Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[railmus]

Another link here! http://campbellpark.ca/wiki/wiki.php?n=OldPhotosWallace.FrontPage

 

[M II A II R II K]

St. Clair Ave. W.

Full Slideshow: http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/09/what_st_clair_avenue_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/




Hunting group on Bathurst north of St. Clair, 1900s

Southwest corner of Yonge & St. Clair, 1911

Northwest corner of St. Clair & Dufferin, 1911

Southwest corner St. Clair & Dufferin, 1911

St. Clair and Caledonia, 1911

Looking east along St. Clair at Vaughan, 1912

TTC Car Barns (now Wychwood Barns), 1915

Southwest corner of Yonge & St. Clair, 1923

1974

 

[lrookies]

Both Yonge and St Clair look like heavily traveled routes even in the 1800's. Incidentally, the 1974 pic contains the most iconic representation of the middle quarter of Toronto's 20th century downtown to mid town history...the PCC street car. I always loved its design and look.

 

[M II A II R II K]

And St. Clair started off with a streetcar ROW.

 

[Mustapha]

not sure if this is germane to the thread without a "now" map, but here are two "then" superimposed maps of bay street in this vicinity...

Before Bay St Divided Yorkville

That author's other stuff is fascinating. Many hours of thoughtful stuff there. His or her interest in or connection to China is also fascinating.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. c1926.



Polson Iron Works. Esplanade, east side between Frederick and Princess Sts looking SE from Frederick St.

Now. July 2013.

A 'google' for Polson Iron' brings up a wealth of material of this fascinating company, including to my mind it's most fascinating creation, 'Knapp's Roller Boat'.






Some unrelated to Toronto Then stuff. Cincinnati actually. Such detail in those old daguerreotype plates.

http://www.rochester.edu/news/photos/daguerreotype.html

 

[Mustapha]

And St. Clair started off with a streetcar ROW.

There's two camps of thought on ROWS. I'm for them. Yes, I own a car too. Its construction, that is, as a project, could have been better managed I think.

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

Then. c1926.



Polson Iron Works. Esplanade, east side between Frederick and Princess Sts looking SE from Frederick St.



Now. July 2013.

A 'google' for Polson Iron' brings up a wealth of material of this fascinating company, including to my mind it's most fascinating creation, 'Knapp's Roller Boat'.

Nice to have you back in these parts, Moose! We've missed ya!

 

[thecharioteer]

Then. c1926.



Polson Iron Works. Esplanade, east side between Frederick and Princess Sts looking SE from Frederick St.

Now. July 2013.

I echo the sentiment: welcome back, Mustapha!

BUT......isn't your "Now" view looking SW?

This seems to be the SE view (the Lake Simcoe ice Company):

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

I echo the sentiment: welcome back, Mustapha!

BUT......isn't your "Now" view looking SW?

The "Now" view is SE all right, Frederick St. is in the foreground and that's Sherbourne St. in the background. The park is between Sherbourne and Frederick and the Gardiner is behind the hydro transformer station.

 

[thecharioteer]

The "Now" view is SE all right, Frederick St. is in the foreground and that's Sherbourne St. in the background. The park is between Sherbourne and Frederick and the Gardiner is behind the hydro transformer station.

You're right! Got mixed up by the park, thinking it was going east-west instead of north-south.

 

[Goldie]

Some unique "Then & Now"s on this page:

http://petapixel.com/2013/04/02/pho...lended-with-shots-of-major-historical-events/

 

[M II A II R II K]

This is what Toronto slums used to look like - 1910ish

Full Slideshow: http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/09/this_is_what_toronto_slums_used_to_look_like/

 

[k10ery]

Great to see these photos, but to give Mustapha his due, I'll point out he covered some of these here last year.

 

[thecharioteer]

NW corner of King and Berkeley:

1953:

1970's (one of the first renovations on King East):

Today: