adma
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I think such Surrealism-tinged stylistics were Morris Lapidus's stock-in-trade, back when he was a fashionable storefront'n'interior specialist and before he became Mr. Miami Beach...
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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I think such Surrealism-tinged stylistics were Morris Lapidus's stock-in-trade, back when he was a fashionable storefront'n'interior specialist and before he became Mr. Miami Beach...
Mustapha
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July 12 addition.
Looking SSW on Yonge just a bit S of Bloor.
Looking SSW on Yonge just a bit S of Bloor.
thecharioteer
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These are two views of the St. Lawrence neighbourhood, taken I believe from the old Bank of Commerce Building. The first shot is from the 40's or 50's; the second from the 60's. It would be interesting to see the same view today.
adma
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July 12 addition.
Looking SSW on Yonge just a bit S of Bloor.
Ah, from Steak'n'Burger to Le Chateau. But interesting to note re the single vs plural naming confusion lately: the sign in the old photo says "Roys [or even Roy's?] Square.
Also note the balcony and window replacements in the Yonge/Charles tower.
Mustapha
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Interesting that triangular shaped block 'anchored' - as it were - by the Gooderham building was a Victorian 'warehouse city' like the rest of the area. These aerials are always informative, in a macro manner - sorry, I'm not a geographer or planner, describing it in my vernacular here.
Roy's Square - a gem of small lane it was. I thought I was in London UK when I walked it - no cars; mostly independent owner shops.
July 13 addition.
Front street looking at the S side, standing just to the E of Scott street.
Mustapha
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July 14 addition.
Yonge looking S towards Bloor.
Yonge looking S towards Bloor.
OldManKensey
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I still mourn the passing of Britnell's.
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OldManKensey said:
And I, the Uptown Nut House on the other side of the street.
And I, the Uptown Nut House on the other side of the street.
Northern Light
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So many thoughts
So many thoughts:
1) I loved the Uptown, I miss it. I think we should arrest someone for its demolition!
2) Steak & Burger Wow. I don't remember that signage on it. Or that location. I remember my mom taking me to one in Gerrard Square when I was little; and I remember eating one my first meals alone in a restaurant, a very adult experience, at maybe 11 or 12 years of age; in the Union Station location.
3) There's the GREEN P on the White Background! Don't remember it ever being that way. Hmmm, the signs look better now I think; but shouldn't we change the name to 'White P' parking?
July 12 addition.
Looking SSW on Yonge just a bit S of Bloor.
So many thoughts:
1) I loved the Uptown, I miss it. I think we should arrest someone for its demolition!
2) Steak & Burger
Wow. I don't remember that signage on it. Or that location. I remember my mom taking me to one in Gerrard Square when I was little; and I remember eating one my first meals alone in a restaurant, a very adult experience, at maybe 11 or 12 years of age; in the Union Station location.3) There's the GREEN P on the White Background!
Don't remember it ever being that way. Hmmm, the signs look better now I think; but shouldn't we change the name to 'White P' parking? adma
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Well, until the 80s or so, that's the way Green P used to be--green on white. (Interesting, too, the old 20th Century theatre chain advertised on top of the Uptown pylon.)
prosperegal
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So many thoughts:
1) I loved the Uptown, I miss it. I think we should arrest someone for its demolition!
2) Steak & Burger
3) There's the GREEN P on the White Background!
I remember Steak and Burger too. My mom used to take me to the one at Fairview Mall. I think it's a Michel's Baguette now.
Someone above mentioned the Eglinton (movie theatre)...I've only been there once.....I was 18 years old and saw...TITANIC there at the end of '97/early '98...
Towered
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There used to be a Steak 'n Burger in Sherway Gardens too.
The Uptown was very cool - It was neat how the movie screen sat on the stage on an angle. I think the last movie I saw there was A Perfect Murder in 1998.
It pains my eyes to see a nice historic building having been replaced by the awful St. Lawrence Centre concrete hulk. I say replace it!
The Uptown was very cool - It was neat how the movie screen sat on the stage on an angle. I think the last movie I saw there was A Perfect Murder in 1998.
It pains my eyes to see a nice historic building having been replaced by the awful St. Lawrence Centre concrete hulk. I say replace it!
adma
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To be fair, even Eric Arthur might not have found the old worth keeping, back when the St Lawrence Centre was built (and that was after Toronto: No Mean City)--esp. if it meant something more than a parking lot replacing it. Just trying to understand things through the prism of the day. (Oddly enough, the established heritage sentiment might be more pro-St Lawrence Centre today than it was pro-what it replaced in the mid-60s.)
Mustapha
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July 15 addition.
Yonge looking NNE from a point just N of Shuter.
thecharioteer
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How come when historic theatres such as the Imperial (Pantages...Canon) are renovated/restored they tend to pick the weakest era of signage and marquee to recreate? The worst example is the Elgin/Wintergarden which is so minimalist in signage, it's almost invisable.