Goldie
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King St. W., south side, looking east from Jordan St. 1867 TPL
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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Goldie
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Odeon Theatre, Queen St. W., S. side, between Jameson Ave. and Dowling Ave. 1971 TPL
That building on the left was a Hydro Sub-station and may still be (1457 Queen W.).
That building on the left was a Hydro Sub-station and may still be (1457 Queen W.).
Goldie
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A FEW STEPS TO OBLIVION…. 1915 to 1964
Registry Building, cornerstone ceremony, 1915 TPL
1. W.H. Bennett; 2. The Mayor, T.L. Church; 3. John T. Scott; 4. J. Ross Robertson; 5. John Dunn, Alderman
Chinese Victory Celebrations 1945, CTA
1950
1964
Registry Building, cornerstone ceremony, 1915 TPL
1. W.H. Bennett; 2. The Mayor, T.L. Church; 3. John T. Scott; 4. J. Ross Robertson; 5. John Dunn, Alderman
Chinese Victory Celebrations 1945, CTA
1950
1964
Lone Primate
Active Member
Looking at the Chinese victory celebration, I guess the steps of the Registry were the Nathan Phillips Square of its day!
Goldie
Senior Member
Placing time-capsule into corner stone .....1912
Public Library; Bloor & Gladstone Branch, S-W corner TPL
Public Library; Bloor & Gladstone Branch, S-W corner TPL
Mustapha
Senior Member
The 'Queen Live' landlords booted out about 4 food businesses a couple years ago to upgrade inside. They finished the work about a year ago but no takers for spaces. Lost opportunities here given how much foot traffic walks by daily in front.
Oldcamera
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Goldie
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Yonge St. looking south from No. 4203, south of Lord Seaton Rd. 1955 TPL
Goldie
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McCormack & Jackson lumber dealers, Keele Street, northwest corner of Vine St. c.1888 TPL
When the town put in the Keele underpass (under the C.P.R. tracks), McCormack and Jackson sued for damages that would be caused to their business by construction. They were awarded the phenomenal sum of $30,000, and the business closed up, c. 1889.
When the town put in the Keele underpass (under the C.P.R. tracks), McCormack and Jackson sued for damages that would be caused to their business by construction. They were awarded the phenomenal sum of $30,000, and the business closed up, c. 1889.
lenaitch
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Although it is several years after its closure, the older pic looks like they are finishing up removing the Toronto and York Radial Railway.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
For "temporary" replacement with buses.
Goldie
Senior Member
Yes, excellent observation lenaitch. That had not occurred to me.
Although, I remember riding on that Radial Line as a child.
We had to use it when visiting friends who owned a small farm near the Langstaff Prison Farm.
I think their property would have been on the present-day Hyw. #7, close to Leslie St.
We had to walk from Yonge St.
lenaitch
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Quite a stroll from Yonge to Leslie ! I do remember the prison farm at Yonge and Hwy 7 but have no first-hand memory of the line. I remember seeing rails poking through the pavement at the Glen Echo Loop, and a car barn near Bond Lake (Oak Ridges) that stood for years, just before where a branchline broke off to Schomberg.
adma
Superstar
Would the path be that followed by present-day Bostwick Crescent and Schomberg Rd?
lenaitch
Senior Member
I believe so (plus the driveway/parking lot of the Oak Ridges Soccer Club). The old ROW was more visible before Oak Ridges filled in. You can pick it up again skirting south of Eversley Lake then snaking through Seneca King Campus.