Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[junctionist]

St. Andrew's in Scarborough is one of the most interesting cemeteries in Toronto. There are mid-19th century monuments, including one for Scarborough's first European settler. The designs are quite interesting, including a stone monument from the Victorian era carved as a tree stump. You pass an ordinary suburban neighbourhood, go down a hill, and find this 19th century village with its prominent cemetery. It's worth the visit if you're in the area.

 

[nostalgic]

The sorriest cemetery in the GTA has to be the Richview Memorial Cemetery that's stuck in the middle of the spaghetti tangle where Hwy 427 smacks into Hwy 401 and Eglinton Ave. Another pioneer cemetery, it's apparently all that's left of the village of Richview.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

Lets not fool around here. St James Cemetery with it's St James the Less Chapel is the Aristocrat as well as the most interesting/historical "God's Acre"

within the City of Toronto. The below link presents pics of the Austin Mausoleum, it's property being the largest plot of land within St James and is

surrounded completely by the roadway. It truely is "Worth The Trip To Acton", as goes the saying.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8YZT_Austin_Mausoleum_St_James_Cemetery_Toronto_Ontario_Canada

(Left click on each pic twice to "Raise" the resolution each time.)


Regards,
J T

 

[Goldie]

Perhaps the Elmbank Cemetery, located within the active infield area of Lester B. Pearson International Airport was one of the most unique within the GTA.
A brief history will be found at:
http://www.iasi.to/web.nsf/page/Elmbank+Cemetery!opendocument

 

[k10ery]

And yet, the 1857 Fleming map shows an entrance and street from Spadina:

Neat. But it's on the 1851 Fleming. Could the Brunel house really have disappeared that fast? Brunel himself seems to have been in Toronto until the 1860s.

By the way, I am always so impressed with the depth of knowledge people display in this thread. I learn so much and more importantly I pleasantly waste a whole lot of time. Congratulations to Mustapha for making all this happen. But how many of you experts are actually professional historians? Or am I not supposed to ask that?

Sort of speaking of which, have people seen this? http://blog.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/blog/posts/historical-maps-of-toronto-qa-with-nathan-ng/

 

[thecharioteer]

Neat. But it's on the 1851 Fleming.

1857:

 

[FAW]

Otto's history touches upon Draper Street; more in a recent Star article:

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight...d_charming_draper_st_laden_with_memories.html

Thank you for this post. It details the original terminus and shops of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway. This was Ontario's first operating railway opened in 1853 and beating the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal to Toronto by 1 year. The other original terminus was at Allendale on lake Simcoe, and was later completed to Collingwood on lake Huron, connecting the three lakes in its name. You make my work easy! www.ontariomap.webs.com

Paul

 

[Mustapha]

The sorriest cemetery in the GTA has to be the Richview Memorial Cemetery that's stuck in the middle of the spaghetti tangle where Hwy 427 smacks into Hwy 401 and Eglinton Ave. Another pioneer cemetery, it's apparently all that's left of the village of Richview.

A very well done recent and bittersweet article here:

http://torontoist.com/2012/10/toronto-cemetery-sojourns-richview-memorial-cemetery/

 

[Mustapha]

Perhaps the Elmbank Cemetery, located within the active infield area of Lester B. Pearson International Airport was one of the most unique within the GTA.
A brief history will be found at:
http://www.iasi.to/web.nsf/page/Elmbank+Cemetery!opendocument

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Most fascinating.

 

[Mustapha]

Neat. But it's on the 1851 Fleming. Could the Brunel house really have disappeared that fast? Brunel himself seems to have been in Toronto until the 1860s.

By the way, I am always so impressed with the depth of knowledge people display in this thread. I learn so much and more importantly I pleasantly waste a whole lot of time. Congratulations to Mustapha for making all this happen. But how many of you experts are actually professional historians? Or am I not supposed to ask that?

Sort of speaking of which, have people seen this? http://blog.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/blog/posts/historical-maps-of-toronto-qa-with-nathan-ng/

Nathan is most amazing. He posts here very seldomly as 'plink'.

 

[Mustapha]

But how many of you experts are actually professional historians? Or am I not supposed to ask that?

I've had coffee on a couple occasions over the years with a handful of the people in this thread, none of them are professional historians. Nor am I, a former sales manager. I guess we, and [perhaps?] even you, k10ery, are what the Brits call 'Enthusiastic Amateurs.'

 

[driverso]

Not necessarily - sometimes such numbers are written on the reverse side of negatives.

Regarding post # 10910

I believe it is. Note the location of the steering wheel of the car, bottom right corner.

 

[Mustapha]

Upcoming at Ryerson Image Centre:

http://www.ryerson.ca/ric/exhibitions/Goss.html

 

[FAC33]

I've a PhD in history, but with a focus on medieval history. I decided to forgo the horrid academic job market and have been in project management for the past eleven years, so I am a historian by vocation and training rather than profession.

I do hope to have time at some point to return to history, and if I do, Toronto architectural or social history would probably be where I would go.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for April 15, 2013.




Then. 1209 King W. at Dufferin. SE corner. c1914. Picture sourced by wwwebster.

Now. September 2012. A handsome survivor.