Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

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A friend recently sent me a link to https://onegalstoronto.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/by-any-other-name/ Fascinating article and the rest of the site is filled with the kinds of posts that may amuse Then-and-Nowers! Enjoy.

 

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College St. looking towards Yonge, 1930
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Obviously, there was not always a direct connection to Carlton St.
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Google street view

So glad they aligned Carlton and College when they did it. Would never be possible today. A lot of the streets that just start and end at Yonge street just pain me.

 

[r937]

... Frogley's bakery at 750 Yonge. This is the SW corner of Yonge and Yorkville. It's a cookbook store now. Last time I looked - although its been many years - the name was engraved high up on the building.

i was there on Thursday for the Toronto Library book sale, but didn't get in because of the line to get into the line to get into the line for the sale

anyhow, i came back early on Saturday morning (pro tip: never go on the 3rd day of a 3-day book sale) and took these pics of Frogley's

finally, here are a couple of links talking about Frogley... apparently it was under Frogley's tutelage that George Weston apprenticed in the bakery business

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...racing-time-worn-storefronts/article20793315/

http://cookbookstoreblog.blogspot.ca/2014/02/history-of-our-building-at-850-yonge-st.html

 

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So glad they aligned Carlton and College when they did it. Would never be possible today. A lot of the streets that just start and end at Yonge street just pain me.

I can't quite see why you would be 'pained" that there are streets that are not continuous, make odd turns or end at Yonge. They are actually a very good gauge of how our City has developed and often draw attention to long-gone buildings or natural features. If you enjoy 'then and now' you should really like these small hints at our past.

 

[Anna]

So glad they aligned Carlton and College when they did it. Would never be possible today. A lot of the streets that just start and end at Yonge street just pain me.

I can't quite see why you would be 'pained" that there are streets that are not continuous, make odd turns or end at Yonge. They are actually a very good gauge of how our City has developed and often draw attention to long-gone buildings or natural features. If you enjoy 'then and now' you should really like these small hints at our past.

The reason there aren't any straight through streets between Queen and Bloor is because of the Park Lots - 100 acre lots with 660 feet frontage on Lot/Queen Street. History!
https://torontofamilyhistory.org/simcoesgentry/

 

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The reason there aren't any straight through streets between Queen and Bloor is because of the Park Lots - 100 acre lots with 660 feet frontage on Lot/Queen Street. History!
https://torontofamilyhistory.org/simcoesgentry/

There is (or was??) the wonderful Park Lots Project website. It seems to be off line at the moment but can be found at the Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/20161105072853/http://wendysmithtoronto.com/parklotproject/

UPDATE: The original URL is live again! http://wendysmithtoronto.com/parklotproject/

 

[Bill Young]

Night Walk, Night Ride and Night Moves - filmed in Toronto and aired on Global TV from 1986-1993 - was mentioned several years ago in this thread as an "in-motion then." A stream of all three episodes from 1986 is live on YouTube at https:// youtu.be/J9BVm8OFBiU - if the stream URL changes in the future an updated link will be at nightwalk.ca

 

[r937]

"then" = 2011, "now" = 2016

Views of Toronto changing from above
http://www.mapto.ca/maps/change

 

[Goldie]

 

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A story in 3 parts!

Part 1 The Butcher Hotel

 

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Part 2

The Graymar Hotel

 

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Part 3

The Graymar Hotel from the front - building in front is the City weighhouse.

 

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Finally the view Now! (Bet few of you, or us, guessed!) Yes, Front @ Jarvis.

 

[Skeezix]

Am I safe in assuming that the City weighhouse was demolished, and wasn't moved anywhere? Too bad, scale is reminiscent Ottawa's charming little Registry Office, which was saved. The weighhouse would have made a nice little tourist information centre, or park house, or something of the sort.

(Flickr, City Registry Office, Ottawa, ON by Snuffy)

ETA: Apparently, we've already had this discussion about the weighhouse.

 

[barit]

What does one weigh in a city weighhouse?