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12 years later... The Then and Now thread linked to their Metallic Roofing Co of Canada Catalogue S from 1900 which is fascinating! I've added thumbnails and links to the photos of the following Toronto buildings contained in the catalogue:: A.R. Creelman residence in Queen’s Park British Hotel...

When I read the title I thought fencing in the swashbuckler "sword-play" sense, so maybe that's it!

Where are the flowers, balloons, and fireworks?!? I can't believe it, but we've been around the sun a complete time since I started this thread back in April 6th, 2010! Crazy.

Fair enough... checked to see if they used my photo of the elephant: From my photolog back in October 2005.

April 4th We start in the south-west corner of Forest Hill in 1913 outside the R.J. Fleming residence, northeast corner St. Clair Avenue and Bathurst Street not far from where the Loblaws is now: Then in 1918 we have two photos of a duplex being built on the southeast corner Browning and...

That's great; some good Toronto locations indeed, including every Toronto parent's favourite location at the end there - the chicken coop at Riverdale Farm. Was it just me, or did it look like half of the dancing was in front of a green screen, though?

Even a simple "Suggest improvements" text field on each archive photo would be useful... going the full wiki route is interesting, and then there are sites like this forum, or ones with comments, like http://cinematreasures.org that improve with the comments from 'the public'. I haven't enabled...

Indeed! I didn't even realize it was the Silver Rail, so I'm not making any judgements.... April 3rd One photo from back in 1917 of the steelwork frame under construction at Union Station. Then in 1929 we have a sunny Sculpture Court in the Art Gallery of Ontario For links to...

April 2nd A variety of photos from the Historic Toronto Photos from April 2nd page, starting back in 1921 in High Park with two photos of the Howard monument. The first, a close up of fence from St. Pauls Cathedral, London, England And then the Howard monument itself: (Both photos are...

Ha, I'm not really sure what to say, J.T., besides perhaps "QUITE!" (Or maybe QUIET!) I agree that the City of Toronto Archives estimate for the date of http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/torontodetail.html?key=216544 is obviously early at 1920 seeing as the Gates weren't opened until 1927.

April 1st Just one photo on the Historic Toronto Photos from April 1st page from the CNE in 1939 of a pretty straightforward view of the Princes' Gates looking west: You can see over a dozen photos of the gates, from their opening in 1927 through the recent construction on my Princes'...

Thanks adma, I've updated the details of that photo! March 30 Three photos today from the Historic Toronto Photos from March 30 page of two buildings in a 1933 North Toronto (I walked by today and can verify they are still there). The first is of the Montgomery firehall, just west of Yonge...

I've collected a few photos of UCC from the City of Toronto Archives and the Archives of Ontario - check out http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?subject=Upper_Canada_College Right now they range from 1865 when UCC was down on King Street West, though the original building in Deer Park that...

March 29th Just two photos on the Historic Toronto Photos from March 29 starting back in 1922 with another shot from Lytton Park - this time No. 2668 Yonge Street - corner of Lytton Boulevard (Dr. McCormack House) Then in 1954 we head down to College Street for a display of old vehicles...

March 28th There are a lot of photos from the Historic Toronto Photos from March 28 page We start back in 1916 of the photo that started my fascination with dating all these photos - just north of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a photo of the Belt Line Railway at Merton Street near Mount...

Thanks! They were all under glass, but very well lit - I didn't try touching them ;-)

A good point - amazing to see what bad shape they were already in only 11 years after they were built. March 26th: Just one photo today, of No. 336 Annette Street, Wm. Wilson residence, west of Laws Street in The Junction back in 1935:

March 25th Two Toronto landmarks on the Historic Toronto Photos from March 25 page today, the first another view, from 1926 of Casa Loma to show off a TTC Yellow coach, model "X" outside the Casa Loma guest house: Then three photos from 1938 of the Princes' Gate down at the CNE - here's a...

Are we talking about the ROM or the AGO here? I find the new ROM crystal to be painfully crap, but was actually impressed with how well the AGO additions fit together, and how much of the old building survives as part of the new AGO. On that note, here's a...

Amazing, and I would agree! Not sure why the two dormer windows at the far end of the 1931 photo were fused together, but other than that things really seem to match. March 23rd We start in 1915 with a relatively new view for Toronto - Spadina Road - Dupont Street subway looking north to Casa...