Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[lenaitch]

Finally - one I remember.

 

[Goldie]

William James Robinson Junior hardware store, Royce Avenue (Dupont Street), southeast corner of Symington Ave. 1911 TPL

 

[Isotack]

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?

Chop suey was pretty much an American invention. Nothing much Chinese about it. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chop-suey-origins/

 

[LPCI]

William James Robinson Junior hardware store, Royce Avenue (Dupont Street), southeast corner of Symington Ave. 1911 TPL
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a) the building has lost all its charm
b) but apparently it now provides housing for five units (assuming one electric meter is for the business)
Ying and yang.

 

[Goldie]

Spadina Ave. 1902 CTA

 

[LPCI]

Spadina Ave. 1902 CTA
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The modern picture looks kinda lifeless.

 

[Mustapha]

Our fearless Founder should know. @Mustapha

lol. DSC.. Yep, Chop Suey... 'chopped into pieces' in Cantonese. Now just a quaint phrase from the past.

It's always fun to catch one of those old signs in bygone days pictures.

 

[Mustapha]

Yikes. It's busier today.

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[W. K. Lis]

Yikes. It's busier today.

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They actually kept the streetcars running with track reconstruction. Theses days, they replace the streetcars with buses and force passengers onto small vehicles or transfers.

 

[Mustapha]

Chop Suey sign survivor. At King and John in Hamilton.

 

[Mustapha]

Darn, I want that sign.

 

[LPCI]

Chop Suey sign survivor. At King and John in Hamilton.

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Neon as well!

 

[gary133]

A. Stork & Sons, Ltd., St. Patrick's Market Building (built 1912), Queen Street West, northwest corner of St. Patrick Square 1982 TPL
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I used to work in the area from the time Stork and Sons was still in operation. You would occasionally see the odd live chicken strutting around the alley at the side and back - chickens would be delivered live and a few would sometimes get loose.

 

[Paganini]

I have looked through this forum to find a place where I might be able to ask a question, but I can't find anything that is obvious. So I will ask here. Is there a way to obtain photos of the interior of Shoppers World Danforth between 1987 and 1989?
Does anyone remember a video game story called "Media Shack" in Shoppers World Danforth?

I know this may now be the place to ask, but they don't let new members start a thread and there is no obvious place to post questions.

 

[Goldie]

I would think the only way....."to obtain photos of the interior of Shoppers World Danforth between 1987 and 1989"....
.... would be to enquire of the centre's management. They may have an archive of its history.