Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[LowPolygon]

Temple Building, 1900

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[thecharioteer]

Postcard version:

 

[LowPolygon]

Mourning the Death of Edward VII, 1910, Confederation Life Building, corner of Richmond St. E., and Yonge St.

 

[thecharioteer]

Love the details, deepend! The ground floor of Confederation Life has certainly had its ups and downs architecturally:

1950 (still pretty intact):

 

[Goldie]

Thanks for those images, charioteer.
I don't recall seeing any other photo that showed the "Yonge Street" sign when it was actually visible.
It was covered for many years.
My insert photo was taken when the building was under renovation in 1981.

 

[adma]

The Seaboard sign was terrific; the C(I)IBC alteration was awful.

 

[LowPolygon]

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[r937]

several months ago, maybe longer, some of you expressed in this thread an interest in the Bayview Ghost

here's a new article posted the other day on thegridto -- Ghost City: The Bayview Ghost

the very last link in the article is to my web page on the Bayview Ghost, which Goldie had once posted here in this thread (although thegridto once again demonstrates that are clueless when it comes to composing relevant link text)

 

[FAC33]

several months ago, maybe longer, some of you expressed in this thread an interest in the Bayview Ghost

here's a new article posted the other day on thegridto -- Ghost City: The Bayview Ghost

the very last link in the article is to my web page on the Bayview Ghost, which Goldie had once posted here in this thread (although thegridto once again demonstrates that are clueless when it comes to composing relevant link text)

Thank you thank you!

 

[LowPolygon]

the area around St Lawrence Market, 1970

 

[adma]

A signal of impending gentrification seems to be that "the something-or-another gallery" sign at the basement-level apex of Gooderham...

 

[Danny Crispin]

Deepend, do you have any close-up shots of the buildings that stood where Berczy Park currently is?

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Deepend, do you have any close-up shots of the buildings that stood where Berczy Park currently is?"
QUOTE: Danny Crispin.

Your best bet is to view both The Toronto Archives & the Toronto Public Library sites.


Regards,
J T

 

[Anna]

Deepend, do you have any close-up shots of the buildings that stood where Berczy Park currently is?

If you mean - when those shots were taken - I think it was all parking lot by then.

Here is one from a bit earlier

 

[Danny Crispin]

Thanks for that. There is an aerial picture in Unbuilt Toronto that shows the buildings, but it was taken from quite a distance.