Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[AlbertHWagstaff]

Thanks for that correction, Albert. Much appreciated.
I'm mistake-prone lately....must be an age-thing!
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You're welcome. The south side is much more interesting, that's what drew your eye no doubt!

 

[Goldie]

Old C.P.R. bridge over the Don Valley (1,150 ft. long) near the brickyards to be replaced, 1928 TPL

 

[GoinUp]

I'm just going to say it. Google Street View ruined this thread.

 

[DSC]

I'm just going to say it. Google Street View ruined this thread.

or made it easier for us to find current (or past decade) images to match up with the historic ones.

 

[GoinUp]

or made it easier for us to find current (or past decade) images to match up with the historic ones.

No question about that. Just miss the aesthetic of comparing photographs.

 

[DSC]

No question about that. Just miss the aesthetic of comparing photographs.

I agree that the art of finding a 'now' to match a 'then' is a bit less 'accurate' but we do see great examples of how someone has managed it with a Google photo.

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

One benefit of the Google photos is the increasing cache of past images going back to the first Streetview runs. Some of these have come in handy when we were looking at houses that have been recently demolished and rebuilt, in a few cases the old houses were captured by Google shortly before they were gone so we were able to figure out roughly when they disappeared.

 

[W. K. Lis]

One benefit of the Google photos is the increasing cache of past images going back to the first Streetview runs. Some of these have come in handy when we were looking at houses that have been recently demolished and rebuilt, in a few cases the old houses were captured by Google shortly before they were gone so we were able to figure out roughly when they disappeared.

Hopefully, Google will keep or archive the old photos and not delete them because of limited space. I can see using the 7 or 8 year timeframe used for financial records, but it could keep them as a "library reference" purposes.

 

[DSC]

Hopefully, Google will keep or archive the old photos and not delete them because of limited space. I can see using the 7 or 8 year timeframe used for financial records, but it could keep them as a "library reference" purposes.

I strongly doubt Google will start discarding older Streetview photos though I suppose they could be accessible on a different site. It's not as though they keep them in photo albums in their basement!

 

[Goldie]

John Rydall blacksmith & carriage builder, Bloor St. W., S-W corner Croft St. 1915 TPL

 

[Goldie]

Bank of Montreal, Yonge St., north west corner Front St. W. 1867 (built 1845) TPL

Replaced by this B of M building in 1885.........would become home for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

 

[lenaitch]

I love your postings Goldie but are you sure on this one? I see no common architectural features or elements. The bones just don't look the same.

 

[DSC]

I love your postings Goldie but are you sure on this one? I see no common architectural features or elements. The bones just don't look the same.

They are two buildings, as Goldie says. 1845 building replaced by (current) 1885 one.

 

[Richard White]

I love your postings Goldie but are you sure on this one? I see no common architectural features or elements. The bones just don't look the same.

The earlier picture currently has a facsimile inside Brookfield Place

 

[lenaitch]

Oops. Missed the text.