Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Goldie]

Thanks to "Armour" for retrieving this photo from the Toronto Public Library archives (posted on Toronto Skyline thread).
"Wexford Cemetery, southwest corner Lawrence and Victoria Park Avenues, looking southwest toward Toronto (1955)."
- Toronto skyline barely visible on horizon at near-left.

Same view Aug. 12, 2016

 

[Goldie]

O'Connor Bowl (O'Connor Dr. at Yardley Ave.)
Opened 1951, demolished 2016 for a condo development.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/O...2!3m1!1s0x89d4cc539c7e9b75:0xd9cf84bcb0002f95

Architect's photo 1951

Aug. 2016

 

[adma]

Great timber roof trusses.

 

[thecharioteer]

232-234 Adelaide Street West:

 

[Skeezix]

Thanks for the post, @thecharioteer. You know, the before photo made me notice for the first time the brickwork on the old hydro substation building in the background - that building is still there, but I don't believe I had ever really paid it any attention until now.

 

[thecharioteer]

King west of Duncan, 1978 (TPL):

 

[thecharioteer]

Robertson, James & Co., lead & shot works, King St. W., s.w. corner Dorset St. 1912. (TPL) Dorset was a N-S street that ran south from King, about halfway between John and Duncan.

 

[thecharioteer]

King and Brant, 1870 (TPL): Gurney (E. & C.) Stove Manufacturers. Note the 3-storey portion at the Brant corner has not yet been constructed:

 

[thecharioteer]

Sir William Mortimer Clark's house (also known as the John Gordon house) on the SE corner of Clarence Square and Wellington in the 1900's (TPL)

Some interiors (1912):

 

[thecharioteer]

Wellington Street West south side between York and Simcoe in the 1900's (TPL)

Demolished in the early 1930's for the University Avenue extension south of Queen:

In the 1850's, they were comparable to the best Georgian architecture of Boston or New York (from the famous Rossin House panorama of 1856):

By the 1930's, half had been demolished, and the area was now industrial. The remaining houses would go as University Avenue was driven through the block:

 

[DSC]

Some interesting photos of the 1972 move of the Campbell House from Adelaide & Frederick to Queen & University on Steve Munro's site. https://stevemunro.ca/2016/08/25/campbell-house-move/

 

[Red October]

This picture:

Would make a good "Then and Now" with this picture (or something similar):

And a recent Google Streetview for a real "Now":

 

[adma]

Interesting how dismally blocked-off the north end of the "Letros building" on the left side of the 1972 shot is--quite a contrast from today's wide-open UPS store...

 

[Goldie]

Thanks to 'doady' (new thread -- Toronto: AGO, OCAD, and Environs) for this 2010 image of John St. at Renfrew Pl.

And thanks to Google Street-View for the update:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1smKcXD2bUX8EpRfN_M9_lPA!2e0

 

[Mel Pizza Nova is My Fav]

What a cool thread. I only went through 1 page and i am loving it. Can't wait to go through more