Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[enelemcee]

Yonge-Gould N/E corner c.1980s
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2016
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All I can say is...yucksters! Such an eyesore, but I like the fact they brought back the Sam's sign a block to the south.

 

[Goldie]

First Garrison Burying Ground 1885 - looking across Victoria Square toward SE corner of Portland St. and Wellingon Place (now Wellington St. W.) TPL

 

[Goldie]

St. Andrew's by-the-Sea Anglican Church, Lakeshore Ave., Centre Island 1888 TPL

Photo: 2011

 

[Goldie]

Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Pape Ave., north west corner Harcourt Ave. 1913 TPL

 

[JB1980]

Old Fire Hall Number 2, Main Street and Swanwick Avenue, sandwiched between the still unfinished Police Station Number 10 and the New Fire Hall Number 22, August 1911

Community Centre 55 and Fire Station 226 June 2019

 

[Goldie]

St. Clement's Anglican Church, Duplex Ave., west side, between St. Clement's & Briar Hill Aves., (dedication, 1924 - stone in south wall) TPL

 

[LPCI]

Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market, Wikipedia

Staying where it is. Opened 1954. Source, web archive.

 

[Goldie]

That intersection of Yonge & Esplanade (seen here-1930) must have been a busy place until the fire of 1951............

 

[Goldie]

Yonge-Richmond N-W corner 1909 TPL

 

[Goldie]

Advertising space at 638 Danforth Ave..........c.1925 CTA

Almost a century later.......still prominent space for advertising:

 

[Goldie]

Elm St., looking west from University Ave. 1900 TPL

 

[Mustapha]

Hi gang.

410 Queen Street W.

Then. May 2018.

Now. A couple weeks ago.

 

[Richard White]

Hi gang.

410 Queen Street W.

Then. May 2018.

Now. A couple weeks ago.

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I miss Jacobs Hardware, you could get non-duplciable keys cut there.

 

[Goldie]

Map of the Malvern community (founded 1857) in Scarborough at the intersection of Markham Rd. and what is now, Sheppard Ave. E.

Remnants of the long-abandoned Canadian Northern Railway line right-of-way (seen here in 1910) can be detected today in aerial photos such as this.
The broken line of greenery on the right is evidence of the original RR line.

 

[blytor]

Sam the Record Man's signs appear in a new 4K version of Toronto's 1980s overnight TV show Night Ride. The video links below take you directly to Sam's original 1986 appearance in Night Walk and the new appearance in the 4K Night Ride:

• 1986:
• 2019:

Both Night Ride episodes drive through Yonge and Dundas for a great before and after photo.