Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[LPCI]

My old school. And all 3 of my kids went through grade 7 and 8 here. How cool. Thank you.

I’m a proud member of the first graduating class, 1967.

 

[LPCI]

The apartment house in the left distance in the Then picture is still there. Chatsworth Apartments. I'm guessing it dates to the 1930s. No air-conditioning except for window units. The inside courtyard is quite beautiful.

And I had my wedding pictures taken in this park. This year is our 40th.

Thanks Goldie.

One of our popular hangout spots as teens. Congrats on 40.

 

[adma]

I remember that once upon a time, the Mt Pleasant Bridge across the Blythwood Ravine had some kind of YMCA (?) insignia underneath for some reason--any reason for that?

 

[lenaitch]

That was a direct hit on the memory banks. OMG...It's not just that specific corner, it's the vista from the era. That's ten thousand corners from that time... And our CCM balloon tire bikes with coaster brakes are just out of view, ditto for the family dog who belongs to our bike gang too...

I as well. We moved from the Vic.Park/Gerrard area to the wilds of Finch & Bathurst in '55 and would regularly visit relatives at Vic. Pk. and Ellesmere by going across Finch, jogging at each N-S road. Later, I worked at the Shell station that was just off to the right of the newer photo.

 

[steveintoronto]

^ I've got to be clear, I was never at that corner, just that the vista has presented itself as representing...it's *captured* a phase of my life that year that I can now put into words, finally, as I'm just glancing at it again:

"I want to go home!"

But of course, it's a memory, an indelible imprint on the psyche that can never be realized again. And that pic is magnificent in capturing it, because as you state, it has captured others' wishes and memories too, in real fact in your case.

I was relating to Toronto Road in Port Hope, in 1957, and the actual view being along Marsh Road, but it's an image that was at many intersections of Youth and Freedom...

I've just saved that pic to my computer files. Even though far in the past, one still gets glimpses of that spectre when cycling the back roads. There's a number up around Goodwood, one of my routes of escape that keeps me sane.

Many thanks for posting that @Goldie.

 

[Goldie]

High Park Mineral Baths, Bloor St. W., east of Parkview Gardens 1911 TPL
I suspect this view is shows us the rear of 2000 Bloor St.

Google street view

 

[Goldie]

Waterworks, Roselawn Tank, Roselawn Ave., north side, west of Avenue Rd. TPL

1967........TPL

Built in 1930 CTA

 

[gimbal]

Prior to the 1930 tower there was a standpipe. The base of the standpipe and the 1930 tower look similar, I wonder if they just added the upper storage section and lattice support?

Looking Southeast. TPL

 

[DSC]

Prior to the 1930 tower there was a standpipe. The base of the standpipe and the 1930 tower look similar, I wonder if they just added the upper storage section and lattice support?

Or was this initially built as one project with the 'pipe' just being phase 1 and as soon as it was built they added the upper section and its support?

 

[Blovertis]

Northeast corner of Queen East and Sherbourne, 1910

 

[Goldie]

What are the chances that this is the same house? (thanks for that aerial, gimbal)

421 Roselawn Ave.

 

[Goldie]

Yorkville Town Hall, Yonge St., w. side, opposite Collier St. 1907 TPL

 

[Goldie]

James Crowther home at 280 Bloor St. W. 1984 TPL

 

[adma]

Yeah: that's the house which they tried to lift off its foundation in order to be preserved in new development, but structural failure led them having to demolish instead...

 

[LPCI]

Prior to the 1930 tower there was a standpipe. The base of the standpipe and the 1930 tower look similar, I wonder if they just added the upper storage section and lattice support?

Looking Southeast. TPL
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Great photo, because in the centre is the Eglinton Hunt Club and at the top is Pears Brickworks, later Pears Park now Eglinton Park.