Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

Too bad about the windows...

Tough crowd here when the Rosedale and Forest Hill homes pictures come up. The white fabric lined drapes look old... perhaps older home owners?

The south porches, all three of them, are spectacular.

The volume of traffic driving by is quite high - a deal breaker for me - as if.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for June 20.


Then. 58 Poplar Plains Rd. c1910. F.S. Baker, Architect.

Now. October 2011.

 

[Mustapha]

"What... you don't like his writing style? "
QUOTE Mustapha.

It was not due to his "writing style", and I am not alone . . .

(He and Gordon Sinclair were cut from the same cloth.)


Regards,
J T

You mean they were gasbags? Berton not so much. Sinclair was. So was Charles Templeton. But they were as much performers as working journalists.

 

[donoreo]

Then and Now for June 20.


Then. 58 Poplar Plains Rd. c1910. F.S. Baker, Architect.

Now. October 2011.

If you go to Google Street view and turn to the west, you see my mother in law near the end of their driveway.

 

[k10ery]

"You mean they were gasbags? Berton not so much. Sinclair was."
QUOTE Mustapha.

Let me mention that I have had numerous encounters with each.


Regards,
J T

Rightwing gasbags, to be precise. But good, prolific writers which counts for something.

Will you tell us about the numerous encounters? Not on Front Page Challenge, I suppose - unless your real name is Betty Kennedy.

 

[Blovertis]

Rightwing gasbags, to be precise. But good, prolific writers which counts for something.

Don't think Berton could be categorized as right-wing. If anything, he was a man of the left, having positioned himself as an uber Canadian nationalist in the Seventies, in the vein of Farley Mowat, Mel Hurtig, Margaret Atwood et al.

Getting back on topic, I concur with the others that the suburban windows on 56 Poplar Plains are an abomination.

 

[Goldie]

"You mean they were gasbags? Berton not so much. Sinclair was."
QUOTE Mustapha.

Let me mention that I have had numerous encounters with each.


Regards,
J T

It's true that personal encounters with many "celebrities" can be annoying - in the extreme.

However, I came to admire Sinclair after his repeated criticisms of 'rat poison' in Toronto's water supply.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Will you tell us about the numerous encounters?"
QUOTE k10ery.

No.


Regards,
J T

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"It's true that personal encounters with many "celebrities" can be annoying - in the extreme."
QUOTE Prof Goldie.

I have always dealt with "Celebrities" in a manner of which was deserving.


Regards,
J T

 

[Goldie]

"Will you tell us about the numerous encounters?"
QUOTE k10ery.

No.


Regards,
J T

You can't beat J T for directness and honesty - I love it!

Keep 'em on their toes J T.

 

[Ex-Montreal Girl]

I was at 42, which is on the east side, 5 houses down from Chester Hill. After we sold it and moved to Moore Park, a couple of owners down the line put a full second storey on it. I have dreams to this day that I am back in that house.

You might be stunned (or not) to know that the house sold just last week for well over $1M.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for June 21.


Then. 58 Avenue Road (at Lowther, SW corner). c1910. Residence of John H. Eyre.

Now. October 2011.

 

[k10ery]

Don't think Berton could be categorized as right-wing. If anything, he was a man of the left, having positioned himself as an uber Canadian nationalist in the Seventies, in the vein of Farley Mowat, Mel Hurtig, Margaret Atwood et al.

Sorry, you're right not Berton, I was thinking of Sinclair.

 

[Mustapha]

http://www.thestar.com/business/art...iggest-bookstore-slated-to-close-in-2013?bn=1

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

And here we have COLES, owner of the property.

(Get over it Heather, time to move.)

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


Regards,
J T