wwwebster
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Hey UTer's
I have a question. I remember that there was an image posted of the area just below Queen/Spadina from the late 1800's/early 1900's. In this image, there was a gentleman walking into the underground restroom that used to be there.
I have searched for this image on the forum but I can't seem to locate it (it was in this thread I believe).
Would anyone be able to point me to where it is?
Thanks!
That view is looking NNW if memory serves, correct?
Wow, that's great!December 26 addition. Then Yonge and Dundas on the SW corner looking NE. 1980??
Wow, that's great!
I originally thought Dundas Square a bit bleak/sterile/windswept, but it has really caught on. Even though it's now winter and not much happening there; people - especially young couples and young families - stroll about, pose beside the Polar Bear light sculptures for pictures, gaze up at the huge signs...
Then. University and Adelaide. Looking N. "1967" according to the Archive notation that accompanies this picture. My gut feel is that it's earlier - there's too many 1950s cars in the picture.
Now. November 2010.
December 26 addition.
Then Yonge and Dundas on the SW corner looking NE. 1980?? Always had a soft spot for minkeys.
Then. University and Adelaide. Looking N. "1967" according to the Archive notation that accompanies this picture. My gut feel is that it's earlier - there's too many 1950s cars in the picture.
Almost certainly, the concrete pole at the SE corner, and the now-rusty metal pole on the NE corner, and a few others are identical in the two photos.
Another pre-67 giveaway: the upper floors of the Shell building at 505 University didn't exist yet.
I remember this guy and that monkey like it was yesterday. I never paid him much mind though, he just seemed to be a fixture in the area though he only seemed to be around on weekends if I recall.
There were a few other regular street performers in this area. I also remember a young boy (perhaps early teens) back in the late 70's to mid 80's who used to do a ventriloquist act with a dummy that was nearly as large as he was. He was farily good. He disappeared for a several years then re-appeared for a time. I saw him one day in the mid, perhaps late 90's on Yonge south of College Street performing in that small area south of the Ellington condos and he was then a hard-looking grown man but I recognized his face. The act didn't work so well anymore.
1960 by the white licence plates. The two newest vehicles are the panel van in the foreground (1960+ Chev) and a 1960 Ford in the far parking lot.