Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

Then - guessing 1973-ish [going by the cars], and last night. Yonge looking NNE from Dundas. Again, I think this thread 'did' this one a few years ago, but I can't be sure.

 

[adma]

Then - guessing 1973-ish [going by the cars],

Maybe a year or two later--the Edison's already been sandblasted for Music World, the office tower N of Gerrard's finished, Muntz has already gone pinball, though the old A&A sign's intact...

 

[fiendishlibrarian]

I'll say 1974-1975, as that's a '75 Pontiac Ventura stopped at the curb lane.

 

[gimbal]

The CBC tower was between Jarvis and Mutual just North of what is now Sirman Lane. The 6 antenna (white dots) were mounted on the North side of the tower, so it likely this photo was taken Southwest of that location. It does look a bit like a condo sales office.

 

[Mustapha]

Another installment of Yonge street 'Then [still 1973-ish] and Now' [today at 3:00pm]. We're looking east along Dundas towards Yonge.

 

[Goldie]

I'd suggest that Dundas Square represents one of the best examples of extreme change in Toronto during the last 50 years,

Second only, of course, to our "new" City Hall and Nathan Phillips' Square.

And ignoring the recent sea of new skyscrapers.

 

[Mustapha]

And condos.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. 1980. Queen West north side looking west at towards #312. This is just west of Soho.

On a related note: the parking lot on the northwest corner of Soho and Queen - out of picture on the right - has been there for a mighty, mighty long time.

 

[Mustapha]

Heya, back to Yonge and Dundas. Then and This afternoon.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. Yonge and Dundas looking SSW from the SE corner. Note Hippie Chick.

This afternoon. I'm a few feet south of the original photographers position; to stay out of peoples ways.

 

[adma]

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The old O'Keefe Brewery sign mount (which survived into the 1980s!) would've served the Sam's sign well, no?

 

[thecharioteer]

Heya, back to Yonge and Dundas. Then and This afternoon.

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Can't forget the old Downtown Theatre, which was later converted to the "Dundas Square" retail space:

 

[thecharioteer]

Yonge, south of Shuter, looking south:

1949:

March 19, 2016 (9:30am):

 

[adma]

Can't forget the old Downtown Theatre, which was later converted to the "Dundas Square" retail space:

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What I find interesting is how the Downtown's sign pylon went from being sent in a few feet on the Yonge side to stranding the Yonge/Dundas Square corner.

Also, in the first photo, the original O'Keefe sign which the empty 70s scaffold once supported.

 

[Goldie]

25-27 Elm St., c.1920s

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The exterior of Central Neighbourhood House was previously posted --- here's the interior, Xmas, 1929: