Early Toronto Suburbs In Colour--50's-60's

[modernizt]

Such a shame that so many of the photos in this thread have gone missing; would it be possible for the original poster to put them up via an image hosting site like imgur?

I miss these great shots of the suburbs from back in the day!

 

[Koolgreen]

The mindset still exists in neighbourhoods like that. A neighbourhood in Cambridge just got new curbs and sidewalks. The locals were up in arms, complaining about the city forcing them to get, and I quote, "new-fangled sidewalks." And no, that wasn't a tongue-in-cheek comment.

until you live on a street like that, you can't understand that it is a non issue.....as usual someone forcing their opinion on someone elses property

 

[Goldie]

Toronto's suburbs need more of this:

 

[Michael Bruce]

New release , Fonds 492 from the Toronto Archives , mostly Kodachrome from the 50's & 60's. Worth a look. Bloor and Jane streets, north-west corner, looking west - 1950's

 

[junctionist]

Bloor and Jane has an interesting past, but I prefer today's more metropolitan streetscape with midrise buildings and more invested in the public realm.

 

[adma]

The Bloor-Jane restaurant served as a bus depot at one point? Somehow, I'm surprised and not-surprised at the same time...

 

[Koolgreen]

New release , Fonds 492 from the Toronto Archives , mostly Kodachrome from the 50's & 60's. Worth a look. Bloor and Jane streets, north-west corner, looking west - 1950'sView attachment 105192

who knew cars were so colourful in those days......