Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[LPCI]

Ridpath's

Toronto Architectural Conservancy - TO Built = Ridpath's

www.acotoronto.ca

Thank you. Never been there, but definitely heard of the store. Been away from TO too long.

 

[Mustapha]

Yonge and Cummer: even the Food Basics and the old school shopping plaza to the south of it has vanished. A condo is going in.

 

[Goldie]

Hastings & Peterkin, planing mill, Bay St., south west corner Temperance St. 1905 TPL

 

[lenaitch]

Yonge and Cummer: even the Food Basics and the old school shopping plaza to the south of it has vanished. A condo is going in.

Good childhood memories of that area. A friend of my brother's family ran a dry cleaners on, I think, the N/W corner, and there used to be a cobbler on the east side. If I recall, an old world European guy with the neatest old Basset House as his constant store companion.

 

[Goldie]

Elizabeth St., looking north from north of Queen St. W. 1955 TPL

Elizabeth St. once began here (Queen St). Now continues north of the City Hall.

 

[Blovertis]

These chop suey houses... were the signs referring to the specific dish (which is pretty rare in Chinese restaurants now) or was chop suey a catch-all label for Chinese food in general?

 

[DSC]

These chop suey houses... were the signs referring to the specific dish (which is pretty rare in Chinese restaurants now) or was chop suey a catch-all label for Chinese food in general?

Our fearless Founder should know. @Mustapha

 

[Goldie]

Taylor Brothers, paper mill, Don R., east side, south of Pottery Rd. 1954 TPL

 

[Goldie]

Reinhardt Brewery Company, Mark St., north side, west side of Don Roadway W. looking south west from Dundas St. E. bridge over Don River. 1957 TPL
(Shows aftermath of fire, when building was occupied by Central Storage Co.);

 

[Goldie]

Robertson, James & Co., lead & shot works, King St. W., south west corner Dorset St. 1910 TPL

It appears that Dorset St. no longer exists.

 

[DSC]

George Street between Queen and Richmond, west side.

 

[Goldie]

Also on George St......Bootlegger Lane........@ number 155

 

[DSC]

The block on Queen Street just north of Bootlegger Lane is the subject of a Preservation Board Report this week . See: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-139892.pdf It contains 'then and now photos.

 

[Goldie]

Tip-Top Tailors, factory, Lakeshore Blvd. W., south west corner Stadium Rd. 193-? TPL

 

[LPCI]

Tip-Top Tailors, factory, Lakeshore Blvd. W., south west corner Stadium Rd. 193-? TPL
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Maple Leaf Stadium in the background.