Looking north up Jane Street towards Finch Avenue

Looking south down Jane Street towards Sheppard Avenue

Looking east along Finch Avenue to East Don River bridge

Looking east along Finch Avenue to East Don River bridge--closer view

 

[Mustapha]

Looking at Lone Primate's pictures I'm struck by how much the bulldozer has changed the original lay of the land; scraped, widened, flattened, leveled; all in the name of Progress of course.

 

[Mustapha]

Looking south down Woodbine Avenue (now Hwy 404) from vicinity of Finch Avenue ("now" view from same position as "then" view)

I came across this in your Flickr album too. A breathtaking Then and Now. I hope you were inside a car.

 

[Mustapha]

Visual 'history' - after a manner - at the Loblaws at Maple Leaf Gardens - at one of the 'eat-in' tables.

Nice old door handle at the Fran's Restaurant on College street. A Happy and Healthy New Year to everyone.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"A Happy and Healthy New Year to everyone."
QUOTE Mustapha.


JUST a reminder for those who have either "forgotten" or have "missed" last night's celebration,

there are always the two remaining "events" to consider:

Catholic Church (Eastern Rite) Christmas & New Year. aka Ukranian

and

Chinese New Year.


Regards,
J T

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

FIRST rant of this, the New Year 2012:


The locksmith company that has plastered unilaterally it's adverts on almost every commercial door in this city.

End of rant.


Regards,
J T

 

[hawc]

Love this thread! Keep 'em coming! Thank you Lone Primate for your contribution.

 

[Mustapha]

January 2 Then and Now.


Then. 67 Bond Street. c1920. De La Salle College.

Now. August 2011. St. Michael’s Choir School. A secondary school, but also the source of talent for the St. Michael's Cathedral Choir.

 

[adma]

Well, a bit of shaved-off entablature-ish stuff at the top (+ new windows).

Back to Lone Primate's shots: what really intrigues me is how the trend t/w "naturalization" has overcome both the Goreway and Middle Road bridges, to the point where I'm almost nostalgically longing for the fallowness of the 60s/70s. (Esp. the Goreway bridge, which I recall from childhood school trips to Claireville Conservation Area, etc)